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  • clark2710
    Detective
    • Apr 2010
    • 241

    #1

    Suspect Deaths

    Did any of the suspects not meet a violent end? Were they all executed, beaten to death, or what have you? Which ones died of old age or even just a common illness of the time?
  • Al Bundy's Eyes
    Chief Inspector
    • Sep 2019
    • 1776

    #2
    Kosminski
    Thems the Vagaries.....

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    • Al Bundy's Eyes
      Chief Inspector
      • Sep 2019
      • 1776

      #3
      Oh, Lechmere of course. Lived to a ripe old age.
      Thems the Vagaries.....

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      • Scott Nelson
        Superintendent
        • Feb 2008
        • 2428

        #4
        Get yourself a copy of the Jack the Ripper A to Z.

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        • Pcdunn
          Superintendent
          • Dec 2014
          • 2325

          #5
          Didn't James Kelly die of age?
          Francis Tumblety died of age and in poverty.
          Poet Francis Thompson died of illness.
          I think the other suspects who were well-known creative types like author Lewis Carroll and artist Walter Sickert also all died of more natural causes.

          I wonder if a violent death is a better indicator of a person's tendency to be a violent killer? My first thought is, not necessarily.
          Last edited by Pcdunn; 05-15-2021, 06:20 PM. Reason: Added content.
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          • clark2710
            Detective
            • Apr 2010
            • 241

            #6
            Originally posted by Scott Nelson View Post
            Get yourself a copy of the Jack the Ripper A to Z.
            I do need to start my book collection again

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            • clark2710
              Detective
              • Apr 2010
              • 241

              #7
              Originally posted by Al Bundy's Eyes View Post
              Kosminski
              I don't know I mean he died in an asylum didn't he; of gangrene? I mean that's not executed but that's certainly a painful death.

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              • John Wheat
                Assistant Commissioner
                • Jul 2008
                • 3397

                #8
                William Henry Bury was the last man to be hung in Dundee.

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                • Pcdunn
                  Superintendent
                  • Dec 2014
                  • 2325

                  #9
                  Originally posted by clark2710 View Post

                  I don't know I mean he died in an asylum didn't he; of gangrene? I mean that's not executed but that's certainly a painful death.
                  True, but I think gangrene wasn't that uncommon back then.
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                  • clark2710
                    Detective
                    • Apr 2010
                    • 241

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Pcdunn View Post

                    True, but I think gangrene wasn't that uncommon back then.
                    Indeed point taken

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