The East River Ripper
Dekle Sr, George R![The East River Ripper](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/359/35961761/CHSBZCOP0335961761.jpg)
Innocent or guilty, or a more nuanced truth, in this Ripper-style killing Shortly after NYPD Chief of Detectives Thomas Byrnes publicly criticized the London police for failing to capture Jack the Ripper, he received a letter purportedly from Jack himself saying New York was his next target. Not long after, Byrnes was confronted by his own Ripper-style murder case in the death of Carrie Brown, a.k.a. "Old Shakespeare, " a colorful character wh...