Macnaghten as a suspect. The Theory.

[STRONG]

Salut encore Crochet,
did you notice Herfort's beautiful translation of "Fetch them out", last page of chapter 3?

"Fetch them out!" ("Lynchez-les!")

"Fetch them out !"....It' not a litteral translation. You can't say in french : "Sortez-les !" That's a nonsense ! You'll say : "Lynchez les !"
This sentence is already translated like that, especially in "Le livre rouge de Jack l'Eventreur " by Stéphane Bourgoin (max points of the Casebook's reviews). You're going to attack this author too ?

Even she had no dictionary handy, when writing...

Another for the road?
Pizer appears only two times in this masterpiece.

p42, he is a bootmaker, and p 182, he becomes a butcher.


Chapeau bas!

Oh true, these are crucial points concerning her theory. Do you really want to make me die of laughing ?
"Masterpiece ?"Clearly, it's a basic misprint. Herfort had previously admitted that Pizer was a bootmaker. But... possible this man have 2 jobs like many poor people of the East End. Who cares about that ?

Who cares to know if JFK was wearing a string just before he died in his Limousine ? That's the same case for Pizer !
It's ridiculous details...Have you something else with some substance about her theory ? You're really getting on my nerves ! It's endless.

ps : Au fait, "chapeau bas", j'ai déjà vu cela quelque part sur un commentaire Amazon..."

[STRONG]

Backnotes p 280

Saut Crochet,
did you appreciate one of her "arguments", chapter 17?
She writes that on the envelope found near to Chapman's body, there were the letter "M", the number "2", and the letters "Sq" (sic...or rather: sick!).
Then we have a marvelous explaination for "2" and "Sq":

p187 (of the 1st edition):

"Macnaghten lives at 32 Warwick SQuare" (bold characters from Herfort).

What a clue!
As everybody knows (except Herfort), the letters on the envelope were "Sp", and not Sq.

But no doubt, Herfort visited many times Sqitalfields...

Amitiés,
David

Backnotes page 280 from "Jack l'Eventreur démasqué"
(Chap III. 2.)" L'état de délabrement dans lequel le morceau fut retrouvé était tel que les enquêteurs ont commis une erreur de transcription. Ils ont lu "sp" et non "sq", trompés par une barre verticale décalée par la gauche".

"sp" is a error of reading commited by police officers...

You should wear glasses !

[Pinkerton]

Sophie Herfort has a degree in philosophy and art history. She has studied criminal psychology during extensive experience in hospitals...

As a patient no doubt...

Sorry I couldn't resist.

[DVV]

Salut encore Crochet,
did you notice Herfort's beautiful translation of "Fetch them out", last page of chapter 3?

"Fetch them out!" ("Lynchez-les!")
!!!!
Even she had no dictionary handy, when writing...

Another for the road?
Pizer appears only two times in this masterpiece.

p42, he is a bootmaker, and p 182, he becomes a butcher.

Chapeau bas!

[DVV]

Saut Crochet,
did you appreciate one of her "arguments", chapter 17?
She writes that on the envelope found near to Chapman's body, there were the letter "M", the number "2", and the letters "Sq" (sic...or rather: sick!).
Then we have a marvelous explaination for "2" and "Sq":

p187 (of the 1st edition):

"Macnaghten lives at 32 Warwick SQuare" (bold characters from Herfort).

What a clue!
As everybody knows (except Herfort), the letters on the envelope were "Sp", and not Sq.

But no doubt, Herfort visited many times Sqitalfields...

Amitiés,
David

[Captain Hook]

She Strong:

Alors, She Strong, tu as initié une nouvelle thread por nous expliquer la théorie de Mme. Herfort? Malheureusement il y a des erreurs même dans ce petit resumé de sa théorie! Mais il faut voir ce que les autres auront à en dire.

À plus,
Crochet

[STRONG]

"After several centuries of unsuccessful inquiries, Sophie Herfort has finally revealed the identity of Jack the Ripper.
The outcome of her revolutionary work outshines all previous investigation of the case: The murderer ended his career in the police, with honours!
His name : Sir Melville Leslie Macnaghten

Chief Head of Scotland Yard’s criminal investigation department

Fifteen years of research, hundreds of pieces of evidence collected and analyzed to support the most plausible theory to date : The famous victorian killer was neither a woman (as a biologist suggested recently), nor a painter (Patricia Cornwell’s hypothesis). The murderer was a humiliated man, craving vengeance and blinded by ambition, a perverse man, taking sadistic pleasure in deceiving the police force before becoming part of it.

The real face of London’s terror of 1888

This investigation is unique, thanks to the deduction skills of the author and her ability to solve one of the most complex enigmas in the history of crime. Her determination to discover the truth and re-open the investigation classified since 1892 gave her access to new evidence including the Memoirs of Macnaghten, those of his daughter’s, and internal, confidential testimonies from Scotland Yard.
A unique historical document, a solid demonstration, placing an unusual criminal affair in a new light.
A demonstration in three major acts :

First Act : we discover that, in only four months (August-November 1888), the seedy districts of London become the scene of five increasingly savage murders displaying shocking pattern : prostitutes, their bodies dissected, their throats cut, their organs removed...

Second Act : where we witness a violent argument between James Monro (assistant commissioner) and Sir Charles Warren – Scotland Yard’s Commissioner – about Monro's friend : Melville Macnaghten (former director of a tea plantation who left the Indies for London). This argument, kept confidential until now, reveals that Warren refused to hire Melville as a police inspector despite a promise already made. The former plantation owner endured humiliation. Warren didn't deign to receive him for the post. Three days later, Jack commits his first crime. The murders end the very day Warren, unable to arrest the murderer, is forced to resign by the Queen and terrified Londoners.

Third Act : we realize thanks to frightening evidence that Melville and Jack are the same person. Proof adds up. A skillful hunter in the Indies, an expert in dismemberment and evisceration, Macnaghten liked to chase the Jackal, “The Jack” as written in his memoirs!

The letter “M”, written with the blood of the victims, is often found on the scene of the murders. A piece of the envelope enclosing the refusal to hire Macnaghten is also found in the surroundings of the second victim. When Macnaghten joined Scotland Yard in June 1889, he quickly solves the mystery by accusing a lawyer (Macnaghten says he’s a doctor) who died in mysterious conditions…
A month after Macnaghten’s arrival in the police force, the only officer who caught a glimpse of the murderer resigned without any explanation. At the end of his career, Macnaghten destroys all the existing files on the Ripper. This strange behaviour makes sense when he confesses that “for many years, his nervous system was disturbed” and “that he had to see more than one doctor”.
Even more incriminating, in 1911, a head figure of Scotland Yard admits that it would have damaged the police’s reputation to reveal the real murderer !

Based on indisputable proof, Sophie Herfort shows how Jack the Ripper followed a single objective: triggering the dismissal of the man who refused to hire him in the police force. To do so, he assassinated five prostitutes to spread terror in London and arouse the protest of the masses. "








Sophie Herfort has a degree in philosophy and art history. She has studied criminal psychology during extensive experience in hospitals, using her profiling skills to solve the enigma of Jack The Ripper.