The writing - a name?

[DVV]

By all accounts, Dave, the Victoria Home was more comfortable.

Amitiés,
David

[Edward]

Dave,


* The apron and graffiti, according to PC Long, were left there at the same time, and this was following the Eddowes murder.
* The message is in no way blatantly anti-Semetic OR pro-Semitic, and only makes sense in reference to the murders.
* There apparently was not much if any other graffiti on the street.
* The inhabitants of the building did not recall the graffiti having been present at a time prior to the murder.
* The investigating officials, who had a better understanding of the people, the place, and the times than we will ever have, held a majority view that the graffiti was written by the Ripper.

Tom Wescott

Tom -

I don't recall reading a statement where PC Long states that the graffiti and apron were left at the same time. Was the statement made at an inquest? Can you direct me to where I may find it? I'm not nearly as well-versed with the Casebook as are many others.

My belief is that the officials' main concern was fear that the graffiti could prompt violence upon Jews (whether or not it had anything to do with the murder). The officials' "understanding of the people, the place, and the times" made it abundantly clear to them how emotionally charged the local populace was during that Autumn. Some of the "witness" statements had described suspects as "foreign looking" or as "Jewish looking". There was a general belief amongst the local population that the murderer was Jewish or "foreign", and many of the new immigrants were Jews.

As for the graffiti itself, I still maintain that the message does not even obliquely refer to murder (or any other specific act).

Respectfully,
Edward

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Edward,

Long said they weren't there one minute, but were there the next. That's what I meant.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Dave James]

GSG as an anagram

Hi All,
It was suggested earlier on in the thread that the GSG might be a ripper code or an anagram. May I direct you to Jack the Ripper Revealed by John Wilding.

"The full anagram, which uses every letter of the graffiti is as follows:

The Juwes are the men that F.G. Abberline. Now hate M.J
will not be blamed for Druitt. He sent the woman to
nothing. hell.

Further, he points out that the two JtR Liverpool letters also contain messages.

Sooooo!

All the best
Dave

[Dave James]

Hi all,

Sorry the spacing didn't come out right in the quote:

The Juwes are the men that
will not be blamed for
nothing.

Becomes

F G Abberline. Now hate M J
Druitt. He sent the woman to
Hell.

Dave

[JacknJill]

Hi all,

Sorry the spacing didn't come out right in the quote:

The Juwes are the men that
will not be blamed for
nothing.

Becomes

F G Abberline. Now hate M J
Druitt. He sent the woman to
Hell.

Dave

Lol, now that the spacing's right it makes alot more sense. And that's pretty interesting. It's possible it's reading a bit too far into it? I am definitely checking this stuff out though.

[DaveMc]

What do we know? We know what the police found, and what they think that supposedly meant, but what solid evidence on JTR himself do we have? We can't make any decisions about him and say that they are correct, was all I was pointing out. Also, note I didn't say /all/ of it was guesswork?

Sorry, there. When you mentioned his method I focused squarely on the attacks.

Obviously, there's no evidence on the killer himself or he would have been caught.

No matte who any has as a suspect, it's arbitrary.
As you said, we don't have any actual evidence of his identity.

For me, a puzzle needs at least two pieces.
I don't have anything at all regarding the killer writing messages on the wall to put together with this one.