Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper Walthrough - Part 5 of 5 - Identifying the Perpetrator

Holmes says that you need to go to the area where the piece of white apron missing from Eddowes was found. The map now contains a marker for Goulston streets. Click on it to travel to a Jewish neighborhood. Look for the 110-119 door marker with a piece of cloth in the front. Walk over to the area and find that someone left a message there.

The cryptic message says “The Jews are people who will not be blamed for nothing.” Holmes notes that it was raining that. He asks Watson to find some water and a container to hold it in while he writes something on the wall with chalk.

Walk along the street. Use the hint feature to find a few useful items such as a pole and a rope. When you turn, look for the hook. Walk up the street until you see a watering can sticking from the window. Combine the rope, pole, and hook in your inventory. Move the crate on the ground near the window three times. Select the hook in the inventory and use it to get the can.

Run back to the end of the street that is opposite the wall Holmes intends to write on. Walk along it until you find a barrel of water. Use the watering can on the barrel and then walk back to Holmes. Select the watering can from the inventory and talk to Sherlock with the item selected. He pours that water on the chalk message which erases quickly.

The message left on the wall could not have survived the night of the murder for as long as it did. Conduct another walking experiment that proves that the constable could not have seen the message from the street.

Holmes says that they now know enough to determine what the murder looks like. He suggests you return to Baker Street.

Now that you have the eyewitness descriptions of the murderer, you must determine what he looks like. Take control of Watson. Get 3 wigs, 3 mannequins, a costume from a wardrobe in the living room, Watson’s old suit, and Holmes’s worker disguise. Get a grey cap, a felt cap, and Holmes’s deer stalker hat.

Place the mannequins on the ground and then not the screen that opens. The object is to use the descriptions of the murderer to get a good idea of what the murderer looks lie. Select the testimony of E. Long, the conversation with Abraham Somonovitch, and Constable Smith’s description to use as proof.

Abraham Solomonovitch’s description requires a height of about 5' 3", a blonde wig, a gray hat, and a gray coat. His friend Joseph said the murderer was about 30 years of age.

Constable Smith’s description says the victim was 5'8", he had brown hair, looked respectable, and was wearing a gray suit. He also believes the murderer is about 26 years old.. Use the remaining items on the third mannequin.

Now that the murderers are all the same height, you must account for discrepancies in age. You must find the median age between them. Some people may figure out without completing the puzzle that 33 is the only age that overlaps in all the ranges, but that does not get them to the next point in the game. Underneath each age is a series of icons. You must fill in the age ranges. 3-5, 7-10, 7-10.

30: 25-35, 26-34, 27-33.

40: 30-50, 31-49, 32-48, 33-47.

26: 16-36, 17-35, 18-34, 19-33.

Now that you have a good idea what Jack the Ripper looks like and how old he is, you must get an idea of where the murderer lives. Listen to the explanation Holmes gives of how to find the area where Jack lives. Then get the items he asks. He needs two pencils and two compasses, one of which must be capable of drawing ellipses. Get the stationary from the drawer. Retrieve the map of London from the wardrobe.

The next puzzle requires you to place the area where the murders occurred on the map. Return to your inventory if you cannot remember where they took place. If all else fails, use the Wikipedia page on Jack the Ripper.

Drawing the proper lines is fairly easy, although the drawing of the ellipse may take some trial and error. Follow the instructions until all the areas are drawn. Holmes suggests that the man lives in the Aldgate area, but he needs more information. You can return the deductions screen and fill in the remaining results.

Holmes says that he must go to the Central News Agency to get more information about possible murders that the perpetrator may have committed before he took the life of Polly Nichols.