In 1926, Matters proposed in a magazine article that the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper was an eminent doctor, whose son had died from syphilis caught from a prostitute. According to Matters, the doctor, given the pseudonym "Dr Stanley", committed the murders in revenge and then fled to Argentina. Matters claimed he had discovered an account of Stanley's deathbed confession in a South American newspaper. He expanded his ideas into a book, The Mystery of Jack the Ripper, in 1929. The book was marketed as a serious study, but it contains obvious factual errors and the documents it supposedly uses as references have never been found.[2] True crime writer Edmund Pearson, who was Matters' contemporary, said scathingly, "The deathbed confession bears about the same relation to the facts of criminology as the exploits of Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat do to zoology."[3] Ripper expert and former policeman Donald Rumbelow thought the theory was "almost certainly invented",[4] and Stephen Knight, who wrote Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution, thought it was "based on unsupported and palpably false statements".[5] Nevertheless, The Mystery of Jack the Ripper was the first full-length book on the Ripper,[6] and it inspired further fictional works such as the theatre play Murder Most Foul and the film Jack the Ripper.[7]
^ abcCraig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 34. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
leonard, matters, leonard, warburton, matters, june, 1881, october, 1951, australian, journalist, became, labour, party, politician, united, kingdom, south, africa, during, boer, born, british, subject, adelaide, australia, fought, second, boer, south, africa,. Leonard Warburton Matters 26 June 1881 31 October 1951 1 was an Australian journalist who became a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom Leonard Matters in South Africa during the Boer War He was born a British subject in Adelaide Australia and fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa He worked as a journalist in Argentina and was managing editor of the Buenos Aires Herald In 1926 Matters proposed in a magazine article that the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper was an eminent doctor whose son had died from syphilis caught from a prostitute According to Matters the doctor given the pseudonym Dr Stanley committed the murders in revenge and then fled to Argentina Matters claimed he had discovered an account of Stanley s deathbed confession in a South American newspaper He expanded his ideas into a book The Mystery of Jack the Ripper in 1929 The book was marketed as a serious study but it contains obvious factual errors and the documents it supposedly uses as references have never been found 2 True crime writer Edmund Pearson who was Matters contemporary said scathingly The deathbed confession bears about the same relation to the facts of criminology as the exploits of Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat do to zoology 3 Ripper expert and former policeman Donald Rumbelow thought the theory was almost certainly invented 4 and Stephen Knight who wrote Jack the Ripper The Final Solution thought it was based on unsupported and palpably false statements 5 Nevertheless The Mystery of Jack the Ripper was the first full length book on the Ripper 6 and it inspired further fictional works such as the theatre play Murder Most Foul and the film Jack the Ripper 7 In the 1929 general election Matters was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as the Member of Parliament MP for Kennington in London 8 9 He held the seat for two years until his defeat at the 1931 general election 8 and was unsuccessful when he stood again in 1935 8 See also editMuriel MattersReferences edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with K part 1 Woods Paul Baddeley Gavin 2009 Saucy Jack The Elusive Ripper Hersham Surrey Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 978 0 7110 3410 5 pp 114 115 Pearson Edmund Lester 1936 More Studies in Murder New York Random House Rumbelow Donald 1975 The Complete Jack the Ripper London W H Allen Knight Stephen 1976 Jack the Ripper The Final Solution London Harrap Wilson Colin Odell Robin 1987 Jack the Ripper Summing Up and Verdict Bantam Press ISBN 0 593 01020 5 p 95 Woods and Baddeley pp 160 198 a b c Craig F W S 1983 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3rd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 34 ISBN 0 900178 06 X No 33508 The London Gazette 21 June 1929 p 4110 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Leonard Matters Image at Australian War Memorial Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byGeorge Harvey Member of Parliament for Kennington1929 1931 Succeeded byGeorge Harvey Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leonard Matters amp oldid 1171726711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
