"James Evans" in 1888

[Mascara & Paranoia]

Uh... what?

[Fisherman]

Sam writes:

"You didn't go far enough, Fish. An anagram of "James Evans George Hutchinson" reveals his true name:

Jon S Meghan scavenges ho's uteri"

There you are then; what did I tell you?!

Bravo, Sam...!

The best,
Fisherman

[Sam Flynn]

New, "budded" thread created...

Folks - I suggest we keep this thread focused on James Evans. I've opened a new thread here, where the interesting - and more general - question of the "house where Jack dwelt" might be discussed further.

[Ben]

This is a good bit of data I agree, well done Sam, and I think it relegates "ward style" to an even lower notch on the probability scale.

But is was never improbable to start with, Mike, for reasons I outlined in detail on a previous thread. I may have misunderstood you, though. Do you mean "ward-style" as in a hospital or workhouse? I thought you were equating them with lodging houses in terms of viability, but I apologise if I've misread you.

Best regards,
Ben

Hi Mike,

Ward-style livings by a serial killer who takes specimens home is still an extremely viable proposition for reasons discussed in another thread. But yes, a fasincating turn for the books of Gareth's part to discover that private rooms could be secured for so little.

All the best,
Ben

Hi again Ben,

You know how much I hate including this possibility, because however "viable" it may be,...perhaps now only if the killer was without any work, penniless and homeless, and forced into a ward situation in a Workhouse.. its practical application leaves a lot still to be answered.

This is a good bit of data I agree, well done Sam, and I think it relegates "ward style" to an even lower notch on the probability scale. Accessible privacy is all I ever sought to make a case for, and I still believe its a superior solution to him hiding in plain sight. Both can work...but only one eliminates any kind of witness to any odd act or late arrival.

Cheers Ben.

[jmenges]

Jon Menges Hutchison Savager

Those were the good ol' days.

JM

[Ben]

Hi Mike,

Ward-style livings by a serial killer who takes specimens home is still an extremely viable proposition for reasons discussed in another thread. But yes, a fasincating turn for the books of Gareth's part to discover that private rooms could be secured for so little.

All the best,
Ben

[Jon Guy]

An anagram of "James Evans George Hutchinson" reveals his true name:
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Jon Menges Hutchison Savager

[Ben]

Ah, but chaps, wait until you discover what prompted the Flemster to alight upon "George Hutchinson" as an alias:

Glaring Evidence Of Ripper's Great Escape

His Untrue Tale Convinced Harassed Inspector. Now Seems Obvious Nonsense.

So it seems a poor working man could afford a "private" room with a key....that should just about do it for ward style living by a serial killer who takes specimens home....I hope.

Cheers all.

[Sam Flynn]

even a silly anagram won´t provide you with your preferred answers

You didn't go far enough, Fish. An anagram of "James Evans George Hutchinson" reveals his true name:

Jon S Meghan scavenges ho's uteri

[Ben]

My appreciative thanks to Gareth and Chris for their sleuthing efforts here.

Thoroughly bloody good job, gents!

(Interesting to note that the Victoria Home was also a "Peabody" establishment)

[Fisherman]

To cheer things up, I put the Sherlockian cap on and tried to attack the problem in Agatha Christie style (or should I say Patricia Cornwell style...). Meaning I tried the potential of the name James Evans as an anagram.
It gave nothing useful until I swopped the "v" in Evans for a "w" (I found 228 000 James Ewans´s on Google, and argued that perhaps some of them could have been pronounced as the ordinary Evans and not as "U-ans". And that resulted in either "NAMES AS JEW" or "NAME AS JEWS".

Typical, is it not - even a silly anagram won´t provide you with your preferred answers. Instead it has to support the wiews I have spent ages arguing against...

The best, all!
Fisherman

[Fisherman]

Of course, Sam; I never meant to take anything away from you. It´s just that the implications that for a moment seemed to be there were slightly more tempting than the actual outcome. But every nugget is welcome, and you have a healthy habit of unearthing many a nugget!

The best,
Fisherman

[Sam Flynn]

Well ... it was nice as long as it lasted!

It may not quite be over yet, Fish. Even if it is, it's unearthed two useful nuggets of info. Namely, we've discovered that a single, poverty-class man could have afforded a private room for a mere 2s 6d per week, and would have been given a key with which to let himself in and out at all hours.