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I don’t recall seeing these first two Tumblety articles. They both have comments I had not heard. I added all of the other New York Newspaper articles on the same event, including the New York World article which came out the day prior to Tumblety’s return to NYC. Interestingly, The Evening World is dated one day earlier than the others. When it mentions Tumblety’s anatomical museum collection, the reporter claims it is one of the reasons ‘which led some of THEM to believe’ –a reference most likely to those across the Atlantic. I do not recall the Colonel Dunham interview suggesting that. The first reason was certainly a reason known by them.
The Evening World, December 3, 1888
DR. TWOMBLETY IN TOWN.
He Arrives on La Bretagne, and Is Traced to Tenth Street.
Dr. Francis Twomblety, the eccentric American physician who was arrested in London suspected of the Whitechapel murders, arrived on the French steamship La Bretagne yesterday. He was shadowed to a boarding-house in West Tenth street by two of Inspector Byrnes’s detectives. Dr. Twomblety was missed from his usual haunts in London last week, and was tracked to Havre, France. It was supposed that he had taken passage on La Bretagne, which sailed Nov. 24, and Inspector Byrnes had been watching for his coming on that vessel. The police refuse to make known his whereabouts further than to locate him in Tenth street. He will be kept under strict surveillance while here. Inspector Byrnes says that, although Dr. Twomblety is a fugitive from Justice, being under $1,500 for a violation of the “Maiden Tribute” Act of Parliament, passed after the Pall Mall Gazette exposures, he cannot be arrested here. Men who were well acquainted with Twomblety during his life in this city and in Brooklyn say that they did not know by what right he assumed the title M.D. Reasons which led some of them to believe that Twomblety is the fiend who so successfully eluded the London police are that the “Doctor” had an inveterate hatred for women and kept an anatomical museum in which portions of human bodies similar to those cut from the Whitechapel victims predominated. The London police are anxiously searching for samples of his handwriting to compare with that of “Jack the Ripper.”
The Sun, December 4, 1888
TWOMBLETY ARRIVES.
Came Away from London in a Hurry Without His Luggage.
“Dr.” Francis Tumblety or Twomblety, who was arrested in London on suspicion of knowing something about the horrible Whitechapel murders, but against whom no direct proof could be found and who was held in $1,500 bail on a charge of dealing in gross literature, arrived in this city on Sunday on the French line steamer La Bretagne. He disappeared from London shortly after his release on bail and nothing more was heard of him until news arrived from Havre that he had sailed from there for this country. Inspector Byrnes said yesterday that he knew of Tumblety’s expected arrival in this city a week ago and had determined to make sure that his information was correct by having men who knew him on the wharf when the steamer arrived. Tumblety was short enough of luggage to make it appear that his departure from the other side was hurried. He was among the first to leave the steamer, and he went direct to a house in Tenth street just west of Third avenue, where furnished rooms are let. He will probably be an object of curiosity to the police for some time, but Inspector Byrnes said that no one has any right to bother him for what occurred across the ocean, unless the Government becomes interested and issues a warrant for his detention. He is a tall fellow, with a sweeping dark moustache, and used to sell salve, and parade on Broadway with a valet and two greyhounds.
New York World, December 2, 1888
TUMBLETY IS MISSING
The American Charlatan Suspected of the Whitechapel Murders Skips from London
HE WAS LAST SEEN AT HAVRE
Is He On His Way Home Over the Ocean to New York?
HE HAD A BITTER HATRED OF WOMEN
London, Dec. 1. The last seen of Dr. Tumblety was at Havre, and it is taken for granted that he has sailed for New York. It will be remembered that the doctor, who is known in this country for his eccentricities, was arrested some time ago in London on suspicion of being concerned in the perpetration of the Whitechapel murders. The police, being unable to procure the necessary evidence against him in connection therewith decided to hold him for trial for another offense against a statute which was passed shortly after the publication in the Pall Mall Gazette of “The Maiden Tribute,” and as a direct consequence thereof Dr. Tumblety was committed for trial and liberated on bail, two gentlemen coming forward to act as bondsmen in the amount of $1,500. On being hunted by the police today, they asserted that they had only known the doctor for a few days previous to his arrest.
The New York Tribune, December 04, 1888. (http://www.casebook.org/press_report.../18881204.html)
DR. TUMBLETY ARRIVES IN NEW-YORK.
DETECTIVES KEEPING THEIR EYE ON HIM-HIS ARREST IN LONDON HAS EXCITED PEOPLE HERE SOMEWHAT.
Doctor Francis Tumblety, or, as is known in England, Twomblety, is in New-York. He was arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the Whitechapel butcheries. When the French steamer La Bretagne arrived at her pier on Sunday, two of Inspector Byrnes’s men were in waiting there, and followed the large, dignified-looking man, who was driven in a cab by the shortest way to Mrs. McNamara’s boarding house, No. 79 East Tenth-st.
Inspector Byrnes promptly received reports from his men regarding the new arrival, and ordered his subordinates quietly to keep an eye on the doctor. He has been charge with a fondness for collecting anatomical specimens, and this has made his connection with the Whitechapel atrocities appear probable. It is a fact that after he was discharged for lack of evidence from the accusation of being implicated in the Whitechapel horrors he was re-arrested in London for a violation of the “Maiden Tribute” act, and released under 500 pounds bail. He “jumped” his bail and came to America.
A Tribune reporter called at Mrs. McNamara’s house early yesterday afternoon. Mrs. McNamara came to the door and said that the doctor had arrived the night before, but had gone out. When another call was made, however, she positively declared that Dr. Tumblety had not been there at all for over six months. The neighborhood of Tenth-st. and fourth-ave. was in a state of excitement all day yesterday. Inspector Byrnes’s men had been seen about there, and the most startling stories about the horrible London crimes were abroad. It was supposed in the neighborhood that the doctor had left the house, but that the American detectives at least were watching him.
The New York world, Dec 4, 1888
http://www.casebook.org/press_report.../18881204.html
The New York Herald, Dec 4, 1888
http://www.casebook.org/press_report...ld/881204.html
The New York Times, Dec 4, 1888
http://www.casebook.org/press_report...nyt881204.html
Sincerely,
Mike
I don’t recall seeing these first two Tumblety articles. They both have comments I had not heard. I added all of the other New York Newspaper articles on the same event, including the New York World article which came out the day prior to Tumblety’s return to NYC. Interestingly, The Evening World is dated one day earlier than the others. When it mentions Tumblety’s anatomical museum collection, the reporter claims it is one of the reasons ‘which led some of THEM to believe’ –a reference most likely to those across the Atlantic. I do not recall the Colonel Dunham interview suggesting that. The first reason was certainly a reason known by them.
The Evening World, December 3, 1888
DR. TWOMBLETY IN TOWN.
He Arrives on La Bretagne, and Is Traced to Tenth Street.
Dr. Francis Twomblety, the eccentric American physician who was arrested in London suspected of the Whitechapel murders, arrived on the French steamship La Bretagne yesterday. He was shadowed to a boarding-house in West Tenth street by two of Inspector Byrnes’s detectives. Dr. Twomblety was missed from his usual haunts in London last week, and was tracked to Havre, France. It was supposed that he had taken passage on La Bretagne, which sailed Nov. 24, and Inspector Byrnes had been watching for his coming on that vessel. The police refuse to make known his whereabouts further than to locate him in Tenth street. He will be kept under strict surveillance while here. Inspector Byrnes says that, although Dr. Twomblety is a fugitive from Justice, being under $1,500 for a violation of the “Maiden Tribute” Act of Parliament, passed after the Pall Mall Gazette exposures, he cannot be arrested here. Men who were well acquainted with Twomblety during his life in this city and in Brooklyn say that they did not know by what right he assumed the title M.D. Reasons which led some of them to believe that Twomblety is the fiend who so successfully eluded the London police are that the “Doctor” had an inveterate hatred for women and kept an anatomical museum in which portions of human bodies similar to those cut from the Whitechapel victims predominated. The London police are anxiously searching for samples of his handwriting to compare with that of “Jack the Ripper.”
The Sun, December 4, 1888
TWOMBLETY ARRIVES.
Came Away from London in a Hurry Without His Luggage.
“Dr.” Francis Tumblety or Twomblety, who was arrested in London on suspicion of knowing something about the horrible Whitechapel murders, but against whom no direct proof could be found and who was held in $1,500 bail on a charge of dealing in gross literature, arrived in this city on Sunday on the French line steamer La Bretagne. He disappeared from London shortly after his release on bail and nothing more was heard of him until news arrived from Havre that he had sailed from there for this country. Inspector Byrnes said yesterday that he knew of Tumblety’s expected arrival in this city a week ago and had determined to make sure that his information was correct by having men who knew him on the wharf when the steamer arrived. Tumblety was short enough of luggage to make it appear that his departure from the other side was hurried. He was among the first to leave the steamer, and he went direct to a house in Tenth street just west of Third avenue, where furnished rooms are let. He will probably be an object of curiosity to the police for some time, but Inspector Byrnes said that no one has any right to bother him for what occurred across the ocean, unless the Government becomes interested and issues a warrant for his detention. He is a tall fellow, with a sweeping dark moustache, and used to sell salve, and parade on Broadway with a valet and two greyhounds.
New York World, December 2, 1888
TUMBLETY IS MISSING
The American Charlatan Suspected of the Whitechapel Murders Skips from London
HE WAS LAST SEEN AT HAVRE
Is He On His Way Home Over the Ocean to New York?
HE HAD A BITTER HATRED OF WOMEN
London, Dec. 1. The last seen of Dr. Tumblety was at Havre, and it is taken for granted that he has sailed for New York. It will be remembered that the doctor, who is known in this country for his eccentricities, was arrested some time ago in London on suspicion of being concerned in the perpetration of the Whitechapel murders. The police, being unable to procure the necessary evidence against him in connection therewith decided to hold him for trial for another offense against a statute which was passed shortly after the publication in the Pall Mall Gazette of “The Maiden Tribute,” and as a direct consequence thereof Dr. Tumblety was committed for trial and liberated on bail, two gentlemen coming forward to act as bondsmen in the amount of $1,500. On being hunted by the police today, they asserted that they had only known the doctor for a few days previous to his arrest.
The New York Tribune, December 04, 1888. (http://www.casebook.org/press_report.../18881204.html)
DR. TUMBLETY ARRIVES IN NEW-YORK.
DETECTIVES KEEPING THEIR EYE ON HIM-HIS ARREST IN LONDON HAS EXCITED PEOPLE HERE SOMEWHAT.
Doctor Francis Tumblety, or, as is known in England, Twomblety, is in New-York. He was arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the Whitechapel butcheries. When the French steamer La Bretagne arrived at her pier on Sunday, two of Inspector Byrnes’s men were in waiting there, and followed the large, dignified-looking man, who was driven in a cab by the shortest way to Mrs. McNamara’s boarding house, No. 79 East Tenth-st.
Inspector Byrnes promptly received reports from his men regarding the new arrival, and ordered his subordinates quietly to keep an eye on the doctor. He has been charge with a fondness for collecting anatomical specimens, and this has made his connection with the Whitechapel atrocities appear probable. It is a fact that after he was discharged for lack of evidence from the accusation of being implicated in the Whitechapel horrors he was re-arrested in London for a violation of the “Maiden Tribute” act, and released under 500 pounds bail. He “jumped” his bail and came to America.
A Tribune reporter called at Mrs. McNamara’s house early yesterday afternoon. Mrs. McNamara came to the door and said that the doctor had arrived the night before, but had gone out. When another call was made, however, she positively declared that Dr. Tumblety had not been there at all for over six months. The neighborhood of Tenth-st. and fourth-ave. was in a state of excitement all day yesterday. Inspector Byrnes’s men had been seen about there, and the most startling stories about the horrible London crimes were abroad. It was supposed in the neighborhood that the doctor had left the house, but that the American detectives at least were watching him.
The New York world, Dec 4, 1888
http://www.casebook.org/press_report.../18881204.html
The New York Herald, Dec 4, 1888
http://www.casebook.org/press_report...ld/881204.html
The New York Times, Dec 4, 1888
http://www.casebook.org/press_report...nyt881204.html
Sincerely,
Mike
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