The "REAL" Article

[Monty]

Neil

I have just printed off a copy of Messrs Brown and Bell, the Goulston Street Graffito Debate for some weekend reading.

I have to say that after a quick scan the first half seems quite convincing !!!

You must have quick scanned if you think the first half is convincing.

Monty

[perrymason]

Hi Michael

No worries mate, you`ve seen the stuff I spew out ..!!!

Good point about the writing been the killer distancing himself from the Stride murder. It may explain why the apron was not there at 02.20 !!
The killer may not have even heard about the Stride murder till well after 02.00 am, so he went back out, dropped the apron and wrote the message ?

Hi Jon,

Thanks first off. And yes, I think it is likely the apron wasn't there until its found, and that leaves an hour. Lets say he slips into some streets and alleys heading into the East End from Mitre. He may well live near the docks, or in that general area, and as he makes his way home he hears the hullabaloo, people on the street spreading the word about Liz...now dead for over an hour, he drops off his prizes, cleans himself, pockets a piece of chalk and the rag used to carry his takeway parts, and heads to a spot that is well known by local Jews, and is almost entirely Jewish as far as residents. He then writes that The Juwes are not the men that will be blamed for nothing"...referring to the International Club members, and exposing his anti semetism...and tosses his rag as a signature for the message.

I dont think the real Whitechapel Murderer wrote anything other than perhaps this message, and therefore never referred to himself by any name. The apron is his "John Hancock".

What are some traits that are common among serial killers who have been studied? Often average intelligence or above average, a righteous belief in their "calling", and egotistical...allowing them to depersonalize their victims.

What does a killer like that do when he is blamed for a murder that has none of the meaning or panache that his own possess...in his own mind of course. Hes offended....and if he is anti semetic and the "blamers" are Jews...perhaps even more so.

Cheers.

[rain]

Rain will wash chalk away and also it is impossible to write on wet surfaces with chalk. So rain is not a factor in this case. The wall would have been dry from the time it was written on, until it was discovered. The only true factor would be the light... it would be impossible to write in the dark, this might be the reason for misspelled words but I don't think anyone could write more than 2 words in the dark.

It was written well before midnight.

I really feel the specific writing was done by someone in the light and not too much in a hurry.

I think jtr dropped the piece of apron off by it, but I don't think he wrote it. If he did write it, he wrote it earlier and then dropped the apron cloth later.

The person who wrote it could have been a teacher, because teachers write cursive on blackboards. Teachers do not make spelling mistakes and they hate double negatives. Perhaps this person purposely made spelling mistakes and used double negatives in order to throw everyone off in not thinking he was a teacher.

If jtr wrote it (before the murder) then perhaps he was a teacher.