Who do you think Jack the Ripper was and why?

[Abby Normal]

Hi,
Absolutely insane, but our killer was not all there,also a taunter.
Amazing coincidence out of all the lodging houses in Whitechapel, and private dwellings, a letter is penned, from not only a house directly opposite the next murder scene, but also the most sensational witness in the case Mrs Maxwell having direct connection to that address.
Regards Richard.

Except that hundreds of hoax letters were sent and it being a lodging house where probably thousands of different men recently stayed, it dosnt seem odd that one of them used that address.

[Mayerling]

Hi Paul.
A letter was sent to the Great Yarmouth police exactly one week before the murder of Kelly [ Been well discussed before on Casebook] penned from 14, Dorset street.[directly opposite Millers court] which was the place of work of Caroline Maxwell's husband.
I find it extremely coincidental, that a letter arrives at another police force sent from that address. and has connections to the Maxwell's, exactly one week prior to the murder.
It was the perfect location to observe the comings and goings of Mary Kelly.
Regards Richard.

Odd that the letter was sent to Great Yarmouth. The writer obviously wanted it's arrival at the destination to take awhile to give him/her time for possible preparation (provided "Jack" sent it).

Yarmouth is the scene of a murder mystery enigma.

In 1900 Herbert Bennett would be executed for the murder of his estranged wife on Yarmouth Beach (despite a vigorous defense in court by the up-and-coming Edward Marshall-Hall as defense barrister). Many still question if Bennett did the murder or not, and the doubters point out to the fact that in 1912 a similar murder of a woman occurred on Yarmouth Beach (strangulation again) but this time the killer never was arrested, tried, or executed. It has been suggested Bennett (despite a bad reputation) didn't kill his wife and the 1912 miscreant did.

Jeff

[Joshua Rogan]

Paul,
Here is the thread discussing the letter sent from 14 Dorset Street;

http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?t=6812

I'm not sure I believe Mrs Maxwell or her husband wrote it, but it is a very intriguing missive. Some press reports have her saying she didn't actually live at the lodging house, but in the same house as Mary Jane Kelly, so perhaps she felt safe using that address (although this is most likely due to confusion by the reporter). There were said to be 300 lodgers a night at No.14 so fairly good odds it wasn't Maxwell anyway.


Not the only coincidence in the case...Star 10th Nov 1888

A REMARKABLE PROPHECY.
London and Brighton, a paper published on Wednesday, contains the following :-

On Sunday the new moon came in. If Jack the Ripper is a lunatic and if there is any truth in the theory of the susceptibility of lunatics to lunar influence we ought to hear from him in the course of a few days.

[richardnunweek]

Hi,
Absolutely insane, but our killer was not all there,also a taunter.
Amazing coincidence out of all the lodging houses in Whitechapel, and private dwellings, a letter is penned, from not only a house directly opposite the next murder scene, but also the most sensational witness in the case Mrs Maxwell having direct connection to that address.
Regards Richard.

[GUT]

Hi Paul.
A letter was sent to the Great Yarmouth police exactly one week before the murder of Kelly [ Been well discussed before on Casebook] penned from 14, Dorset street.[directly opposite Millers court] which was the place of work of Caroline Maxwell's husband.
I find it extremely coincidental, that a letter arrives at another police force sent from that address. and has connections to the Maxwell's, exactly one week prior to the murder.
It was the perfect location to observe the comings and goings of Mary Kelly.
Regards Richard.

But wouldn't the killer need to be a total idiot to put their address on it.

That in all seriousness is my biggest problem.

[richardnunweek]

Hi Paul.
A letter was sent to the Great Yarmouth police exactly one week before the murder of Kelly [ Been well discussed before on Casebook] penned from 14, Dorset street.[directly opposite Millers court] which was the place of work of Caroline Maxwell's husband.
I find it extremely coincidental, that a letter arrives at another police force sent from that address. and has connections to the Maxwell's, exactly one week prior to the murder.
It was the perfect location to observe the comings and goings of Mary Kelly.
Regards Richard.

[GUT]

Jack the Ripper was a

Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker,
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy,
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief...

Jack was, is all we know.

You left out Teacher.

[GUT]

Jack was, is all we know.

And some dispute that.

[Pcdunn]

Jack the Ripper was a

Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker,
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy,
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief...

Jack was, is all we know.

[Damaso Marte]

I don't know who the killer is. But here are some things I believe about the killer:

- I think he lived in Whitechapel, because he fled back into Whitechapel after killing Eddowes

- I think he was sane enough to understand that what he was doing was wrong, or at least would be considered wrong by mainstream society. He clearly took steps to minimize noise and evidence during the killings

- I suspect he had light hair: sandy, auburn, reddish-blonde, something in that range. This is a commonality in some of the most credible eyewitness descriptions.

[kjab3112]

Hi,
Wow,the question none of us can answer,
I would say the killer resided in the lodging houses of Whitechapel, and at the time of Kelly's death was living at Number 14 Dorset street.? either that night, or during that week.
Regards Richard.

Richard, why that address in Dorset Street? Do you have a particular person in mind or is it purely that most murder victims know their killer and they tend to be from that locale? Or is there another reason?

Thanks

Paul

[John Wheat]

To Parker

William Henry Bury because his ex prostitute's wife murder is similar to the C5. Bury largely fits all the psych profiles. Bury moved into London shortly before the Ripper murders and left London not long after Mary Kelly's murder. Bury is also a proven psychopath.

Cheers John

[Paddy]

I thought I would post this to show how easily Jack could have been a mentally ill patient
This chap (not a known person) was admitted from to Mile End Workhouse on 25th Jan 1889
and then sent to Hoxton House Asylum on the 29th Jan 1889 classed as insane. see attached :
Pat..

[Harry D]

Fenian terror plot.

[Parker_Pyne79]

I want an opinion, not a definitive fact.