Francis Tumblety (c.1833 – 28 May 1903) was an Irish-born mountebank who earned a small fortune posing as an "Indian Herb" doctor throughout the United States and Canada. He was a notorious self-promoter and was often in trouble with the law. He was put forward as a suspect in the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders.
Read more about Francis Tumblety: Early Life, Career, Jack The Ripper Suspect, Last Years
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