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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1540
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 11:29 am: | 
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I know we have all heard/read stories of purported family links to suspects or policemen involved on the case.
I was browsing one of the boards on an author/writing related site when I found a thread from an author researching a fictional work on Jack. One of the replies caught my eye. It was posted 8 August 2004:
"I've been fascinated by Jack ever sice I was a child, as my cousins' great uncle was a police inspector on the case. My cousins have letters purporting to be from Jack (written in blood, we used to think, but I guess it's red ink!) and I remember seeing an "victim's ear" in a tobacco tin, back in the late 50s - tho' my old aunt now denies all knowledge of it! Sorry, it's not my story to tell but The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden (Robinson, 1994) is pretty informative, as are the others mentioned above. Patricia Cornwall's Portrait of a Killer is, IMHO, cr*p, and not very readable either."
The author is simply referred to as "Dorritt."
Anyone wishing to see the whole thread can find it at:
http://www.ukauthors.com/phorum/read.php?f=15&i=594&t=594
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AP Wolf
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Apwolf
Post Number: 1498
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 5:21 pm: |
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Well I don't know Chris.
Personally I put a slice of apple in my tobacco tin to keep the tobacco fresh, but if I must put a whore's ear in there, then I'll give it a go. |
Dan Norder
Inspector
Username: Dannorder
Post Number: 360
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 11:12 pm: |
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Interesting bit on the ear... Like with all these stories, there is probably a bit of distorted memory going on. In this case the fact that the aunt never heard of what you'd think would be the most interesting part seems to indicate that one or both of them were quite confused.
And, speaking of confused, some of the theories listed on that page by others are doosies... They got your standard Freemason conspiracists, Cornwell followers, and so forth, but this is the first time I've seen someone seriously try to advance Sir Charles Warren as the Ripper. I mean, I'd heard that others had in the past, but to see someone actually say it, wow.
Dan Norder, editor, Ripper Notes
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Bubba King
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 10:35 am: |
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Mz Cornwall has correctly identified the author of the "genuine Ripper Letter".
My only digression would be the Savage Nature of the murders indicates non-British personality,and,
the fact he was never caught suggests a white man. A savage and white man. AMERICAN MALE.
I submit "Saucy Jack" was actually two men. One,the artist identified genetically by Mz Cornwall. The other,Fulton Maybrick,an American living in London's East End at the time. I'm aware certain persons have "debunked" Maybrick's diary. I suggest you go-over your facts and conclusions.
The "Ripper's" murderous means suggest a man with an highly-repressed homosexual nature. Not likely an Englishman. Much more likely an American. |
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