Montague John Druitt - New Headstone on grave

**Nick Spring** · 07-02-2012, 11:58 AM

The grave to the left of Montague Druitt is William Harvey Druitt. I took a separate photo which is below. This would be Montague's elder brother perhaps.

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**Observer** · 07-02-2012, 12:00 PM

Hi Phil

Exactly so. I wasn't aware that Abberline was buried in the same graveyard. It would be interesting to know if his gravestone had also been cleaned.

Regards

Observer

**AdamNeilWood** · 07-02-2012, 12:01 PM

Enhanced

Hello all,

Here's a Photoshopped enhancement of the grave to the left of M J's

Best wishes
Adam

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**AdamNeilWood** · 07-02-2012, 12:02 PM

Well done Nick,

Answered in the time it took to save the image and spend 5 minutes in Photoshop!

Best wishes
Adam

**Observer** · 07-02-2012, 12:03 PM

Hi Nick

Thanks for that. As I said, it appears as if the clean up is related to Montagues's involvement in the Ripper murders.

Regards

Observer

**Phil Carter** · 07-02-2012, 12:12 PM

Hello Adam, Chris, Nick, Observer, Hook,

Thank you for the images. Incase it (the posting) got missed, can anyone decifer the "4" on the old gravestone of MJD?

best wishes

Phil

**AdamNeilWood** · 07-02-2012, 12:41 PM

Here you go Phil.

Although not amazingly clear, it definitely looks like a 4 to me, and not like the '3' shown in the line below.

Adam

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**Phil Carter** · 07-02-2012, 12:47 PM

Hello Adam,

Thank you indeed. Far clearer. Indeed a 4 it is.
If the stone is a clean up job, then a good job has been done on it. Could be a new stone in the exact same design I suppose.
It is always nice to see clean gravestones, in my opinion.

best wishes

Phil

**Mr Lucky** · 07-02-2012, 12:53 PM

I may be wrong but it looks like the writting is now cut into the stone (on the new clean white gravestone)

On the old picture it looks like it protrudes out of the stone

The '1' in 1888 looks different too

**Robert** · 07-02-2012, 02:38 PM

I think the old way of doing the stones was to insert a black lettering into the pre-cut shape. These letters in time loosen and fall out. The modern method is different, more to do with burning the lettering in, or something like that.

**Debra A** · 07-02-2012, 02:45 PM

I think it's the same one cleaned up. This website shows similar transformations.

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http://www.kingstonmasonry.co.uk/memorials/renovation.php

It's not cheap though.

**Robert** · 07-02-2012, 02:51 PM

Phil, here's a link for the inscription :

Ripperology

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8g6vSscwjT8C&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=in+memory+of+montague+john+druitt&source=bl&ots=sUmYTw8cjX&sig=Nc4aFZ2seoXe0kq76yPTHSayuZY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v7PxT7vgA86p8APzztSHDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=in%20memory%20of%20montague%20john%20druitt&f=false

An impressive contribution to true crime studies Ripperology--a sometimes obsessive interest in studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper--is a subject of timeless interest that has suffered from confusion, exaggeration, and hyperbole for over a century. Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's Ripperology is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and to address the seven principal phases of Ripper speculations: the initial wave of journalism that followed the 1888 murders; the "revelations" of highers-up in Scotland Yard who pretended to know more than they actually did; the period between 1925 and 1949 when sensational and factually shaky book-length "solutions" were proposed, including the theories that Jack avenged his son's syphilis or was a female midwife in disguise; the dawn of more responsible study, between 1950 and 1975, in which the author himself played an important role; better documented studies spurred by the opening of Scotland Yard files in 1976; the explosion of new Ripper hypotheses in the 1990s; and current theories, including Patricia Cornwell's DNA-based accusation of artist Walter Sickert. Ripperology does not attempt to give a detailed, encyclopedic account of the murders. Rather, its aim is to tell the story of the extraordinary literary efforts directed at solving the mystery. While there are no formal conclusions, and this book does not seek to saturate the reader with minutiae, exaggerated claims are debunked and misconceived ideas are dispelled. Author Odell, having studied these unsolved serial killings for four decades, guides the reader in his easy narrative rich with documentation. Ripperology will be welcomed by true crime aficionados.

**Captain Hook** · 07-02-2012, 03:02 PM

[QUOTE=Abberline's grave is in the same cemetery I believe.

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Hi Phil,

I'm afraid Abberline's grave is in Bournemouth while Druitt's is in Winbourne. Not the same place, is it?

Cheers
Eduardo

**Phil Carter** · 07-02-2012, 03:14 PM

Hello Eduardo,

A thousand apologies. Brain slip deluxe. Thank you for pointing that out. Duh! (trying to do too many tyings at once..lol)

best wishes

Phil

**Phil Carter** · 07-02-2012, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by Robert View Post

Phil, here's a link for the inscription :

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8...druitt&f=false

Hello Robert,

Many thanks!

best wishes

Phil

Montague John Druitt - New Headstone on grave

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