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Frederick George Abberline (8 January 1843 – 10 December 1929) was a British chief inspector for the London Metropolitan Police. He is best known for being a prominent police figure in the investigation into the Jack the Ripper serial killer murders of 1888.
Jul 1, 2024 · Detective Inspector Frederick Abberline was involved in the Whitechapel murders and has appeared as a character in stories based on the murders. In the 1988 television miniseries Jack the Ripper, Abberline was played by Michael Caine.
- The Lead Investigator 1888 - 1889
- The Senior Officer on The Case
- Promoted to Scotland Yard
- The Murder of Mary Nichols
- He Located Mary Nichols's Husband
- Annie Chapman's Murder
- The Work of The Same Hand?
- The Arrest of Wiliam Henry Pigott
- Elizabeth Stride's Murder
- The Murder of Mary Kelly
Frederick George Abberline(1843 - 1929) was the detective who led the on the ground investigation into the Jack the Ripper throughout the autumn and winter months of 1888. He had joined the Metropolitan Police on 5th January 1863 (warrant number 43519) and had spent a great deal of his career policing the streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields. Wa...
Inspector Frederick George Abberline was 45 years old in 1888. He was a portly and balding officer who wore a thick moustache and bushy side whiskers. He had already spent fourteen years as a detective with H division and had gained an unrivalled knowledge of the area’s streets and criminals. Tobypraised him as:-
The previous year Abberline’s dedication and service were recognised with a promotion to Central Office at Scotland Yard, and a farewell dinner was held for him in December 1887 at the Unicorn Tavern, on Shoreditch High Street. However, it was decided early on in the Jack the Ripper case that the local detective force would benefit from the involve...
Abberline was first called in to give an opinion on the crimes in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Mary Nichols, which took place on 31st August, 1888. The St James's Gazettementioned his involvement in the case in its edition of Saturday. September 1st, 1888:-
Abberline was evidently much involved with the investigation into Mary Nichols's murder at this point, and was, according to the following article, which appeared in The East London Observer, on Saturday, 8th September, 1888, and which concerned his appearance, on Saturday, September 1st, 188, at the first day of the inquest into the death of Mary ...
By the time of the murder of Annie Chapman, on the 8th September, 1888, he was seen very much as the lead officer on the case, as is attested to by the following snippet, which appeared in The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, on Friday, 14th September, 1888:-
Of course, one of the first things that the police had to consider, in the wake of this latest atrocity, was whether or not it was the work of the same person who had carried out the murder of Mary Nichols a week earlier. There was, in fact, little doubt that the same perpetrator had carried out all three murders, as was reported by The Herts and C...
On Monday, 10th September, 1888. Abberline was the officer who headed to Gravesend to escort William Henry Pigott(1835 - 1901) back to London. Pigott had been arrested the previous evening in the Pope's Head Tavern, in West Street, Gravesend. The Central News Agencyreported that his, "...hand is badly bitten, and there are blood marks on his clothe...
In the wake of the murder of Elizabeth Stride, Abberline was being recognised as the lead detective on the case, albeit, he was now sharing the burden of the murders investigation with Chief Inspector Donald Swanson. Reporting on the police activity in the immediate aftermath of the Stride murder, The Scotsman, on Monday, 1st October, 1888, informe...
In the aftermath of the murder of Mary Kelly, Abberline, was soon on the scene, and one of his first actions was, according to The Dundee Courier, on Saturday, 10th November, 1888, was to give "... orders that no-one should be allowed to enter or leave the court." He then, according to the article, "waited a little and then sent a telegram to Sir C...
Following the murder of Mary Ann Nichols in August 1888, Abberline was sent to the East End where he would join Inspector Edmund Reid in the hunt for the mysterious killer - and with good reason. Born in Dorset in 1843, Abberline joined the Metropolitan Police in 1863 where he was originally posted to N Division, Islington.
Apr 27, 2016 · In 1892 Inspector Frederick Abberline, the detective who led the on the ground investigation into the Jack the Ripper murders, gave an interview about the case.
Inspector Frederick G. Abberline of “H” Division in London and Detective Chief Inspector John Shore travelled to Cumberland to investigate. 1 February 1886: Emily Rachel Howies and Anthony Spea charged with fortune telling.
An informational pamphlet on Inspector Abberline, produced by the Bournemouth Council in 2001, can be found here (PDF format).
