Jacob Levy

[bobh]

HAVING READ THE FORUM'S ARTICLE ON jACOB lEVY, i WOULD SAY THAT HE IS A MUCH MORE VIABLE SUSPECT THAN MOST....

[Bridewell]

Is Jacob Levy a possible JtR? Yes.

Is there "only one candidate to be the Whitechapel murderer"? No.

Regards, Bridewell.

[Errata]

Just think about it .....an eye for an eye . His own mistakes turned his kids deformed in their faces .That explains his carving of the victims faces . Im not an expert in medicine but maybe I should look (In a book!) if some sexual diseases can be infected to one´s children .

Yes, syphilis can be transmitted to children. It's called congenital syphilis. It is however a myth that children with congenital syphilis have any specific physical deformity. A myth played on by the video game Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper. There also is no sign that Levy passed his syphilis on to his wife, who lived to a fairly respectable age.

[JG76]

Just think about it .....an eye for an eye . His own mistakes turned his kids deformed in their faces .That explains his carving of the victims faces . Im not an expert in medicine but maybe I should look (In a book!) if some sexual diseases can be infected to one´s children .

[GregBaron]

Agreed mostly....

I like your thinking JG76 except I never heard anything about deformed faces....This character definitely deserves further research anyway.......

He also apparently liked to steal useless things which also falls into Jtr's wheelhouse....

And he lived right in the heart of the district........is this the real Koz?



Greg

[JG76]

For me there is only one candidate to be the Whitechapel murderer and that is the jew Jacob Levy . He used to work as a butcherer and he used his knowledge with the knife when he killed and mutilated his victims . When he disembowelled Eddows in complete darkness there can only be someone with similar knowledge lika a butcherer to do that . And the whole point with mutilating the poor victims was because that Levy had in the past recieved syhpilis from a hooker and when it turned out that this sickness of his was brought to his children and made their faces deformed he wanted revenge . And right after the last murder he was sent to a hospital for mental treatment . And when he died in 1891 the whole investigation of the Whitechapel murderer was abruptely closed without explaniation . Thats my conclusion !