JTR illiterate ?

[Sam Flynn]

He probably wrote none of the letters, and quite possibly not the GSG either.

[Trapperologist]

IF we assume JTR lived in the area- we can assume he would have been rather poor and also uneducated ?.Therefore ,if JTR was a Whitechapel resident , would he have been able to write any type of letters sent ? ( assuming if the Dear Boss letter is genuine) Also Dear Boss letter is neatly and elegantly scripted -perhaps beyond the capability of even a literate Whitechapel resident ?

Not to mention the GSG as rendered by Detective Halse.



So using this (and the letters) as a starting point and working backward, you have to think he's not illiterate and probably not from the neighborhood.

[OctavBotnar]

IF we assume JTR lived in the area- we can assume he would have been rather poor and also uneducated ?.Therefore ,if JTR was a Whitechapel resident , would he have been able to write any type of letters sent ? ( assuming if the Dear Boss letter is genuine) Also Dear Boss letter is neatly and elegantly scripted -perhaps beyond the capability of even a literate Whitechapel resident ?