American Conference 2016

[Steadmund Brand]

Ok... my hotel is officially booked.. and flight will be booked later....just wondering... who else is going to be there? come on folks don't be shy lets have a show of hands


Steadmund Brand

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

I have been told that the Mount Vernon Hotel is fully booked up for the night of Friday, April 8. Here are a number of other hotel suggestions that you might also find useful if you have not already booked your stay.

The nearby Biltmore Suites on W. Madison looks a good bet at a good price. http://hotels.desertusa.com/Maryland.../11244557.html. The Tremont Plaza hotel is not that far away http://hotels.desertusa.com/Maryland.../10054619.html but more expensive. Cheaper options within walking distance are the Rodeway Inn http://hotels.desertusa.com/Maryland...ore/78593.html and the Abacrombie http://hotels.desertusa.com/Maryland...re/327615.html.

Good luck!

Best regards

Chris

[mklhawley]

Hi Mike

The story of Tumblety and the collection of uteri ("matrices") in jars might be iffy at best given that it was told by the notoriously unreliable Charles A. Dunham who went by the name Sanford Conover when he worked as a Confederate spy during the Civil War. Was he even in Washington, D.C. at the time he says he was? Could he have received money from the journalist for the juicy tale he told about Tumblety? As a number of Civil War sites state, "Conover (Dunham) is known to have perjured himself on multiple occasions" (e.g., see here and here).

Best regards

Chris

Hi Chris,
What I have discovered deals with each and every question you just asked. The authors espousing these claims did not research deep enough. It would help if those coming to RipperCon update themselves on the issue with the sites you've furnished.

Sincerely,
Mike

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi Mike

The story of Tumblety and the collection of uteri ("matrices") in jars might be iffy at best given that it was told by the notoriously unreliable Charles A. Dunham who went by the name Sanford Conover when he worked as a Confederate spy during the Civil War. Was he even in Washington, D.C. at the time he says he was? Could he have received money from the journalist for the juicy tale he told about Tumblety? As a number of Civil War sites state, "Conover (Dunham) is known to have perjured himself on multiple occasions" (e.g., see here and here).

Best regards

Chris

[mklhawley]

Thank you, Chris! There's a second reason why I'm also excited about participating in the suspect board on Saturday (the first is to get Martin Fido to sign my copy of 'A to Z'). I'm not sure if I can get to the Charles Dunham discoveries in my lecture, so this might be a place I can discuss them. For those who are unfamiliar with Dunham, he's the man who in 1888 claimed to see Tumblety's favorite uterus collection in DC in 1861/62.

Sincerely,

Mike

[ChrisGeorge]

Mike Hawley posted this in another thread --

Hi all,

We see Francis Tumblety carried a revolver, but more threatening, he carried a flute! Just before Tumblety left Washington DC for Philadelphia, he was robbed. On the night of March 30, 1863, Tumblety and his ‘colored servant’ Rezin Alexander were robbed by two men. According to the Evening Star, April 1, 1863, the two men stole a ten and a five dollar Treasury note and fifty cents postal currency from Alexander and a flute and a revolver from Tumblety. Both men were immediately apprehended and jailed.

Sincerely,

Mike

Great stuff, Mike! Looking forward to your talk on the intrepid Dr. Tumblety at RipperCon in Baltimore, April 8-10!

Cheers

Chris



Folks, don't miss out on RipperCon, #JacktheRipper conference in Baltimore, April 8-10, 2016. Complete details at http://RipperCon.com.

[ChrisGeorge]

Janis Wilson and I will discuss "The Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" at RipperCon in Baltimore, April 8-10. For complete details on RipperCon speakers, schedule, and costs etc., go to http://RipperCon.com.

Hoping to see a number of you in Baltimore in April! It should be a great show! Martin Fido (The Complete Jack the Ripper A to Z) will kick off the event at 1:00 pm on Friday, April 8 in France Hall of the Maryland Historical Society talking about "Ripperology and Anti-Semitism."

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

[ChrisGeorge]

Jonathan Menges will chair a panel on suspects with Martin Fido, Robert Anderson, and Michael Hawley at RipperCon in Baltimore April 8-10. Full details at http://rippercon.com. Don't miss out!

[ChrisGeorge]

Janis Wilson will chair a panel on Ripper fiction at RipperCon in Baltimore April 8-10, 2016, with David Sterritt, Stephen Hunter, and Lenne Miller http://rippercon.com #jacktheripper conference! Don't miss out!

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

At RipperCon there will be two panels: a Panel on Ripper Fiction on Friday afternoon featuring David Sterritt, Stephen Hunter, and Lenne Miller (Mr. Hunter's researcher) to be moderated by Janis, and a Panel on Ripper Suspects on Saturday morning including Martin Fido, Robert Anderson, and Michael Hawley, to be moderated by Jonathan Menges.

We have added a talk on The Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle where Janis Wilson and I will talk on the topic. Also I am planning for Saturday lunchtime a trivia session which will feature book prizes, including a signed copy of Neil Bell's excellent Capturing Jack the Ripper: In the Boots of a Bobby in Victorian London, which Neil is kindly sending over especially for RipperCon. Many thanks in advance, Neil!

Before my talk on the mystery about the death of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore in October 1849, we will have a wrap-up discussion between the speaker and the audience on "The State of Ripperology Today."

Best regards

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

It all sounds splendid, but I can't afford it. Are the lectures ever made available for us to hear later?

Jonathan Menges is planning a podcast during the event.

Chris

[Pcdunn]

It all sounds splendid, but I can't afford it. Are the lectures ever made available for us to hear later?

[ChrisGeorge]

As noted we now have a website which gives the complete rundown of speakers and times:

http://rippercon.com/rippercon-speakers/

http://rippercon.com/rippercon-schedule/

Registration costs and bus tour price are given on the main page --

http://rippercon.com/

As noted, our base hotel for RipperCon is the Mount Vernon Baltimore Hotel, a block east of the Maryland Historical Society where the talks will take place 1 pm to 6 pm on Friday, April 8 and 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday, April 9, with the bus tour taking place on the morning of Sunday, April 10 as the last event of the weekend.

Rooms can be booked at the Mount Vernon Baltimore Hotel for the special price of $119 a night by going to Rippercon

[ChrisGeorge]

Good news! After changing ownership, the Mount Vernon Hotel, our base hotel for RipperCon April 8-10 in Baltimore, can now take bookings. See below.

Hello Christopher,

We just now have our systems up and running. Below is the link for your group. All they have to do is click and book their rooms.

Rippercon

Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you for you patience.

Thank you,

Gretchen Shaffer
SALES MANAGER
COMMUNE HOTELS + RESORTS
Alila | Joie de Vivre | Thompson Hotels | tommie
612 Cathedral Street
Baltimore MD 21201
phone 410-727-7101
fax 410-789-3312

[ChrisGeorge]

We have many exciting talks planned for RipperCon in Baltimore. The conference will be held on April 8 to 10. Please hurry and sign up. We do not want anyone to miss out on this great program. Mike Hawley has promised to disclose several discoveries on the suspect Tumblety. No one should miss that.

RipperCon now has a website at http://rippercon.com/

I need to get up additional linked pages giving the schedule and information on the Maryland Historical Society and the hotel. However the essentials on what the event is about and on the speakers are live already.

As Barrister recommends, don't miss out!

Best regards

Chris