The Poison Murders of Jack the Ripper: His Final Crimes, Trial and Execution

by R. Michael Gordon

Considered a primary suspect in the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders, Polish-born Severin Antoniovich Klosowski also gained considerable notoriety as "The Borough Poisoner of Southwark" in the late 1800s. Within a span of five years, Klosowski took on three women as his wives and lethally poisoned each with deadly doses of antimony.

This study of Klosowski's murders of Mary Spink, Elizabeth "Bessie" Taylor and Maud Marsh includes extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433272
• ISBN13: 9780786433278
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher