Tumblety and Eddowes's Ring

[Graham]

Hi Graham

That was exactly the post I was going to make but you beat me to it. Would there have been anyone who was intimately familiar with cheap jewelry worn by a prostitute?

c.d.

Mind you, some of those old nuns had done the miles, mate....


Graham

[c.d.]

Hi Graham

That was exactly the post I was going to make but you beat me to it. Would there have been anyone who was intimately familiar with cheap jewelry worn by a prostitute?

c.d.

[Chris Scott]

Pretty much my opinion
Chris

[Graham]

I have read today an account, apparently reported on Canadian television, that when Tumblety died, the nuns who sorted his belongings found a ring which was subsequently identified as belonging to Eddowes.
Whilst not putting much credence in this I was just wondering if anyone knew any more of this or where the story originated.

The version I read ran as follows:
"
However, what has also been overlooked more recently is Tumblety's demise. A few years ago another television documentary on Jack the Ripper traced the final days of Tumblety in Canada, where he died. The program finished showing his grave, erected by some nuns from a convent who looked after him during his illness until his death. Upon his death, the nuns made the usual arrangements of gathering his belongings. While going through his clothes, the nuns stumbled upon a piece of fake jewellery, notably, a ring. That ring was identified as the ring missing from Katherine Eddowes."

Hi Chris.

1] Tumblety died in St Louis, Missouri, in 1903, according to the reliable accounts.

2] He was apparently rather wealthy when he died, so why should a bunch of nuns go through his belongings (unless they were looking for jazz mags?)

3] How on earth would anyone know the provenance of any ring found in his effects, unless on the inside was inscribed something like, "Nicked from C Eddowes 1888".

Sounds like a load of old bollocks to me, mate.

Cheers,

Graham

[Chris Scott]

I have read today an account, apparently reported on Canadian television, that when Tumblety died, the nuns who sorted his belongings found a ring which was subsequently identified as belonging to Eddowes.
Whilst not putting much credence in this I was just wondering if anyone knew any more of this or where the story originated.

The version I read ran as follows:
"
However, what has also been overlooked more recently is Tumblety's demise. A few years ago another television documentary on Jack the Ripper traced the final days of Tumblety in Canada, where he died. The program finished showing his grave, erected by some nuns from a convent who looked after him during his illness until his death. Upon his death, the nuns made the usual arrangements of gathering his belongings. While going through his clothes, the nuns stumbled upon a piece of fake jewellery, notably, a ring. That ring was identified as the ring missing from Katherine Eddowes."