Druitt's 30 August Cricket Match

[jmenges]

Not particularly.
R. Michael Gordon was doing the same thing with George Chapman 25 years ago.

JM

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

And in her ebook ‘Chasing the Ripper’ she suggests he could have been responsible for the murder of Cora Crippen.

JM

'Come back Dr Crippen; all is forgiven'?

Do you not find it curious that Cornwell, Holmgren, and Stow all accuse their respective suspects in the Whitechapel Murders of having committed other notorious murders?

[jmenges]

Any further comments about Sickert’s whereabouts in the Autumn of 1888 should be posted in a more appropriate thread.

Thanks

JM

[jmenges]

Since this is a Druitt thread, lets move any further Sickert discussion to this thread:

https://forum.casebook.org/forum/ripper-media/books/non-fiction/10501-patricia-cornwell-walter-sickert-book-2/page16

JM

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Good Luck , ill be waiting to see it.

I don't need any luck.

It is well-known in the art world, where Cornwell has become a laughing stock.

And that's a fact.

[FISHY1118]

You don't need to take my word for it.

I think you could easily find it online, but I will publish it here later today.

Good Luck , ill be waiting to see it.

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

You mean you have some then ? youll forgive me if i dont take your word for it .

You don't need to take my word for it.

I think you could easily find it online, but I will publish it here later today.

[FISHY1118]

You mean you aren't aware of the evidence?

And I'M the only member who has been criticised for allegedly not having read enough??

You mean you have some then ? youll forgive me if i dont take your word for it .

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Your the one that said he was holidaying in France when the first two murders took place . Do you ,can you provide evidence to show that was the case ?

You mean you aren't aware of the evidence?

And I'M the only member who has been criticised for allegedly not having read enough??

[FISHY1118]

Are you saying he can't be proven to have been in France at the time of all the murders, or ANY of the murders?

Your the one that said he was holidaying in France when the first two murders took place . Do you ,can you provide evidence to show that was the case ?

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

Sickert cant be proven beyond doubt to be in France at the time of the Ripper murders ,so for that reason he remains a stand alone suspect just as the others , imo .

Are you saying he can't be proven to have been in France at the time of all the murders, or ANY of the murders?

[FISHY1118]

I am very glad you wrote that!

As you may be aware, several people who have been accused of committing this series of murders have been cleared because, even after the passage of about a century, their alibis remain intact.

The Duke of Clarence has alibis for all five murders, having been in either Yorkshire or Scotland at the time that they occured.
''Walter Sickert was on holiday in France when the first two murders took place and very probably still there when the double murder took place.''
Michael Ostrog was imprisoned in France when the murders took place.

Some people are saying that the 9th of November 1888 was a public holiday, at least for workers in the City of London.
The supposed expert Edward Stow has labelled such persons 'ignorant'.

Even if it was not a holiday, there are reasons to think that Charles Allen Lechmere would have had no difficulty in providing an alibi for at least one of the murders.

The same, I believe, goes for Kosminski.

His defence counsel at any trial would have needed merely to produce a solid alibi for one of the murders and the case would likely have been thrown out.

It is very easy to prosecute a man 100 years after his death.

Sickert cant be proven beyond doubt to be in France at the time of the Ripper murders ,so for that reason he remains a stand alone suspect just as the others , imo .

[Abby Normal]

Yes Tracy and her father proved that some time back.
What for me was of great interest was the following.
Although his elder brother hung himself and young Jacob found him. In later life he said his brother had cut his throat.

That his mother who died just before the murders started had lived in a block behind the building in Goulston Street, and his brother Still did.
And the writting appears to have been on the location( demolished and replace with the block) of where the man who.had him arrested for theft had previously had a business.

Nothing conclusive, but thought provoking

Steve

Thanks El
yes I knew they had some evidence that pointed in that direction, but I wasnt aware that it was established fact. If so, yes hes a valid suspect, but still tenuous IMHO.

Yes, very thought provoking!

[Elamarna]

Hi El
Has it been definitively ascertained that he was related to the mitre square witness? if yes then OK, because at least its some link to the crimes. If no, then I wouldnt, because he is neither a contemporary police suspect nor has any connection to the case. But thats just me.

Yes Tracy and her father proved that some time back.
What for me was of great interest was the following.
Although his elder brother hung himself and young Jacob found him. In later life he said his brother had cut his throat.

That his mother who died just before the murders started had lived in a block behind the building in Goulston Street, and his brother Still did.
And the writting appears to have been on the location( demolished and replace with the block) of where the man who.had him arrested for theft had previously had a business.

Nothing conclusive, but thought provoking

Steve

[Abby Normal]

I would add Levy myself.

Hi El
Has it been definitively ascertained that he was related to the mitre square witness? if yes then OK, because at least its some link to the crimes. If no, then I wouldnt, because he is neither a contemporary police suspect nor has any connection to the case. But thats just me.