Solved?

[harry]

It has been solved,or at least named persons have been accepted as the killer.Most authors have convinced some readers that their investigations have produced evidence which points exclusively,to the exception of all others,to a named individual.Have convinced some.How many have to be convinced.
So provenance itself,seems to be a lesser requirement than conviction.Will it be deemed to have been solved when a sufficient number have been convinced?

[Defective Detective]

It has been solved,or at least named persons have been accepted as the killer.Most authors have convinced some readers that their investigations have produced evidence which points exclusively,to the exception of all others,to a named individual.Have convinced some.How many have to be convinced.
So provenance itself,seems to be a lesser requirement than conviction.Will it be deemed to have been solved when a sufficient number have been convinced?

It would, I think, be deemed 'solved' when a suspect is found who either (A.) cannot be established to have an alibi for any of the murders and had both the motive and opportunity to commit them, or (B.). Confessed somewhere - a private journal, say - and evidence cannot be found to contradict it. Mind, neither of these 'solutions' would hold up in a modern court, but would probably be considered airtight for the period in discussion.

[DirectorDave]

Has it been solved? No.

Are any of the theories in books, documentaries, films or websites on the money? Again No.

Have we leaned as much as we possibly can about the case? No.

The future of the Ripper case is perhaps finding alibi's of the people accused of being Jack.

[YankeeSergeant]

Solved?

Solved? No. There are several interesting theories extant but I don't see there ever being enough evidence to say the case is solved. How much evidence has been lost over the intervening years? I seem to remember that some of the records pertaining to the case were destroyed in the London Blitz of 1940 (If I'm wrong in this assumption please correct me). I think Jack died or got arrested for something else but was never linked to the killings [I]in the evidence we have today[I][/Kindest regards, YHOS,

[Rubyretro]

So who were the (to date) 4 people who voted that the case had been solved ?!

Own up !!

[lynn cates]

one down and . . .

Hello Ruby. I count as one.

Cheers.
LC

[Rubyretro]

Hello Ruby. I count as one.

Cheers.
LC

Shhh ! Lynn ! Me too !

[spyglass]

Hi all,
I dont think it has been solved yet, however I think all or most of the pieces to the puzzle are with us and it is just a case of arranging them in the correct order.
I see it as an old jigsaw puzzle you pull out of the cupboard that has two or three pieces missing, when you put it together, allthough not complete, you get the basic picture.

[lynn cates]

puzzling

Hello Spyglass. Your jigsaw puzzle analogy is quite apt. And, to make bad matters worse, in addition to a few missing pieces, there seem to be parts of other puzzles mixed in.

But it's all just a matter of time.

Cheers.
LC

[corey123]

How could it possibly be solved. I am sorry to be a poor sport, but that is a obvious question, untill we know what happened, then no it has not been solved.

Corey

[lynn cates]

Monro

Hello Corey. There is little doubt in my mind but that James Monro figured it out eventually.

Cheers.
LC

[corey123]

Lynn,

That is utterly ridiculous.

[lynn cates]

Monro

Hello Corey. Have you seen his personal comments about the case?

Cheers.
LC

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Lynn. Have you read his unpublished memoirs? I know he doesn't talk directly about the Ripper case, but surely information of value to us could be gleaned. I've wanted to read that for YEARS, given my interest in the anarchists, even though I understand it's probably little more than Monro pontificating and stroking his own ego.

Is there a thread on this subject? I've missed so many discussions.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[lynn cates]

Monro

Hello Tom. Shockingly, our scholarship on Monro is slender. I think we need to do more research on him. He has only 1 thread here.

Ego? I see the converse. This chap is reticent about the whole business. In looking at Monro's behaviour from 1888-1890, it looks like a saint emerging. His self imposed exile in India is not the move of a survivor nor yet that of a glory seeker. It looks almost like self-deprecation.

I presume you've read Campbell on this score and his letter?

But I think Monro was definitely the SY brain trust. If anyone could plow through the labyrinth, it was he.

Cheers.
LC