Possible Repercussions from Anderson Revealing the Ripper's Identity

[Wickerman]

Anderson did suggest this as a possible route in Blackwoods, pt. VI, March 1910; "..provided the publishers would accept all responsibility in view of a possible libel action."

I assumed that, 1) they never did, or that, 2) this was a ploy by Anderson to cover the fact he was only guessing at the identity of the killer.

Jon S.

[PaulB]

Yes, it is very interesting. What is your source for that, Trevor?

[c.d.]

Hello Trevor,

That is quite interesting. I did not know that. Now do we know that for a fact or is it something that Anderson himself said?

c.d.

[Trevor Marriott]

What would the repercussions have been (both good and bad) had Anderson revealed the Ripper's indentity in his book? A few immediately come to mind.

Good Repercussions:

1. Anderson becomes an instant celebrity for a while. He could write newspaper aritcles and give lectures detailing how he tracked down the Ripper. I would think that it could have been fairly lucrative.

Bad Repercussions:

1. He is hit with a liable suit by the family of the individual named as Jack.

2. His old Scotland Yard friends turn on him and publicly accuse him of being a fraud.

I think those will do for starters.

c.d.

His book publishers offered to pay any libel costs incurred in revealing the identity of the person he was referring to in his book

[lynn cates]

repercussions

Hello CD. Good idea for a thread.

I think that your #2, under bad, is pretty well it. In fact, this is about what happened when some other police officials weighed in on his Polish Jew theory.

Cheers.
LC

[c.d.]

What would the repercussions have been (both good and bad) had Anderson revealed the Ripper's indentity in his book? A few immediately come to mind.

Good Repercussions:

1. Anderson becomes an instant celebrity for a while. He could write newspaper aritcles and give lectures detailing how he tracked down the Ripper. I would think that it could have been fairly lucrative.

Bad Repercussions:

1. He is hit with a liable suit by the family of the individual named as Jack.

2. His old Scotland Yard friends turn on him and publicly accuse him of being a fraud.

I think those will do for starters.

c.d.