The GSG - Did Jack write it? POLL

[APerno]

If the shadowed area represents where the graffito would have been written, and the jamb is located same as, and is as wide as, the jamb above it (balcony), then I would conclude that Warren was correct it could be seen by any passerby. Too bad the first floor jamb width and location isn't obvious like the second floor.

[Wickerman]

Why do you say that it seemed to have been recently written? - It looked fresh, and if it had been done long before it would have been rubbed out by the people passing. I did not notice whether there was any powdered chalk on the ground, though I did look about to see if a knife could be found

Telegraph 12th

Exactly, he didn't say he looked specifically for chalk dust. If he had looked he could say there was none, or there was some.
So it is incorrect to keep saying he looked, he didn't. He was looking for obvious clues like a weapon or spots of blood.

[Simon Wood]

Warren could have ordered the GSG preserved in aspic, and 131 years later people would still be arguing over its meaning.

The GSG has no meaning, except that which we have attributed to it.

The GSG was a clever piece of misdirection, employed to lend weight to PC Long's harmonious discovery of the apron piece.

[Herlock Sholmes]

How did you get onto hidden meanings?
I was talking about Warren pretending it was on the jamb when I mentioned 'official line' ......

I’m unaware of any alternative reason that has been suggested as to why Warren agreed to the graffito being erased other than that he saw some hidden meaning in it.

[Simon Wood]

And let's not forget that the Goulston Street entrancways were set about three feet back from the main pavement/sidewalk.

[packers stem]

Well, it was evidently legible, for those bothered to read it. Letters of an inch or three-quarters high are perfectly readable.

From a few feet .....
If a bobby stood in front of it how many antisemitic , riot hungry residents of Wentworth model dwellings were likely to push him out of the way so that they could attempt to decipher it ?

[Sam Flynn]

If the GSG was as small as PC Halse described, how would it have caused a riot against the Jews?

Well, it was evidently legible, for those bothered to read it. Letters of an inch or three-quarters high are perfectly readable.

[Simon Wood]

If the GSG was as small as PC Halse described, how would it have caused a riot against the Jews?

[packers stem]

Because the alternative, that Warren saw some hidden meaning in the graffito, is too preposterous to be given the time of day.

How did you get onto hidden meanings?
I was talking about Warren pretending it was on the jamb when I mentioned 'official line' ......

[packers stem]

You're going to have to provide that quote.

Why do you say that it seemed to have been recently written? - It looked fresh, and if it had been done long before it would have been rubbed out by the people passing. I did not notice whether there was any powdered chalk on the ground, though I did look about to see if a knife could be found

Telegraph 12th

[packers stem]

Your horse is shitting on every thread.

At least he doesn't need dragging along on the tails of others

[Herlock Sholmes]

Why anybody accepts the official line is one of the enduring myths of ripperology .
I'm sure we're bright enough to spot bull**it aren't we ?

Because the alternative, that Warren saw some hidden meaning in the graffito, is too preposterous to be given the time of day.

[Monty]

Who is in the habit of walking in and out of doorways at 6 am just to have a nosey around do you think ?
Its not like it was a public footpath
Can you think of good cause to be there if you don't live there ?

I cite Martha Tabram and, though to a lesser extent, Annie Chapman.

Monty

[Monty]

Hi Monty, here's a question for you.
Precisely because the entry was accessible to the public, and because a beat constable's duties in part were to try any readily accessible doors & windows by which anyone could gain unlawful entry. Is it reasonable to expect PC Long stepped inside the entry to try that door to see if it was secure or to see if there were any homeless sleeping in any corners or on the steps?

It’s possible. Possibly not on every sweep. Depends on what has occurred previously during his beat. Remember they were timed.

Monty

[Wickerman]

It's in the inquest testimony that Halse checked for chalk dust

You're going to have to provide that quote.