Evidence towards Joseph Barnett?

[Batman]

How can he be playing cards if he is broke?

Why, as a smoker didn't he go back to get his pipe so he could play cards smoking?

Why didn't he give the rent owed to the landlord?

How about telling the owner about the missing key?

Is the leaving MJK story because she was returning to prostitution or because she took in prostitutes?

Are they are drunks or not?

Did he bring her fish and potatoes?

He was at the scene of the crime in hours before the TOD.

Those are the sorts of things that make me think about Barnett as being in the picture, especially because of his story.

One thing that helped clear him is that he has no blood on his clothes. Yet clothes are burned in a fire next to the pipe he left behind. If she lets him leave a pipe behind without chasing it up, then maybe he left some clothes behind too. If you allow for the TOD to be off by a few hours, then Barnett works. However, you have to discount most of the MJK witnesses after that. Witnesses telling lies plus Barnett passing being identified by Lawende and Schwartz if that happened. It isn't really that hard to dismiss the witnesses as sensationalists and drunks and to allow for the TOD to be earlier. If you do that, Barnett looks really good and the overall explanation that he was murdering prostitutes to get MJK to stop is sort of an okay explanation but also requires that he is very sick and has a problem himself with prostitutes, a love/hate relationship, like he did with Kelly it seems.

The big thing about JtR is that he was one of their own.

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Anyone can check the past posted comments on any of the eight most recently-discussed topics and see that I have never commented on three of them and on one other (Bowden Endacott) the last time I commented was # 17, whereas the latest comment by anyone is # 30.

They can also see that until I posted today, about an hour ago, I had not posted any comments for 18 hours.

They might also think that someone ought to make comments relevant to the topic rather than personal and unfounded remarks about someone else.

[Abby Normal]

some times I wonder if its someones goal to be the latest post on EVERY thread on CB. good grief dude take a break, maybe go outside get some fresh air or something.

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Difference being Lawende identified Grainger as the person he saw near Mitre Square that night. Apparently one researcher has a photo of Grainger which is said to closely resemble Druitt.

Why would Lawende have identified Grainger, who, like Druitt, had a dark moustache, as a man he had described as having a fair moustache?

[GBinOz]

If memory serves me, Grainger was too.

Difference being Lawende identified Grainger as the person he saw near Mitre Square that night. Apparently one researcher has a photo of Grainger which is said to closely resemble Druitt.

[Lewis C]

koz and sadler were apparently for lawende

If memory serves me, Grainger was too.

[Abby Normal]

was Barnett or any other suspect at the time put in front or under the noses of Schawarz, Lawende or PC William Smith (Stride) who may have got a view of the possible Ripper?

koz and sadler were apparently for lawende

[Busy Beaver]

was Barnett or any other suspect at the time put in front or under the noses of Schawarz, Lawende or PC William Smith (Stride) who may have got a view of the possible Ripper?

[DJA]

Nobody is game to say no

[sidbolt123]

My MJK suspect is John McCarthy, but that is based on coincidences not any hard evidence.

But I do not believe he was involved in any others.

Is there a thread for John McCarthy?

[FriedKidne]

My MJK suspect is John McCarthy, but that is based on coincidences not any hard evidence.

But I do not believe he was involved in any others.

[mpriestnall]

Thanks Marti !

Very good. You got me!

[Herlock Sholmes]

Yes it's "Martyn" thank you but I'm use to "Martin". Anything but "Marty"(!) is fine.

My take is that Druitt has a genuine place in the case but not as JTR. I believe he was "suicided". I believed he knew the identities of JTR (and Astrakhan). I'm aware of what I call "information paths" between Druitt and my candidates for JTR/Astrakhan. By information paths I just mean people Druitt must have known who very like would have known my two candidates and some of whom may have known about about a certain scandal relating to Astrakhan.

BTW My laptop keyboard has just stopped typing some letters. Am using another keyboard (via usb) otherwise my response would look like the typing equivalent of Norman Collier!

Something was telling me that it was Martyn but when I typed it I started to doubt myself.

[Dickere]

Yes it's "Martyn" thank you but I'm use to "Martin". Anything but "Marty"(!) is fine.

My take is that Druitt has a genuine place in the case but not as JTR. I believe he was "suicided". I believed he knew the identities of JTR (and Astrakhan). I'm aware of what I call "information paths" between Druitt and my candidates for JTR/Astrakhan. By information paths I just mean people Druitt must have known who very like would have known my two candidates and some of whom may have known about about a certain scandal relating to Astrakhan.

BTW My laptop keyboard has just stopped typing some letters. Am using another keyboard (via usb) otherwise my response would look like the typing equivalent of Norman Collier!

Thanks Marti !

[mpriestnall]

Many would agree with you Martyn

Have I spelt your name correctly?

Yes it's "Martyn" thank you but I'm use to "Martin". Anything but "Marty"(!) is fine.

My take is that Druitt has a genuine place in the case but not as JTR. I believe he was "suicided". I believed he knew the identities of JTR (and Astrakhan). I'm aware of what I call "information paths" between Druitt and my candidates for JTR/Astrakhan. By information paths I just mean people Druitt must have known who very like would have known my two candidates and some of whom may have known about about a certain scandal relating to Astrakhan.

BTW My laptop keyboard has just stopped typing some letters. Am using another keyboard (via usb) otherwise my response would look like the typing equivalent of Norman Collier!