Dear Boss P.S.

[Cap'n Jack]

My understanding is that Keith Skinner is examining the 17th September letter in cahoots with Madam Le Cornwall; and all is not kosher.
I'll take me slaughtered whore halal, thank you so much.

[Sam Flynn]

A shame that both sides of the letter will not be visible

...it wouldn't be Ripperology if someone wasn't favouring one side over the other

[John Bennett]

John, I was at the museum last Thursday and saw the 'Dear Boss' letter there, being mounted for display. However, I think it is the first page that will be on view, not the reverse.

Thanks for the insight, Stewart, I'm looking forward to seeing the exhibition on Saturday (and the talk).

A shame that both sides of the letter will not be visible - after all, that signature 'created' the name of ...... well, we all know the rest.

JB

[aspallek]

Do you want a five minute argument or a one hour argument?

I'm sorry, this is "getting hit on the head" lessons. Arguments are down the hall in Room 29A.

[Stewart P Evans]

Museum

Just an observation, but the facsimiles allow us to see the P.S. before the ravages of ageing took hold.
The photos of the Dear Boss letter in Stewart and Keith's book (and my own personal experience at the PRO) reveal that the postscript is virtually unreadable now.
Is the letter part of the JTR exhibition? It would be a superb opportunity for a lot of people to observe this infamous artefact 'up close' for the first time.
JB

John, I was at the museum last Thursday and saw the 'Dear Boss' letter there, being mounted for display. However, I think it is the first page that will be on view, not the reverse. They are also displaying the page of the 'Macnaghten memoranda' naming the suspects. On a different tack, no image of Kosminski is displayed as no image of Kosminski is known to exist.

[John Bennett]

Just an observation, but the facsimiles allow us to see the P.S. before the ravages of ageing took hold.

The photos of the Dear Boss letter in Stewart and Keith's book (and my own personal experience at the PRO) reveal that the postscript is virtually unreadable now.

Is the letter part of the JTR exhibition? It would be a superb opportunity for a lot of people to observe this infamous artefact 'up close' for the first time.

JB

[Stewart P Evans]

Reference Section

Stewart, if the "Saucy Jacky" postcard is missing, is this why you and Keith Skinner didn't include it in part two of your "Letters From Hell" book? It is mentioned in part one of the book, but when you reach the section of the transcripts of all the letters the "Saucy Jacky" postcard isn't re-texted. It struck me as odd it wasn't included, but if it's missing, and you and Keith were only transcripting the letters in the file at the time, it would make sense it wasn't included.

Yes, the second part of our book is a reference section containing the transcripts of all the letters in the files together with their individual file numbers. As the 'saucy Jacky' postcard is missing, and is not in the official files, it does not appear in this part of the book.

[Stewart P Evans]

Patricia Cornwell

Mr. Evans, has there been any collaborative effort between yourself and Mrs. Cornwell and her team in studying the correspondence?
Looking on the bright side,
Paddy

My colleague Keith Skinner is currently working with Ms Cornwell.

[paul emmett]

Stewart, Thank you for "saucy Jacky" and the explanation.

Monty, I too thought that it was odd that the writer should be concerned with ink on his hands in "DB" and then "SJ" is indeed smudged. This seems similar to Dan's idea that JTR reads an erroneous report about, say, a double event, and then creates one.

BillyE, I did think the P.S. was poetic and rhythmic. The first three lines all have five syllables, and each has the same pattern of stresses. It made me think of the creative writing styles of psychopaths.

[BillyE]

I was always struck by the near poetic aspect of the postscript. It has a definate rhythm to it, and the near rhyme poets so often like to use with the words "post this" and "curse it". I always thought he got ink on his hands, spent an hour or so washing it off, and included it poeticly into the letter. But then again, what do I know?! :-)


Stewart, if the "Saucy Jacky" postcard is missing, is this why you and Keith Skinner didn't include it in part two of your "Letters From Hell" book? It is mentioned in part one of the book, but when you reach the section of the transcripts of all the letters the "Saucy Jacky" postcard isn't re-texted. It struck me as odd it wasn't included, but if it's missing, and you and Keith were only transcripting the letters in the file at the time, it would make sense it wasn't included.

[Fisherman]

Stewart Evans asks:

"Do you want a five minute argument or a one hour argument?"

Not sure; IŽll go over my finances and get back to you...!

The best!
Fisherman

[Paddy Goose]

Mr. Evans, has there been any collaborative effort between yourself and Mrs. Cornwell and her team in studying the correspondence?

Looking on the bright side,

Paddy

[Stewart P Evans]

Argument

Stewart P Evans writes:

"Whenever I consider anything someone or other always pops up to disagree and argue"

No we dont!!!

The best ...
Fisherman

Do you want a five minute argument or a one hour argument?

[Fisherman]

Stewart P Evans writes:

"Whenever I consider anything someone or other always pops up to disagree and argue"

No we dont!!!

The best ...
Fisherman

Whenever I consider anything someone or other always pops up to disagree and argue. So it's best not to consider...

I understand completely. And I wish it was different.

Off to do some commerce...


Best regards Stewart.