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Hi everyone, this is my first post and i am so glad to have joined this forum, as this is beyond doubt the finest website and info board on the web i have come across, and i have done some trawling believe me!
I have a longstanding facination with the Whitechapel murders and the victorian east end, and I have never really had the chance to chat with fellow (enthusiasts?) followers.
I have a couple of points I hope will be discussed or at least provide some ideas on the ripper case. If these have been covered in previous posts please forgive me, I have looked thru the archive and havn't found anything relating to these specific points.
Firstly is the 'package' that was carried by some suspects, and seen by witnesses, about 8-10 inches long, tied with string. I've often wondered what the relevence of this is, and not many authors give much insight into the possibilities of this piece of evidence. Was it the murder weapon (i doubt this one, too fiddly to unwrap and use in the time allowed), maybe it was a cloak to hide bloodstained clothes, or maybe it was even cloths and a water bottle to clean hands of blood and stuff. Any thoughts?
Which leads me on to my next points, how did the ripper commit such physical atrocities in the dark of Whitechapel? How were precise mutilations to the face of Catherine Eddowes done in the darkest corner of Mitre Square?, yet he contiued to be 'invisible' to the police and public alike, both during the crimes and on his escape from the scene. London is a metropolitan city, both now and in 1888, were the streets so quiet that the ripper could not be noticed by throngs of people still about, tradesmen going to work and the police in large numbers on the beat? I read quite often of 24 hour pubs, going for a rum at 5.30 in the morning!! coming out of premises at 3 or 4 in the morning. Surely there must have been more sightings that were never reoprted to the police.
He must have very lucky AND/OR as some investigators state; he must have fitted in, or be 'normal' enough not to be noticed by the people on the street, whatever it was he got away with it and I think this is one of the enduring mysteries which I find particularly fascinating.
Any comments or views would be much appreciated,
Chris
I have a longstanding facination with the Whitechapel murders and the victorian east end, and I have never really had the chance to chat with fellow (enthusiasts?) followers.
I have a couple of points I hope will be discussed or at least provide some ideas on the ripper case. If these have been covered in previous posts please forgive me, I have looked thru the archive and havn't found anything relating to these specific points.
Firstly is the 'package' that was carried by some suspects, and seen by witnesses, about 8-10 inches long, tied with string. I've often wondered what the relevence of this is, and not many authors give much insight into the possibilities of this piece of evidence. Was it the murder weapon (i doubt this one, too fiddly to unwrap and use in the time allowed), maybe it was a cloak to hide bloodstained clothes, or maybe it was even cloths and a water bottle to clean hands of blood and stuff. Any thoughts?
Which leads me on to my next points, how did the ripper commit such physical atrocities in the dark of Whitechapel? How were precise mutilations to the face of Catherine Eddowes done in the darkest corner of Mitre Square?, yet he contiued to be 'invisible' to the police and public alike, both during the crimes and on his escape from the scene. London is a metropolitan city, both now and in 1888, were the streets so quiet that the ripper could not be noticed by throngs of people still about, tradesmen going to work and the police in large numbers on the beat? I read quite often of 24 hour pubs, going for a rum at 5.30 in the morning!! coming out of premises at 3 or 4 in the morning. Surely there must have been more sightings that were never reoprted to the police.
He must have very lucky AND/OR as some investigators state; he must have fitted in, or be 'normal' enough not to be noticed by the people on the street, whatever it was he got away with it and I think this is one of the enduring mysteries which I find particularly fascinating.
Any comments or views would be much appreciated,
Chris
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