'With the Vigilance Committee in the East-End'

Item

Title
'With the Vigilance Committee in the East-End'
Alternative Title
'Suspicious characters' (title attributed to the British Library)
Description
An illustration from 'The Illustrated Police News' that satirizes the investigation efforts of the police (harassing the homeless in the East End of London) with the investigations of an East End militia, the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (trailing a suspect assumed to be Jack the Ripper).
Creator
"The Illustrated Police News"
Date
1888
Extent
1 page
Format
Document
Is Part Of
An 1888 version of "The Illustrated Police News"
Language
English
Provenance
The British Library, sourced from the British Newspaper Archive
Publisher
British Library
Rights
Copyright of the British Newspaper Archive
Rights Holder
British Newspaper Archive
Subject
Investigation into the killer in the Jack the Ripper murders by neighborhood militias
Temporal Coverage
1888
Type
Newspaper

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