Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who killed 5 prostitutes between August and November 1888. There are many theories about the identity of Jack the Ripper. There are over 500 suspects collected over the years from various clues and documents from court cases and human lives. The three most likely of these suspects are James Maybrick, Aaron Kosminski and Michael Ostrog. Each of these suspects left behind evidence and personal vendettas that made them 3 of Jack the Ripper's most likely suspects. The prime suspect, James Maybrick, was a Liverpool-based cotton merchant who was married to Florence Chandler. He went to the United States in 1870 and contracted malaria. He needed to take arsenic and strychnine to keep the malaria under control so it wouldn't kill him. During the 1880s Maybrick's opened a cotton business, but things began to take a turn for the worse and sales declined and he began losing money. This caused her marriage to Chandler to weaken and they couldn't afford everything they wanted. He had to use his money for malaria drugs and a new woman. Chandler left with their two children and found another younger man who earned more money. He was first suspected of being Jack the Ripper when his book "Maybrick Diary" was published. Before this book was published, he had never been suspected of being Jack the Ripper. Maybrick's book caused a great deal of discussion among several "Ripperologists" and journalists. Some journalists believed this book was a hoax and James Maybrick did not write it. Other journalists and "Ripperologists" believed that it was all true and that James Maybrick was really Jack the Ripper. The diary was received by Michael Barrett in 1992 from his friend Tony Devereux. The...... middle of the card ...... and. He also served six months of hard labor during which he received several floggings. From all his thefts he did not obtain a very large sum, but only a gold watch which he had stolen from a barmaid and two valuable books from an Eton schoolmaster. Even though he didn't get much from his thefts, he was still a dangerous man. He had a loaded eight-chambered revolver in his possession when he was taken to Burton-on-Trent Police Station. He had it out and was pointing it at the arresting officer when the officer grabbed it and turned the barrel toward him. Ostrog was showing signs of insanity, so he declared himself insane during one of his trials. He was transferred to the Surrey Pauper Lunatic Asylum from Wandsworth Prison suffering from mania. He is said to have been recovered when he was discharged on leave on 10 March 1888, but failed to report to the asylum.