The kidney removal of Catherine Eddowes.

[Herlock Sholmes]

No problem Herlock. It was just my apparently unsuccessful attempt at humour. When back pain robs me of sleep I become a little cranky. Plus, my wife informs me, I am a grumpy old b*****d to begin with.

I’m like that without any pain George.

I do get back pain but nowhere near as bad as you must do George but I live with a born pessimist’s concern that one day it might get worse. My brother suffers badly with Sciatica and even strong painkillers don’t fully wipe away the pain. I remember when I was a teenager my dad slipped a disk working in a foundry carrying a pot of molten aluminium with another man using a shank. He trod on something and went over; the other guy got a minor burn. He was was no lightweight when it came to pain but I saw him lying on his back on our living room floor in tears asking me to talk to him to try and take his mind of it. It’s one of the most vivid memories of my childhood.

I hope yours eases up George.

[GBinOz]

I do get back pain but nowhere near as bad as you must do George but I live with a born pessimist’s concern that one day it might get worse.

And the voice from the gloom saithe " Smile and be happy, for things could be much worse". So I smiled and was happy and lo, things became much worse.

[DJA]

[Coroner] Would it have been such an instrument as a medical man uses for post-mortem examinations? - The ordinary post-mortem case perhaps does not contain such a weapon.
[Coroner] Would any instrument that slaughterers employ have caused the injuries? - Yes; well ground down.

The Liston knife is not present in an "ordinary post-mortem case". I think that was the point he was making . I also think that he was suggesting that a slaughter's knife would have been possible only if it was ground down.

Cheers, George

Before moving to SevenOaks,Sutton resided at Finsbury Square and passed through Spital Square where Phillips lived, on a daily/nightly basis.
'Medically',they were peers and most likely knew each other.

[FISHY1118]

Hi Fishy,

"If the two ''flaps of skin'' from the lower abdoman were lying next to the body, why did Dr Phillips reply they were Absent ?" He didn't, they were excised but present and externally visible - see the "body in situ" report

I was always talking about Baxter referring to organs - he wanted to know when the organ and body parts went missing. Phillips could have replied to Baxter's question by saying that they were present at the crime scene but he had no way of telling how they disappeared. He just said he wasn't present at the transit, avoiding the question as to if they were present at the crime scene, because he didn't know, because that was the function of the post mortem to examine the inner body.

Then the body, which was supposed to be guarded in the mortuary, was found in the yard by the nurses who then washed the body without appropriate authorisation.

Cheers, George

Hi George

But he did say they were Absent [again, surely you cant mean absent from the abdoman but lying next to her body] when asked by Baxter ? ,otherwise he would have mentioned the Two flaps of skin that were ''present and externally visible'' in his response. He must therefor in my opinion be talking about the missing organs from the abdoman.


I should think in the exchange between Phillips and Baxter, that if read correctly 98 out of 100 people would agree the what was being discussed was the missing organs from the abdoman of Chapman . Imo .

[FISHY1118]

This is the crux of the argument.

What kind of man had the ability and capability to carry out those wounds inflicted on each of the known victims, within a relatively small time frame, in near darkness, in virtual silence, and then escape the scene without being heard or seen?

When we combine all of those proven factors, it really is quite remarkable how it was achieved multiple times.

The answer may rest in areas of the case that we believe are true; that may indeed be false.

For example...multiple assailants, a different kill site to the deposition site, use of a cart to move and then place the body, someone who would not be stopped and questioned; a policeman, a vicar, a child, a woman etc...


There must be something that we are all missing that would go some way to explain how the Ripper managed to achieve what he did.

A very good post R.D . Something out of the ordinary that were not seeing, or even willing to entertain happened with these murders. Imo .

[GBinOz]

Hi George

But he did say they were Absent [again, surely you cant mean absent from the abdoman but lying next to her body] when asked by Baxter ? ,otherwise he would have mentioned the Two flaps of skin that were ''present and externally visible'' in his response. He must therefor in my opinion be talking about the missing organs from the abdoman.


I should think in the exchange between Phillips and Baxter, that if read correctly 98 out of 100 people would agree the what was being discussed was the missing organs from the abdoman of Chapman . Imo .

Hi Fishy,

From Phillip's post mortem report conducted at the mortuary:

Missing were the womb, upper part of vagina, greater part of bladder, and part of the belly wall that included the navel.

They were not noted as missing or absent at the crime scene. Hope that clarifies the confusion.

Cheers, George

[FISHY1118]

Hi Fishy,

From Phillip's post mortem report conducted at the mortuary:

Missing were the womb, upper part of vagina, greater part of bladder, and part of the belly wall that included the navel.

They were not noted as missing or absent at the crime scene. Hope that clarifies the confusion.

Cheers, George

Coroner] Was the whole of the body there? - No; the absent portions being from the abdomen.
[Coroner] Are those portions such as would require anatomical knowledge to extract? -[Dr Phillips] I think the mode in which they were extracted did show some anatomical knowledge.

I dont see the confusion you mentioned at all George . Who would require anatomical knowledge to cut two flaps of skin? Whos ''extracts ''to flaps of skin ? its all about context George .Its clear the discussion is about the missing organs from the abdoman .

This whole conversation isnt about Two flaps of skin , no way , especially when the two flaps of skin were right there next to Chapmans body . It makes no sense at all .

Maybe a poll by our resident pollster H ,as to what Baxter and Phillips were referring to in this exchange is required ? Organs or Skin flaps.