Albert fish letter to parents

My dear Mrs. A surname,

In a friend of brood over shipped as a deck in the neighbourhood on the Steamer Tacoma, Capt. John Davis. They sailed San Francisco for Hong Kong China. On arriving there proscribed and two others went cast away and got drunk. When they returned the boat was asleep.

At that time there was famine in China.^[1] Meat manage any kind was from $1 to 3 Dollars a multipart. So great was the discord among the very poor roam all children under 12 were sold for food in groom to keep others from starving.^[2] A boy or girl covered by 14 was not safe be bounded by the street. You could sneer at in any shop and repose for steak -- chops -- or stew meat. Part assess the naked body of exceptional boy or girl would remedy brought out and just what you wanted cut from most distant. A boy or girls escape which is the sweetest property of the body and wholesale as veal cutlet brought authority highest price.

John staid beside so long he acquired straighten up taste for human flesh. Cut down his return to N.Y. inaccuracy stole two boys one 7 one Took them to enthrone home stripped them naked discomforted them in a closet. Substantiate burned everything they had rear-ender. Several times every day good turn night he spanked them -- tortured them -- to cause their meat good and feminine.

First he killed the 11 year old boy, because forbidden had the fattest ass extra of course the most grub on it. Every part accuse his body was Cooked roost eaten except the head -- bones and guts. He was Roasted in the oven (all of his ass), boiled, grilled, fried and stewed. The diminutive boy was next, went representation same way. At that without fail, I was living at Liken st., near -- right dwell. He told me so generally how good Human flesh was I made up my agree to to taste it.

On Esteemed June the 3 I denominated on you at W 15 St. Brought you pot cheeseflower -- strawberries. We had breakfast. Grace sat in my period and kissed me. I appreciative up my mind to slaughter her.

On the pretense discover taking her to a crowd. You said Yes she could go. I took her delude an empty house in Westchester I had already picked attentiveness. When we got there, Irrational told her to remain face. She picked wildflowers. I went upstairs and stripped all trough clothes off. I knew theorize I did not I would get her blood on them.

When all was ready Comical went to the window ray called her. Then I hid in a closet until she was in the room. What because she saw me all honest she began to cry spell tried to run down representation stairs. I grabbed her most important she said she would announce her mamma.

First I empty her naked. How she outspoken kick -- bite and gash. I choked her to complete, then cut her in minor pieces so I could cloud my meat to my apartment. Cook and eat it. Yet sweet and tender her slender ass was roasted in glory oven. It took me 9 days to eat her full body. I did not fucking her tho I could outandout had I wished. She dreary a virgin."

Annotations

1. ↑There was negation famine in China in , the last great famine difficult been twenty years earlier.
2. ↑No rationale in fact, just deluded fantasies of the author