Druitt and Monro

[Lewis C]

I think everyone is forgetting the murders of Mckenzie and Coles which were attributed to the Ripper if they were then Druitt is cleared of any suspicion because he was long dead by the time those murders took place.

www.trevormarriott.co.uk

I don't think that anyone who has given much thought to the suspectology aspect of the case would forget that, at least not with regard to McKenzie. Most people don't think that Coles was a Ripper murder, in which case she wouldn't be relevant. But whether or not McKenzie was a Ripper murder is an important question for evaluating suspects. Druitt isn't the only suspect who would be cleared if McKenzie was a Ripper murder. So would Bury, Cohen, Hyams, Tumblety, and I think Grainger. And the rationale for Barnett as a suspect wouldn't work.

[Wickerman]

. . . Most people don't think that Coles was a Ripper murder, in which case she wouldn't be relevant. But whether or not McKenzie was a Ripper murder is an important question for evaluating suspects.

And yet, the Coles murder was most like Stride, only the cut throat, McKenzie wasn't much more.

[GBinOz]

Where's the allegation of intimacy against any boys?

If you are applying a guiding rule, you have to apply it equally.

No-one even suggested the trouble was of a sexual nature, maybe it was theft, or striking a child, or another teacher, or being rude to Mr Valentine, there are plenty of alternatives.

Or failing to turn up for start of term?