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Originally Posted by Jonathan H
. But the 'West of England MP' story remains an elusive orphan.
In my opinion it is the Rosetta Stone of the whole mystery, yet it is very difficult to locate who found it and when?
I first saw it here, on the Boards in 2007, when Stewart referred to it as the likely source of Macnaghten's 'private information' and I was just gobsmacked by its implications -- if you could more directly link it to Druitt.
You say, John, it might have been found in the 1970's??
It does not appear in any secondary text until the 'A to Z' [which edition? Not the one I have seen] and in a narrative historical work not until 2009: in Evans and Connell's gem of a book on Reid.
It does not appear in Begg's '--The Facts' [2004], nor Evans and Rumbelow's 'Scotland Yard Investigates' [2006] -- though in the latter masterwork there was arguably no need for it to appear.
On the "Was Montague Druitt Jack the Ripper? " thread, Jonathan H raised the above question.
So as not to lose it in the other germane discussions and mayhem on that thread, I thought I would scoop it out and plonk it here .
I had thought a Ripperologist from the 1970's, Eric Hermes, might have located it originally, as his forte was quarrying in obscure provincial newspapers. Seeing he hailed from the West Counrty himself I felt he would be the likely candidate.
John Savage thought so too. I was wrong. I have been right back through Hermes' correspondence to me from those times: Nothing.
And I was also incorrect about it being in the 1993 A to Z.
Then I thought, was it one of the Chrises? Chris who produces absolutely every fresh newspaper article or Census entry you've ever wanted... or Chris Philips who did some sterling textual detective work on Druitt a couple of years back?
Can anybody throw a glimmer on this one?
The only clue I can add is that I mentioned it in a post as far back as November 25 2003. And I was not its discoverer.
JOHN RUFFELS.
Originally Posted by Jonathan H
. But the 'West of England MP' story remains an elusive orphan.
In my opinion it is the Rosetta Stone of the whole mystery, yet it is very difficult to locate who found it and when?
I first saw it here, on the Boards in 2007, when Stewart referred to it as the likely source of Macnaghten's 'private information' and I was just gobsmacked by its implications -- if you could more directly link it to Druitt.
You say, John, it might have been found in the 1970's??
It does not appear in any secondary text until the 'A to Z' [which edition? Not the one I have seen] and in a narrative historical work not until 2009: in Evans and Connell's gem of a book on Reid.
It does not appear in Begg's '--The Facts' [2004], nor Evans and Rumbelow's 'Scotland Yard Investigates' [2006] -- though in the latter masterwork there was arguably no need for it to appear.
On the "Was Montague Druitt Jack the Ripper? " thread, Jonathan H raised the above question.
So as not to lose it in the other germane discussions and mayhem on that thread, I thought I would scoop it out and plonk it here .
I had thought a Ripperologist from the 1970's, Eric Hermes, might have located it originally, as his forte was quarrying in obscure provincial newspapers. Seeing he hailed from the West Counrty himself I felt he would be the likely candidate.
John Savage thought so too. I was wrong. I have been right back through Hermes' correspondence to me from those times: Nothing.
And I was also incorrect about it being in the 1993 A to Z.
Then I thought, was it one of the Chrises? Chris who produces absolutely every fresh newspaper article or Census entry you've ever wanted... or Chris Philips who did some sterling textual detective work on Druitt a couple of years back?
Can anybody throw a glimmer on this one?
The only clue I can add is that I mentioned it in a post as far back as November 25 2003. And I was not its discoverer.
JOHN RUFFELS.
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