Did Catherine know who JTR was???

[kensei]

Hi Ianincleveland, a variation of the scenario you describe has been the idea that Catherine had an appointment with her Ripper suspect to confront him in Mitre Square, but both this and the version you describe are negated by neither she nor anyone else being sure when she would be released from jail. Waiting around outside for her to come out? It could have been hours more, possibly not until the next day.

[Addy]

Hi everybody,

I think Kate was indeed teasing or thought she knew someone who could be the Ripper. Almost everyone had a theory of his or her own, so why not one of the later victims?

If she really knew who he was, why did she not go to the police station in the "missing hours" of her final day? There should be some report of it if she did, especially if she was murdered later on he same day. The police would have acted on her information for sure. And why didn't she say something after her arrest, when she sobered up? We KNOW she was in the police station then.

She probably had a theory and never did anything with it.

Greetings,

Addy

[Adam Went]

It's an interesting possibility, but the problem is that the JTR victims weren't exactly known for their honesty. Remember Liz Stride's story about her husband being drowned when the Princess Alice sank in 1878? Never happened. That's just one example.

These women liked to boast and stretch the truth in order to gain a higher regard with their fellow women in lodging houses and what not - obviously at the height of the murders, "Leather Apron" was all the rage.

Maybe Kate did think that she knew who the killer was. Maybe she did have a name in mind. But aside from the fact that she never mentioned who it was, she might have had the wrong person anyway. Somebody who had mistreated her in the past or somebody she ran into in the street that she knew of who was claiming to be JTR or whatever.

It's very difficult to accept any of these hearsay kind of stories as fact.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Supe]

Most anything this side of violating the laws of physics may be possible, but this tale is not very likely for many reasons and has been discussed at length. Surprised you can't find any old threads on the topic. You might read this for a contrary view. Grave-Spitting & Other Tall Tales

Don.

[ianincleveland]

firstly apologies if theres a thread on this but ive had a quick look and not found one.

Its been said Catherine claimed to know who JTR was and she said shed claim the reward.Is it possible that she really DID know who it was and JTR found out shed been nicked and put in police cells at Bishopsgate and JTR had hung around waiting for her to be released then followed her to Mitre Square and killed her to silence her???