Originally posted by Patrick Differ
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There were a lot of Jews in Whitechapel, one would have to try very hard to avoid their proximity.
Jews only come into prominence with the double event, particularly if you include the graffito as being authored by the ripper;
otherwise, that theme has no prominence elsewhere.
I'm somewhat agnostic as to the involvement of JtR in the graphito. It certainly would make things more interesting if he had done it.
What we do know is that the police were extremely sloppy in handling and providing details concerning the layout of the evidence.
Was the graffito two lines or three?
Warren said that the graffito was visible from the street, others said no.
Since the police were sloppy in these duties, I have doubts as to the meticulous nature of their questioning of the residents.
How many of the tennants spoke english, wanted to open up to the police, or could read the message?
Did the police bring a long an interpreter: someone who spoke Yiddish?
Record the position of the apron, photograph the graffito, get an interpreter and thoroughly ask the tennants, if it should take a few days, as to anyone seeing the graffito ... it being the ripper's work and then immediately washed off, the expectation would be no.
Instead, they probably got mostly quizzical looks and head shrugs, and then gave up once the graffito was gone .... hence, didn't learn anything.
Crime scene 101, but that was too much for them. What can be deduced with the evidence all tainted?
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