More Newspaper Articles

[Robert]

This is from Joe. After clicking into the web link below, you'll find that Post One tells of a lawsuit that Tumblety brought against a New Jersey bank.




http://www.jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=26166




With the help of the New Jersey State Archives, I was able to obtain some paperwork on this case. The old documents are tough to read, but it looks like Tumblety did some kind of financial business with the "Provident Institution for Savings in Jersey City" on Feb 6, 1869. Then over two years later (on May 15, 1871) Tumblety had his attorney initiate the process of serving a summons to that bank through the court system and the Sheriff of Hudson County, NJ. The summons ordered the bank to "appear before the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, to be held at Trenton on May 23, 1871."




Tumblety claimed that the bank owed him $9,000 as a result of the business dealing that had transpired back in Feb 1869. The bank was "summoned to answer unto Francis Tumblety in a plea of trespass on the case upon promises to his damage (of) Nine thousand dollars..." The attorney for the bank showed up at the court on May 23rd. Apparently, the case was delayed and eventually rescheduled for Oct 3, 1871.




Nothing was found in the archives that provided us with a verdict and there wasn't anything that showed that the case was even heard. But we found a letter dated Sept 7, 1871 which was addressed to the "State of New Jersey Supreme Court of Hudson County" and it was written by a Master in Chancery. The court official wrote of his belief that the bank had a "just defense". I think this simply was an oddball lawsuit initiated by Tumblety that went nowhere.

[David Orsam]

From Joe.

I'm sorry for the computer glitch on Post 39. Four individual asterisks popped up during that post when they weren't supposed to !! Anyway, let's march on.

The New York World distributed a lengthy article in the autumn of 1890 that sympathized with people who were arrested as criminals when they shouldn't have been. During that time period, the periodical took pride in its title as the "Attorney for the People." Starting in January 1889, the newspaper decided to show Tumblety in a favorable manner. Here is an excerpt from the autumn 1890 article. It had been telegraphed to Cincinnati.


THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 1890

PAGE 11

DO NOT HAVE A DOUBLE.

Where Alibis Have Been Useful.

Better to Look Like a Horse Than Like a Criminal.

(NEW YORK WORLD)


...Dr. Francis Tumblety, of this city, had the misfortune to be accused and arrested by the astute London police for the still undiscovered Whitechapel tragedies. The doctor looked like some one else who was believed to be the man who carved up so many unfortunate women.

[Scott Nelson]

From Joe:

Tumblety sent letters from his residence at 50 Union Passage, Birmingham during Aug 1875. But this is the first time we've seen him open for business in that city. Tumblety left England on Sept 1, 1875 so he practiced medicine very briefly in Birmingham.

Earlier in 1875, he was run out of town in Liverpool. The owner of the Liverpool Leader, a man named Frederick Richardson, waged a campaign in his newspaper to drive Tumblety out of there. That last time Richardson published a lengthy derogatory column about Tumblety was in April 1875.

Then on Aug 14, 1875 Tumblety wrote a vicious diatribe against Richardson, and he called the newspaper owner the Champion Black Mailer of England. Things had been quiet since April, then out of the blue, Tumblety tore into Richardson in mid-August.

One possible scenario was that a journalist at the Birmingham Daily Post informed Richardson that Tumblety was attempting to start a quack business in Birmingham and that he had paid for ads in the local newspaper. Richardson could have reacted to that news by contacting Tumblety, and this communication was viewed as blackmail by Tumblety. Just a thought.

[Scott Nelson]

from Joe:

Birmingham Daily Post
August 16, 1875

GOOD NEWS FOR THE AFFLICTED

The great American Doctor from British America has arrived, and can be consulted at 50 Union Passage, Birmingham.* The doctor will describe disease and tell persons the nature of their complaints or illness, without receiving any information from them.* No charge for consultation or advice.

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(Tumblety had a similar advertisement printed in the August 14th issue of that same newspaper.* The Aug 14th ad included Tumblety's poem and a plug for his Pimple Banisher. -* Joe)

[Robert]

From Joe.




Back on Post #25 of this Casebook thread, I listed a bunch of newspaper stories that pertained to the fight over Tumblety's estate. Among them were articles from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. As it turned out, the final five articles that I had listed for that Rochester newspaper were recently posted:







http://jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=26248







The most interesting of the five posted articles was the one on June 27, 1905. It reported that Tumblety had a premonition of his death while at St. John's Hospital. He called for a Catholic priest and asked if the clergyman would make out his will.




