Why did Macnaghten deny Cutbush as a serious suspect?

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  • Robert
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 5163

    #196
    In other words, Nats, you think Macnaghten wasn't being quite straight on this.

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    • Natalie Severn
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 4863

      #197
      Robert

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      • Chris
        Inactive
        • Feb 2008
        • 3840

        #198
        Originally posted by Robert View Post
        I don't think the Sun mentions this police uncle relationship, which one would have expected them to do if it were true.
        But wouldn't it have been difficult to do that while preserving the anonymity of the suspect?

        Perhaps this was the closest the Sun could come to mentioning the alleged relationship?
        "Jack the Ripper has relatives; they are some of them in positions which would make them a target for the natural curiosity - for the unreasoning reprobation which would pursue any person even remotely connected with so hideous a monstrosity ..."

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        • Robert
          Commissioner
          • Feb 2008
          • 5163

          #199
          Yes Chris, well, it seems to me that there are two possibilities here :

          Either the Sun had no evidence of a Thomas/Supt Cutbush link, or it did, but declined to publish it or hint at it. The latter possibility would suggest that the Sun was not in the business of out and out sensationalism - I mean, Jack the Ripper a friend/nephew/what-have-you to a top policeman? What a godsend for a newspaper!

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          • Mitch Rowe
            Sergeant
            • Mar 2008
            • 602

            #200
            Originally posted by Stewart P Evans View Post
            I haven't seen anything in the recent information released from Broadmoor that convinces me that Cutbush might have been the Ripper.

            But the Ripper was no foaming at the mouth lunatic - he was able to carry out a series of murders and escape without leaving a clue. Cutbush was a rather obvious head case.
            Most likely the records will convince me otherwise. Schizophrenia is no laughing matter. Ive seen it first hand and its not what makes a Ripper.

            Im in total agreement that JTR was somewhat more than a lunatic. In fact I believe he was alot more than that. And Cutbush seems like a total red herring.

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            • Cap'n Jack
              *
              • Feb 2008
              • 1497

              #201
              A red herring?
              Pop over to the FBI thread for there is a shark there which will swallow all red herrings.

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              • Mort Belfry
                Constable
                • Dec 2008
                • 71

                #202
                Would Cutbush even have made an everlasting impression on us if Macnagthen didn't deny him?


                By the way, can anyone hazard a phonetic pronounciation of the name Macnaghten? Is it Mac-Nak-Ten, Mac-Norton, Mig-Nag-Den or what?
                "Damn it, Doc! Why did you have to tear up that letter? If only I had more time... Wait a minute, I got all the time I want! I got a time machine!"

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                • Sam Flynn
                  Casebook Supporter
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 13333

                  #203
                  Originally posted by Mort Belfry View Post
                  By the way, can anyone hazard a phonetic pronounciation of the name Macnaghten? Is it Mac-Nak-Ten, Mac-Norton, Mig-Nag-Den or what?
                  muck-NOUGHT-n, I'd say.
                  Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                  "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                  • Stephen Thomas
                    Chief Inspector
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 1728

                    #204
                    Originally posted by Mort Belfry View Post
                    By the way, can anyone hazard a phonetic pronounciation of the name Macnaghten? Is it Mac-Nak-Ten, Mac-Norton, Mig-Nag-Den or what?
                    It would be pronounced Mack-Norton.

                    Modern day spelling would be MacNaughton or McNaughton.

                    Hope this helps.
                    allisvanityandvexationofspirit

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