A French connection

[Phil Carter]

Hello Phil. There may have been an old connection, but, so far as I know, no recent connection. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

The best.
LC

Hello Lynn,

I am really wondering about a few things because of the International flavour of the threads at present. One the French one. Two, the Danish one, and Three, of course, the Irish one.

best wishes

Phil

[lynn cates]

connection

Hello Phil. There may have been an old connection, but, so far as I know, no recent connection. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

The best.
LC

[Phil Carter]

Hello Tom,

Many thanks.. this of course, is on Casebook about his book..

A brilliantly written specialist book targeted towards the seasoned and serious Ripperologist. Robert McLaughlin pulls a major coup by discovering an obscure book written by a French medical student named André Lamoureux in 1894 entitled De l'Éventration au point-de-vue medico-legal - inside was published a single photograph of Mary Jane Kelly. This book preceeds Lacassagne's Vacher l'Eventreur by five years and must now be considered the earliest publication ever to print a photo of a Ripper victim.

best wishes

Phil

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Phil. I haven't read Robert McLaughlin's wonderful book 'The First Jack The Ripper Photographs', in a few years, but the answer is probably there. If you don't have a copy, you might try PMing him on here.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Phil Carter]

Hello all,

I wondered if anyone could tell me the exact known origins as to how the Mary Kelly photo, MJK1, was first published in a book in France, and if there are any known connections between the French author and anyone related to the Whitechapel murder case?

best wishes

Phil