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George Akin Lusk (1839—25 October 1919) was a British builder and decorator who specialised in music hall restoration. He was the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee during the Whitechapel murders, including the killings ascribed to Jack the Ripper, in 1888.
The Committee chose George Lusk as its leader, a local builder who was concerned the murders would negatively affect the growth of industry in the neighborhood. Lusk, as the head of Whitechapel’s neighborhood watch program, had his name up on posters around the neighborhood asking for information.
The "From Hell" letter (also known as the "Lusk letter") was a letter sent with half of a preserved human kidney to George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, in October 1888.
George Lusk, President of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee. The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee was founded by sixteen tradesmen from the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts, who were concerned that the killings were affecting businesses in the area.
George Akin Lusk (1839-25 October 1919) was a British interior decorator who served as chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee during the Whitechapel murders of 1888-1891. George Akin Lusk was born in Stepney, London in 1839, and he became a member of the Freemasons in 1882.
Jul 29, 2021 · George Lusk had formed the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee after Chapman, the second victim, was found mutilated on Sept. 8. He and several businessmen were desperate to help police catch the killer, the presence of whom hampered their nightly business.
Perhaps one of the most notorious events to happen during the Whitechapel murders relates to a letter received by George Lusk on 16 October 1888.
