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Here is something that has been playing on my mind for some time now regarding the GSG , Some time ago i read a post by Bridewell where he quotes Paul Harrison's book ' Jack the Ripper - The Mystery Solved '
Especially if we tie it together with the " Nothing " in the GSG message ! This would clearly point a finger at someone who was present at the Bishopsgate police station at the time Eddows replied " Nothing" to Constable Robinson .. All of a sudden it becomes less Killer related , and more of a ( one upmanship ) battle between two rival police forces !
Which leads us to possibly one author ! ( if not the Killer )
Halse was a city man ! could he have been present at the time Eddows blurted out " Nothing" to constable Robinson ? We Know he was in Mitre square and could have quite easily identified Eddows as the person held at Bishopsgate earlier that evening. And we know he was in Goulston street at about 2.20am , the same time that PC Long ( MET) was passing down it . How simple would it be for Hulse , once he had passed Long, to whip out his police chalk and scrawl the message using the light of his flash lamp ? But where did he find the apron ? Was it already there , and honestly missed by Long , or did Hulse find it elsewhere and place it protruding from the entrance of 109-118 knowing full well that Long would find it on his next round ?
Also there is this by Derek Osbourne ..
Apologies if this whole shin-dig scenario has been put forward before !
moonbegger .
In Paul Harrison's book, 'Jack the Ripper - The Mystery Solved' he claims that contacts within the Metropolitan Police have told him of resentment within the Met at being blamed for everything that was wrong in East London and at being compared unfavourably with the City Force:
"The message was nothing more than a jibe at the City Police. The word 'Juwes' should have been spelt 'Jewes' and was meant to refer to the nickname used by the majority of the Metropolitan Officers when referring to their City opponents. The nickname derives from the Old Jewry police headquarters of the City Police.
If the story is correct, a fact in which I have no reason to doubt, then it explains Superintendent Arnold and Sir Charles Warren's rival actions in removing the message".
"The message was nothing more than a jibe at the City Police. The word 'Juwes' should have been spelt 'Jewes' and was meant to refer to the nickname used by the majority of the Metropolitan Officers when referring to their City opponents. The nickname derives from the Old Jewry police headquarters of the City Police.
If the story is correct, a fact in which I have no reason to doubt, then it explains Superintendent Arnold and Sir Charles Warren's rival actions in removing the message".
Which leads us to possibly one author ! ( if not the Killer )
Halse was a city man ! could he have been present at the time Eddows blurted out " Nothing" to constable Robinson ? We Know he was in Mitre square and could have quite easily identified Eddows as the person held at Bishopsgate earlier that evening. And we know he was in Goulston street at about 2.20am , the same time that PC Long ( MET) was passing down it . How simple would it be for Hulse , once he had passed Long, to whip out his police chalk and scrawl the message using the light of his flash lamp ? But where did he find the apron ? Was it already there , and honestly missed by Long , or did Hulse find it elsewhere and place it protruding from the entrance of 109-118 knowing full well that Long would find it on his next round ?
Also there is this by Derek Osbourne ..
Immediately after the discovery of Eddowes' body, DC Halse, who had been summoned to the murder site by a frantic fanfare of police whistles. found himself hurrying through a complex of streets in search of the fugitive. At 2.20am, he passed along Goulston Street. Halse later reported that he believed the writing had been placed on the wall after his search of Goulston Street, because when he examined the entrance to Wentworth Model Dwellings, he had found nothing of interest there.
But PC Alfred Long did! At 2.55am, as he made his way along Goulston Street, he stopped at the entrance to the Dwellings and made two finds; the writing on the wall and the dirty, blood stained rag.
But PC Alfred Long did! At 2.55am, as he made his way along Goulston Street, he stopped at the entrance to the Dwellings and made two finds; the writing on the wall and the dirty, blood stained rag.
moonbegger .
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