Aussie report of his death references the Ripper

[GUT]

From

The Geelong Advertiser

8 August 1903

A "RIPPER" ECHO

Dr. Francis Tumblcty died recently in the Charity Hospital at St. Louis. A remarkable incident in his career was his arrest on the suspicion that he was "Jack the Ripper." On another occasion he was accused of complicity in a plot to infest the North with Yellow Fever during the Civil War.' Dr Tumblety left a fortune of over £27,000.

[Wolf Vanderlinden]

This brief article was originally published in the London paper Lloyd's Weekly News, 28 June, 1903.

Wolf.

[mklhawley]

To me, it's intriguing how Tumblety's advertising indian herb doctor/French disease cures business may have been affected by the evolution of newscable communications, such as this transoceanic one. Pre-Civil War times with intercontinental newscable communications in its infancy, Tumblety's advertising business was quite successful transiting back and forth to Canada. The Civil War came and transcontinental newscable communications kicked into overdrive, and Tumblety going to new cities without them knowing him was much more difficult. Post Civil War, Tumblety moves his advertising business overseas, but the 1870s saw the onset of transatlantic newscable communications. It followed Tumblety.

It seems fitting to have Tumblety's death recorded on the other side of the planet in 1903.

Sincerely,

Mike

[GUT]

He also left a nice little bundle 27,000 l in 1903 nothing to sneeze at.

[GUT]

This brief article was originally published in the London paper Lloyd's Weekly News, 28 June, 1903.

Wolf.

G'day Wolf

I was aware that t was nothing new just that it reached so far, had it been limited to the areas he had frequented it would perhaps have been no surprise, but I am not aware of any connection Dr T had with Aus.

[Wolf Vanderlinden]

It's likely that the name "Jack the Ripper" caused the interest rather than Tumblety.

Wolf.