The Halse version

[Simon Wood]

Hi Hunter,

The morning of the "double-event".

A "clue" as big as the Ritz.

Two police forces on the spot.

And what happens?

Three differing written examples of the GSG linage.

Five differing spellings of the word—Jews/Juwes/Jewes/Jeuws/Juews.

Many differing sentence constructions.

Two differing locations for the GSG.

Simple human error? If this was true then the LVP cops gave a whole new meaning to the word simple.

Let us instead consider all the complicated and convoluted excuses that have been weaved for why this crock of nonsense should be believed.

Regards,

Simon

[Hunter]

The LVP cops were certainly thorough.
Not only did they erase the GSG. They then went on to obfuscate details of its location, content, meaning, spelling, grammar and linage.

Why aren't we smelling a rat?

Mainly because in the study of human events, one notices plenty of examples of simple human error. Humans being what they are... instead of complicated and convoluted conspiracies that require synchronization, precision, mutual trust and secrecy that is more successful in lower animals, such as ants and bees, than it is in humans; who conduct their lives on more individualistic levels.

While these lower forms conduct themselves, as a group, in almost perfect harmony, humans never do. Even as good as the Beatles were as a group, their individual proclivities finally did them in.

The Lincoln assassination was a conspiracy... and only Booth was a successful part of it. The others botched their missions; were found out and caught, and hanged as a result.

Even non-conspiratorial group endeavors have their errors. We can be intelligent enough to design spacecraft to launch men into space; only to have Chaffee, White and Grissom die in an explosion because someone was stupid enough to not realize what a pure oxygen environment might enable if an electrical spark took place... Wait a minute... there are conspiracy theorists who think they were murdered to disrupt the Apollo program. Couldn't have been simple human error.

I digress.

[lynn cates]

mi estudiantes

Hello Simon. I do. Sounds like some of my students. (heh-heh)

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi All,

The LVP cops were certainly thorough.

Not only did they erase the GSG. They then went on to obfuscate details of its location, content, meaning, spelling, grammar and linage.

Why aren't we smelling a rat?

Regards,

Simon

[Wickerman]

... It was IMHO sheer stupidity to assume as they did, that the writing was not connected, when there was even a faint possibility that it might be.

Hi Bridewell.
Then there's another way of looking at this.

To assume the GSG was written by the killer is to also assume that he thought the "word" could be a useful tool. Therefore, in order to stir up opinion against the Jews, he presumably decided to resort to written messages.

That being the case, doesn't our progression of thought lead us to ask,....why didn't he take the next obvious step, and write letters?

If we believe he is a message writer, then why not a letter writer?
How do you separate the two sentiments, do they not go hand in hand?

Think back to all those letters which at one time "have been" considered authentic, none of them "finger" the Jews.

The "From Hell", doesn't, the "Openshaw" does not, neither "Dear Boss", nor the "Saucy Jack" postcard.
Whoever wrote those letters conveyed only the "challenge to authority", and the obvious, "look what I can do", but nothing about "fingering" Jews.

Quite strange, if we assume "Jack" wrote the GSG.

Regards, Jon S.

[ChrisGeorge]

Apt to this discussion, on my blog today here at "Casebook" --

"The Writing on the Wall."

Enjoy. . . leave a comment, if you so desire.

Chris

[Monty]

Billy Bettles Simon, his name was Billy Bettles.

And whilst the parting of the waves turns Roys head, walking on water would impress me more.

Monty

[Simon Wood]

Hi Roy,

Thank you. I'm working on it.

Regards,

Simon

[Roy Corduroy]

Simon, I like your posts because every time you do, I feel like the Red Sea is about to part.

Roy

[Simon Wood]

Hi All,

I feel a bit sorry for PC 191H who had to single-handedly guard the GSG from the eyes of any passing riot-minded Jews whilst the perspicacious PC Long dashed off to the police station with the piece of apron he found a good twenty minutes before anyone knew it was missing.

Regards,

Simon

[Monty]

But Monty, as I said in my post that you quoted back to me, the apron piece was picked up and taken away. So the words would have been 'by themselves' had they not been erased to prevent the very reaction you don't think they would have drawn 'by themselves'.

Love,

Caz
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When discovered they were not.

Therefore the apron lends power to the writing.

Monty

[lynn cates]

shoo

Hello Cris. Thanks. I think Warren made the right choice. But could not a constable or two keep everyone away until photographed?

Cheers.
LC

[Hunter]

Warren- as far as this episode is concerned- is a bit of an enigma. He was acting on the advice of Arnold, who had just recently returned to duty, but was certainly aware of the 'Leather Apron' scare. He also claimed that the graffito was difficult to cover and easily seen by passersby. Yet if it was written in the size that it was claimed to be, it would not be easily read unless someone was very close to it.

However, he was decisive at a time when many others might vacillate. It was a difficult call to make, considering the ramifications he had to know that would follow in the wake of his decision.

A previous poster has commented that the news of the graffito was soon known anyway. While there was one press report to that effect soon after the news of the apron was published, the press report, itself, discounted it as rumor. The actual truth about the graffiti wasn't public knowledge until October 12, when Halse finally gave his testimony at the Eddowes inquest on the day before.

[lynn cates]

covered

Hello Caroline. Picking up on that, I have always wondered about the suggestion that it be covered until photographed, THEN expunged.

Perhaps that had been safe enough?

Cheers.
LC

[caz]

The words by themselves wouldnt have drawn such a reaction Caz, its the apron piece that adds the spice.

Intentionally or not.

Monty

But Monty, as I said in my post that you quoted back to me, the apron piece was picked up and taken away. So the words would have been 'by themselves' had they not been erased to prevent the very reaction you don't think they would have drawn 'by themselves'.

Love,

Caz
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