Another point that the June 27th article spoke about was that the physicians, nuns, clergyman, and the banker Henry Clewes, all seemed to be in agreement that Tumblety was of sound mind when he made out his will.

[David Orsam]

Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
Kent, England
July 4, 1903
Page 2

Dr. Francis Tumblety died recently in the Charity Hospital at St. Louis. A remarkable incident in his career was his arrest on the suspicion that he was "Jack the Ripper." On another occasion he was accused of complicity in a plot to infest the North with yellow fever during the Civil War. Dr. Tumblety left a fortune of over £27,000.


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Western Mail
South Glamorgan, Wales
November 20, 1890
Page 5

A "JACK THE RIPPER" SUSPECTED

WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY

Dr. Francis Tumblety who was at one time suspected of being "Jack the Ripper," has been committed to gaol as a suspicious character. Many valuables were found on him at the time of his arrest.

(Tumblety was arrested and briefly detained. His case was dismissed the next day due to a lack of evidence. - Joe)

[David Orsam]

The next three articles from Joe came from newspapers in Great Britain.


Dundee Evening Telegraph

Angus, Scotland

June 27, 1903

Page 5

DOCTOR WHO HATED WOMEN

The New York correspondent of the "Mail" writes: --

Dr. Francis J. Tumblety who was arrested in London during the time of the Whitechapel murders because of his hatred of women and was exonerated, and who died recently in a charity hospital in St. Louis, has left an estate worth £27,500. About £22,500 will be distributed among his relatives in Liverpool and America.

[Scott Nelson]

From Joe.

The Jtrforums recently posted a news clip from the Dec 24, 1875 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle. It reported that Tumblety complained about his name being spelled wrong in that newspaper. I remember Tumblety's name being spelled wrong in the Chronicle on a couple of occasions, but I didn't know that he protested about it. These old newspaper clippings have been in my file for years:

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

DECEMBER 21, 1875

PAGE 4, COLUMN 1


OVERLAND TRAVEL.

The following passengers will arrive in this city to-night:

(One of the passengers listed was Dr. Tingblety, New York.)


SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

DECEMBER 23, 1875

PAGE 4, COLUMN 2


HOTEL ARRIVALS.

PALACE HOTEL

(Listed as one of the hotel guests was Dr. Tumbletz, New York.)


SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

DECEMBER 24, 1875

PAGE 8, COLUMN 6


(The Palace Hotel had listed Dr. Tumblety once again as one of its guests. His name was spelled correctly this time.)

[Scott Nelson]

From Joe.

Here is an article that expressed Tumblety's opinion of the London police.


CINCINNATI ENQUIRER

JANUARY 29, 1889

PAGE 1, COLUMN 3


TUMBLETY'S TWADDLE

Arrested as the Whitechapel Murderer Because He Wore a Slouch Hat.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER.

NEW YORK. January 28. -- Dr. Francis Tumblety, after two months' silence, has spoken. Since he arrived on the 3rd (sic) of December he has been living at No. 79 East Ninth (sic) street, this city, where he kept under cover. He said to-day: "For twenty years I have been a regular voyager across the Atlantic. I go about London a great deal and am familiar with every foot of it. In company with thousands of others I inspected Whitechapel. The London police, who it might be incidently remarked are uniformed jackasses, think that all Americans wear slouch hats, and because I happened to wear one and was an American, and because some unknown American doctor was suspected, I was arrested, and for no other reason."

"It is said you are a woman-hater?"

The doctor laughed and said: "I don't care to talk about the ladies."

[mklhawley]

Hi all, Here's another:

Tim Riordan wrote in his book that Tumblety took the steamer Nebraska out of New York on July 14, 1869 and the ship arrived in Queenstown on July 23rd.


THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL
JULY 31, 1869
PAGE 3, Column 4

The following are amongst the latest Arrivals at the Shelbourne Hotel.

(More than two dozen names were listed, including F. Tumblety, Esq.)

Sincerely,
Mike

[Robert]

From Joe.







THE TELEGRAPH-HERALD

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

DECEMBER 24, 1888

PAGE 1, COLUMN 4




DR. TUMBLETY




A Grand Rapids Man Who Knows the Fellow Quite Well.




