Robert Louis Stevenson

[ChrisGeorge]

Thank you for the comments. It only comes to prove that this suspect, RLS, bothers many people.

But not for the reason you seem to think. This is not Ripperologists worrying your theory is better than theirs. These are people taking the time to point out why your theory has gaping holes and no substance.

I agree totally.

Chris

[TomTomKent]

I`m sorry but you are wrong.
The RLS book "The Ebb-Tide" relates the feelings of RLS while Jack the Ripper. What it felt during and after the crimes. The escape for samoa, what it comes to prove that the date that we know is a farce.
And many more things.

That is hardly "proof". It is in the same vain as saying Sickert protryed the "feelings" of Jack in his paintings. How do we know those "feelings" are more or less accurate than Bram Stoker portrayed in Dracular (one of the characters is a madman killer in a London mentl hospital after crimes that could easily be read as something akin to the JTR murders).

It is perfectly possible that RLS is capable of imagining the "feelings" of his characters. Jim Harper is a convincing child daredevil, but I do not believe that is evidence RLS was involved in piracy or treasure islands. I am not entirely sure he ever kidnapped people in Scotland either.

Thank you for the comments. It only comes to prove that this suspect, RLS, bothers many people.

But not for the reason you seem to think. This is not Ripperologists worrying your theory is better than theirs. These are people taking the time to point out why your theory has gaping holes and no substance.

[jsantos]

Thank you for the comments. It only comes to prove that this suspect, RLS, bothers many people.

[GregBaron]

He's no slouch...

I think that's an American slouch hat Lechmere............and notice the dark complexion.................keep in mind that Jack the Orangutan may have read the tales of Edgar Allan Poe and hence the idea. I really think we're onto something here.............remember also the Dr. Bond said the ripper was a 'physically strong' man.........


Greg

[Lechmere]

Can anyone tell me if this is a wide-awake hat?

[Sally]

Did Orang-utan-Man Exist?

Was that really an Astrakhan-trimmed coat, after all? And remember - a banana may well be mistaken for a gold watch in dim lighting...

[Lechmere]

In the Indonesian dialect, Orang-utans where and still are called ‘mawas’.
Those supposed late night cries of ‘murder’... anybody?

[Robert]

Hi Lechmere

Certainly we see a number of coincidences here which, when considered separately, are suggestive enough, but when taken together are almost irresistible. There is one final piece of evidence missing from the jigsaw : I'm sure I remember some years ago reading an 1888 newspaper article to the effect that just after one of the murders, a householder heard the sound of singing receding into the distance. As far as the householder could make out, the words were

Oo-bi-doo, I want to be like you

If anyone can locate this article for me, I will be most obliged.

[Lechmere]

Robert
The HMS Rattler on which orang-utan Jack served would seem to be the famous Rattler, the first screw propelled, steam powered warship, that towed the paddle steamer HMS Alecto backwards during an experimental nautical ‘tug-of-war’ in 1845.
HMS Rattler served in far eastern waters in around 1855 and was broken up in 1856.
An orang-utan can live to the age of 60 when brought up in human society and reaches sexual maturity between 15 and 20. So, say Jack was born in 1830, I conclude he could still have been active in 1888. We can perhaps check the census return for 1881?
There have been recorded instances of sexual assault by semi domesticated orang-utans on human females.
There are theories that Jack was a sailor who came ashore from the Thames docks.
Do we need any more evidence?

[ChrisGeorge]

I`m sorry but you are wrong.
The RLS book "The Ebb-Tide" relates the feelings of RLS while Jack the Ripper. What it felt during and after the crimes. The escape for samoa, what it comes to prove that the date that we know is a farce.
And many more things.

Hi RLS

What about the imagination of an artist?

Again, because Edgar Allan Poe wrote about murder does that make him a killer? Or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle because he also wrote murder mysteries?

It seems too easy and somewhat unrealistic to believe that because a writer can get into the mind of a murderer, then he must have had murderous tendencies too.

That's why your theory is unrealistic, and that's why it does not bear scrutiny.

All the best

Chris

[jsantos]

"RLS's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written before the Whitechapel Murders but having written such a novella about murders in London does not make RLS the Whitechapel Murderer."
Of course not, but "The Ebb-Tide" yes.
About Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, RLS burnt the first sketch of the book. As well as a history that it had written about a prostitute.
Read the history of RLS life to appreciate better what I`m saying.

[jsantos]

I`m sorry but you are wrong.
The RLS book "The Ebb-Tide" relates the feelings of RLS while Jack the Ripper. What it felt during and after the crimes. The escape for samoa, what it comes to prove that the date that we know is a farce.
And many more things.

[Lechmere]

I would describe that orang-utan as not tall but stout.

[ChrisGeorge]

Which books Lewis Carroll wrote? Alice in Wonderland?????
Which books RLS wrote? Dr Jekkyl & Mr Hyde; The Ebb-Tide (Too many coincidences in this 2 books with the Jack the Ripper story.) Ok, only coincidences... It`s the same thing? I don`t think so... But if you say...
Why James Maybrick is a serious suspect??? Not only because it was in london at the time, but because somebody invented a diary!
Is funny...

Hi once more jsantos

I am not saying James Maybrick is a serious suspect. Personally, I believe the Maybrick Diary is a hoax, although whether a recent or an old hoax still has to be determined.

RLS's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written before the Whitechapel Murders but having written such a novella about murders in London does not make RLS the Whitechapel Murderer. The Ebb-Tide was written after the Ripper murders. If there is anything in The Ebb-Tide that has a link to the Whitechapel crimes, could it be because RLS read about them like everyone else?

To use another analogy, your advocacy of RLS as the murderer has as much going for it, or actually maybe less, as saying Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, was the killer. At least Stoker was in Britain at the time but RLS evidently was not.

Best regards

Chris

[jsantos]

Which books Lewis Carroll wrote? Alice in Wonderland?????
Which books RLS wrote? Dr Jekkyl & Mr Hyde; The Ebb-Tide (Too many coincidences in this 2 books with the Jack the Ripper story.) Ok, only coincidences... It`s the same thing? I don`t think so... But if you say...
Why James Maybrick is a serious suspect??? Not only because it was in london at the time, but because somebody invented a diary!
Is funny...