One Incontrovertible, Unequivocal, Undeniable Fact Which Refutes the Diary

[Sam Flynn]

It's funny how some of those who quite rightly don't see letters on the wall that were not really there can nevertheless see words in the diary that are not really there.

Are we back to "an initial here, an initial there", Caz? What else could they refer to, but the alleged initials on the wall?

[Kaz]

Don't know where others get the time or the patience.

Love,

Caz
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I retired 5 years ago, on my 40th b'day.

I'm bored and the diary is a good distraction.



At least until the new book arrives through the letter box :-D

[Kaz]

I really ought to read it again with the old sense of humour switched firmly on - after all, one of the great charms of Diary of a Nobody is Pooter's utterly banal attempts at humour. I'll re-read the Maybrick Diary in that spirit. I might even enjoy it!

Henry, have you ordered the new copy?

Maybe seeing it in all of its 'glory' it'll become more....real?


* Full colour facsimile of the diary's 64 pages

[caz]

And the diarist acts as if the "FM" is some kind of written confession. Had the police discovered any such graffiti (and they didn't), how on earth would they have ever made the connection to James Maybrick? They'd sooner bring in Fanny Mortimer for questioning!

Ah, now this reasoning is more like it, Harry. That might be what our hoaxer meant. Left 'it' [not them] in 'front' for all eyes to 'see', but they will never 'find' it. They could stare at whatever 'it' might have been for the next hundred years and still not find this clue to the murderer's identity because, as you say, how could any initials possibly have led back to James Maybrick with no other known connections between him and the murders?

It was all part of the game. The 'fools' were hardly fools for missing a 'clue' like that, were they? Once again, "Sir Jim" comes out of this looking the bigger fool, and I must say that does seem to have been the object all along.

Love,

Caz
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[Henry Flower]

Ah, now this reasoning is more like it, Harry. That might be what our hoaxer meant. Left 'it' [not them] in 'front' for all eyes to 'see', but they will never 'find' it. They could stare at whatever 'it' might have been for the next hundred years and still not find this clue to the murderer's identity because, as you say, how could any initials possibly have led back to James Maybrick with no other known connections between him and the murders?

It was all part of the game. The 'fools' were hardly fools for missing a 'clue' like that, were they? Once again, "Sir Jim" comes out of this looking the bigger fool, and I must say that does seem to have been the object all along.

Love,

Caz
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Hmmmm. A family member, maybe....

Caz, you clearly know more than you're letting on. That's entirely your prerogative, of course.

But.... I demand you tell us what you know!!!!

[Henry Flower]

Henry, have you ordered the new copy?

Maybe seeing it in all of its 'glory' it'll become more....real?


* Full colour facsimile of the diary's 64 pages

Kaz, alas I haven't. As an artist with a diminishing income, currently struggling to keep the roof over the head of two lovely children, I can't justify treating myself to it.

[Kaz]

Kaz, alas I haven't. As an artist with a diminishing income, currently struggling to keep the roof over the head of two lovely children, I can't justify treating myself to it.

Soon as I've read my copy I'll lend you it if you like?

[Sam Flynn]

It was all part of the game. The 'fools' were hardly fools for missing a 'clue' like that, were they? Once again, "Sir Jim" comes out of this looking the bigger fool, and I must say that does seem to have been the object all along.

I think you might be giving the hoaxer(s) far more credit than they deserve, Caz.

[Henry Flower]

Soon as I've read my copy I'll lend you it if you like?

That's very kind indeed, Kaz, thank you. But I'm sure I'll get the unvarnished, unbiased, undistorted summary of the book's contents right here on these here pages! (Pauses for laughter).

[Kaz]

That's very kind indeed, Kaz, thank you. But I'm sure I'll get the unvarnished, unbiased, undistorted summary of the book's contents right here on these here pages! (Pauses for laughter).

You didn't have to pause for very long

[caz]

Ah, but you see, he didn't want the police to notice his clues, he wanted to avoid the gallows. They were clues just for him! So he made his F all messy. The police missed it. Thankfully Kaz and Ike (love you both!!) did not, thanks to the lucky angle of the photograph.

Phew!

Do you not see the irony here, Henry? What if the hoaxer deliberately put in this obviously dodgy piece of logic merely for dramatic purposes, to add to the buffoonish character he was creating for Sir James?

The whole premise makes no logical sense, does it? Judging by some of the arguments being made, people would have found our diarist's account somehow more credible had there been a clear F or M of the right size, in the right place and not 'all messy'. But it would still not have been a clue that would ever have sent the police in JM's direction. So yes, of course it would have been a clue 'just for him' - to gloat about in the silence of his lonely room and for no other purpose under the sun.

No clue, no clue....

Love,

Caz
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[Henry Flower]

You didn't have to pause for very long

[Herlock Sholmes]

Love it, Joshua.

If he was wearing loafers, could he have been a master baker? Or would that finger Kosminski?

Sorry about the silly mood I'm in. The poor August weather is keeping me out of the garden.

Love,

Caz
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Caz,

Hasn't there been enough name-calling without you calling Jack a 'master baker.'

[Herlock Sholmes]

I remember years ago when I first noticed the 'm' I thought yes! Monty signed his name!

[Henry Flower]

Do you not see the irony here, Henry? What if the hoaxer deliberately put in this obviously dodgy piece of logic merely for dramatic purposes, to add to the buffoonish character he was creating for Sir James?

The whole premise makes no logical sense, does it? Judging by some of the arguments being made, people would have found our diarist's account somehow more credible had there been a clear F or M of the right size, in the right place and not 'all messy'. But it would still not have been a clue that would ever have sent the police in JM's direction. So yes, of course it would have been a clue 'just for him' - to gloat about in the silence of his lonely room and for no other purpose under the sun.

No clue, no clue....

Love,

Caz
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I'm hearing you, Caz.

"It says, 'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of ....aaaarrrrrggghhhhhh'"

"If he was dying he wouldn't bother to carve 'aaarrrrghhhh'. He'd just say it."

"Perhaps he was dictating?"