DEW, Walter.

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I Caught Crippen. First edition of this sensational account of the Jack the Ripper and Dr Crippen cases. This copy is from the crime library of Patricia Cornwell, whose books Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed (2002) and Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert (2017) investigated the identify of the murderer."The worldwide press coverage of the Crippen case made Dew possibly the most famous detective in the world and he embraced the celebrity status that remained with him for the rest of his life" (ODNB). A police officer since 1882, Dew also claimed to know Mary Jane Kelly, the Ripper's last victim.

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