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If Dr B Wasn't On the Suspect List He should Have Been
Greetings All,
As Horace said: " Coincidence makes fools of us all ".
So, let's look at some of the co-incidings which vault Dr Barnardo to the head of the "obviously should have been on the list" category:
[1]He was foreign-looking (Spanish and German Jewish ancestry (and some Catholic Irish);
[2]He was familiar with the East End parishes of London, having worked there for about 20 years by 1888;
[3]He was a medical man who carried a black bag and talked to prostitutes in lodging houses in Flower and Dean Street;
[4]His major work was "rescuing" the progeny of street women and their more anonymous partners.Could this have provided a motive?;
[5]He had known Sir Robert Anderson and his family since he ( Dr B.) was employed by Sir Robert's father in Dublin.Sir Robert was later on the Board of Barnardo's Homes;
[6] After World war One, A Miss Anne Macnaghten acted as co-governor of Barnardo's girls home at Barkingside (Dr B. was dead by then);
[7]Barnardo created work for his ex-"street arabs" as bootblacks: these were
called the " Union Jack Brigade" they were placed in lodgings called by the locals " Jack's Happy Homes ";
[8] Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence was a frequent speaker at the Working Lads Institute in Whitechapel, when Dr Barnardo sent parties of boys or girls to Canada]
[9] Barnardo himself exploited the Ripper scare to prise much-needed funds from wealthy aristocrats and brewery tycoons;
[10] He publicly stated that he had spoken to one Ripper victim at her lodging house the night before she was murdered.
If Dr Barnardo wasnot on the police JTR suspects list, he should have been.
**Don't forget what Horace said. JOHN RUFFELS.
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Greetings All,
As Horace said: " Coincidence makes fools of us all ".
So, let's look at some of the co-incidings which vault Dr Barnardo to the head of the "obviously should have been on the list" category:
[1]He was foreign-looking (Spanish and German Jewish ancestry (and some Catholic Irish);
[2]He was familiar with the East End parishes of London, having worked there for about 20 years by 1888;
[3]He was a medical man who carried a black bag and talked to prostitutes in lodging houses in Flower and Dean Street;
[4]His major work was "rescuing" the progeny of street women and their more anonymous partners.Could this have provided a motive?;
[5]He had known Sir Robert Anderson and his family since he ( Dr B.) was employed by Sir Robert's father in Dublin.Sir Robert was later on the Board of Barnardo's Homes;
[6] After World war One, A Miss Anne Macnaghten acted as co-governor of Barnardo's girls home at Barkingside (Dr B. was dead by then);
[7]Barnardo created work for his ex-"street arabs" as bootblacks: these were
called the " Union Jack Brigade" they were placed in lodgings called by the locals " Jack's Happy Homes ";
[8] Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence was a frequent speaker at the Working Lads Institute in Whitechapel, when Dr Barnardo sent parties of boys or girls to Canada]
[9] Barnardo himself exploited the Ripper scare to prise much-needed funds from wealthy aristocrats and brewery tycoons;
[10] He publicly stated that he had spoken to one Ripper victim at her lodging house the night before she was murdered.
If Dr Barnardo wasnot on the police JTR suspects list, he should have been.
**Don't forget what Horace said. JOHN RUFFELS.
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