Councidences

[Doctored Whatsit]

Many of us believe that the note means that she didn't actually say "Nothing", but that she didn't say ANYTHING when asked.

But, hey, she was drunk as a skunk*, so it could mean anything...

* How the Hell did that saying originate? Do skunks in particular make a habit of frequenting pubs or crashing frat parties?

Yes, I think that is possible, but the inquest report has PC Robinson saying "When asked her name, she made the reply 'Nothing'". which appears to be his sworn statement. That suggests that she actually told the police that her name was "Nothing", and not that she didn't reply.

[Debra A]

Debra Arif unintentionally gave me the idea for this one. Even though we all know that coincidences can occur and that they are often used as fuel for theories, it doesn’t mean that certain coincidences might not have been coincidences in the first place…or they might have been coincidences. So whether they are just coincidences or whether they are coincidences post your ripper-related coincidences and let everyone decide.

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From Debra Arif - Fasham Venables, Cutbush's cousin had a wool warehouse at 34 Aldgate High Street. Catherine Eddowes claimed she knew who JTR was and was arrested a few doors away from these premises!.

You say Councidences...

[Herlock Sholmes]

You say Councidences...

You do realise that after reading those three harmless looking words someone will be thinking “mmm, what does Debra know that she isn’t telling?”

Cue the conspiracy theories.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I’ve only just noticed the spelling of the thread title!!

How did I manage that?

If Jon Menges sees this post - Jon, is there any chance of altering the spelling to coincidences please.

[Debra A]

You do realise that after reading those three harmless looking words someone will be thinking “mmm, what does Debra know that she isn’t telling?”

Cue the conspiracy theories.

Not guilty. I was just trying to drop a hint about your spelling of coincidence as councidence in the title, Herlock.

[The Rookie Detective]

Not guilty. I was just trying to drop a hint about your spelling of coincidence as councidence in the title, Herlock.

I noticed the spelling, but thought Herlock had chosen to do it deliberately as some kind of nuanced quirky thing to draw people to the thread, haha!

[Herlock Sholmes]

I noticed the spelling, but thought Herlock had chosen to do it deliberately as some kind of nuanced quirky thing to draw people to the thread, haha!

Nope. Just me typing like 5 year old. I don’t know why it took me so long to notice it?

[Herlock Sholmes]

After skimming through an article about George Morris by Rob Hills, I’ll add this one..

Kearley and Tonge was a tea warehouse. Thomas Cutbush was, for a time, a clerk for a tea merchants. There was also a Kearley and Tonge (according to Rob Hills) ‘in or very near to’ Buck’s Row. At number 7 Buck’s Row in 1881 lived an 18 year old married Blindmaker called Albert Cutbush. Albert was born in Lambeth and in 1891 Thomas Cutbush was incarcerated in the Lunatic Ward of Lambeth infirmary.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Sir Robert Anderson’s son Graham was lost at sea during the First World War aboard H.M.S Clan Macnaghten.

(from an article in Ripperologist #31, October 2001 by Stephen Ryder)

[Geddy2112]

Would be a great coincidence if one day we found out he was actually called 'Jack.'

[JohnSAJR]

The body of Mary Ann Nichols was removed from the mortuary, via the back-gate of Chapman's Court and taken to an undertaker on Hanbury Street.