also treated badly. Three of these women had been poisoned and died. While Chapman was charged with three murders, he was convicted only of the last one and was hanged on April 7, 1903. There were other factors that led to Chapman being a suspect. He was single at the time of the murders and had the freedom to roam around at all hours of the night and morning. He also worked a regular job, which kept him occupied during the week but allowed him weekends free when the murders occurred. He was violent and homicidal with women and committed multiple murders of women. Montague John Druitt was born in 1857 in Dorset. His father was a surgeon. Druitt graduated with a degree in classics and went to teach boarding school. In 1885 his father died and a couple of years later his mother was institutionalized for depression and paranoid delusions. His family had a very pronounced history of depression and suicide. His body was found floating in the Thames River in December 1888. He had been dismissed from his teaching position in November. He had left a suicide note found by his brother expressing a fear that he was going to be like his mother and that it was best for him to die. There seems to be little evidence as to why he was considered a suspect. It seems that the inspectors supposedly had private information that his family believed that he was the murderer. Bibliography Colby-Newton, Katie. Jack the Ripper. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1990. The Diary of Jack the Ripper. New York: Hyperian, 1993. Begg, Paul. Jack the Ripper: The Uncensored Facts. New York: Robson, 1989. Sharkey, Terence. Jack the Ripper: 100 Years of Investigation. London: Ward Lock, 1987....
