Cutbush and Cutbush?

[caz]

Thank you for your interesting retort.

The debacle surrounding MacNagthen lays in the perception of what exactly his motivations were and what his intentions were in terms of his desired end game.

Within the context of Druitt being the Ripper, it would seem apparent that MacNagthen wasn't really trying to "protect" anyone; but rather, he was trying to cover things up.

And for a senior police officer to deliberately manipulate, conceal and withhold critical information regarding a murder case; Magnagthen should have been heavily reprimanded by the law.

In other words; if Druitt was the Ripper and MacNagthen knew he was, then it makes MacNagthen the primary antagonist in the case, other than Druiit himself.

A shameful display by a man who should have known better.

A "Conspiracy" or "Cover up" are simply 2 sides of the very same coin


But I don't buy any of it.

All of this talk of MacNagthen and Druitt, is just a rabbit hole to nowhere.



I think there's nothing of value to be found from casting MacNagthen as an intricate cog in the Ripper case.

I don't think MacNagthen was necessarily responsible for anything untoward.


I believe he was just ineffective and wholly irrelevant; his role in the case becoming redundant as time went on.


He comes across as a man who really wanted to sound more knowledgeable and important than he really was.

MacNagthen likely wouldn't have known the Ripper, if he'd have interviewed himself.


But all that said, I do appreciate the appeal that MacNagthen and Druitt have to some of the more long standing followers of the case.

It's feels rather romantic.

Druittists (Druittites?) do indeed favour a suspect with a more clean and classier tone,
Something that's often lacking with some of the more guttural Ripper candidates.

Hi Rookie,

If there was ever any hard evidence against Druitt, I wonder how many individuals would have been privy to it, and why it was decided best to bury it, only to leave smoke and mirrors for the curious historians of the future? If I had known who Jack the Ripper was, beyond reasonable doubt, but was unable or unwilling to spell it out for whatever reason during my lifetime, I'd like to think I would have put it all down, warts and all, in a formal document to be read, scrutinised and investigated fully after my death, so history would not be short changed by the rumour, gossip, speculation and creative solutions it has been 'gifted' instead.

It can't have been out of loyalty to the family and friends, surely, or a need to protect their good name, when Druitt did get named by Macnaghten in a formal document, but with only that damned reference to 'private information' since destroyed, which has had the effect of destroying Druitt's reputation, but without the evidence that could have justified it. To my mind, that's a pretty rough way to do justice, because Druitt was first deprived by his own hand of the ability to defend himself, and deprived a second time when he topped Magnaghten's list for unknowable reasons.

Love,

Caz
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