Dr. Tumblety, the man who was suspected of being "Jack the Ripper," is an American, and quite well known to many people. J.W. Holcomb knew him quite well in Toronto, in 1857, where he led quite an eccentric life, and was observed by everybody on account of his queer appearance and ways. He was then doing a quack medicine business. About three years later he came across the Doctor in Brooklyn, where he was doing the same kind of business, and was followed about the streets by droves of dogs.










THE RIVER PRESS

FORT BENTON, MONTANA

DECEMBER 26, 1888

PAGE 4, COLUMN 1




Dr. Tumblety, the supposed Whitechapel murderer, is still in New York, and is being shadowed by the police, yet the Whitechapel murders have not ceased. It looks as though the detectives are on the wrong scent.







(I'm currently trying to obtain these four other newspaper articles about Tumblety.)







DAILY ARKANSAS GAZETTE

DECEMBER 8, 1888

PAGE 4, COLUMN 2







TYRONE DAILY HERALD (PENNSYLVANIA)

DECEMBER 4, 1888

PAGE 4







FREEPORT JOURNAL STANDARD (ILLINOIS)

DECEMBER 4, 1888

PAGE 1, COLUMN 7







THE DECATUR HERALD (ILLINOIS)

JANUARY 6, 1889

PAGE 2, COLUMN 2

[Howard Brown]

Mike:

The Evening World article didn't mention this circulatory system presentation, nor did Joe Chetcuti in the post David Orsam provided.

If it was a demonstration of a circulatory system, then the red fluid would have represented blood.

[mklhawley]

From Joe.


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
NOVEMBER 25, 1888

"(Tumblety) had a herb store at Fulton and Nassau streets, with a glass case in front. Among other things in this case was a sort of a glass siphon with a red liquid running through a thin glass tube to indicate blood."



Tumblety projected an image of flowing blood in his window display in Brooklyn. The article in the New York Evening World implied this, and the above article in the Chicago Tribune spelled it out as plain as day. Tumblety's fascination with the topic of flowing blood was also seen in Washington D.C.



EVENING STAR (WASHINGTON D.C.)
NOVEMBER 20, 1888

"I met Tumblety in 1861 in this city...He afterward invited me to his room to see an arrangement of his to show the circulation of the blood."



Let's move on. Here is the next recently discovered newspaper clipping:


DAILY AMERICAN
DECEMBER 12, 1888
PAGE 2, COLUMN 4

Dr. Tumblety, who is suspected to be the Whitechapel Murderer, is expected to arrive in Chicago soon, and may take up his residence here. The doctor may not really be "Jack the Ripper," but if he is, he must change his field of operations. He must not kill women in Chicago, but confine himself exclusively to bad measures before the Council. There is in Chicago a great opening for a "ripper" of this sort at all times. -- Chicago Herald.

[mklhawley]

"The article spoke of how Tumblety used the image of flowing blood to publicly attract attention."
-Joe Chetcuti-

The article actually reads:

"In one of his windows stood a large array of glass tubes in all conceivable shapes, through which a red-colored fluid was constantly flowing."
"

Not sure where you're going with this one, Howard. Are you merely being picky with detail or are you assuming Tumblety's flowing red-colored fluid was not a model of the circulatory system? Yes, Dr. T was into herbal remedies, but he believed it was the circulatory system that allowed the body to receive the nutrients. Here's what he wrote in his 1893 autobiography:

"The human body, consisting of bones, muscles, sinews, blood vessels, organs of reproduction, nutrition, respiration and of thought, etc., is constructed, nourished and sustained in accordance with certain laws common to organized beings. It is made up of the elements that surround us, such as animals, vegetables and water. These substances, taken into the stomach, undergo the process of digestion, and the chyle or nutritious portion enters into the composition of the blood, and by this means in brought in contact with all parts of the system."

Dr. T literally showcasing his knowledge of how the herbal remedies work in and through the body would definitely have been convincing for potential customers/patients.

Mike

[Howard Brown]

"The article spoke of how Tumblety used the image of flowing blood to publicly attract attention."
-Joe Chetcuti-

The article actually reads:

"In one of his windows stood a large array of glass tubes in all conceivable shapes, through which a red-colored fluid was constantly flowing."
"