John's Echo Interview

[Jon Guy]

Hello Jon. Thanks. No reason at all--even though he did not mention it at inquest. Of course, it seems to have been a burning question--how he survived after his tale of penury.

And that could explain his not looking for Kate. Why bother with her if he has money?

Cheers.
LC

The Lodging Keeper stated at the Inquest that he would have "trusted" all the lodgers he knew.


If they had told me the previous day that they had no money I would have trusted them. I trust all lodgers I know.

[Monty]

Thems the fellas Simon,

Kudos to you for taking my post in good humour, I respect that.

Monty

[Simon Wood]

Hi Monty,

We are from the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrICZwx0HkQ

Sorry about the crap picture, but we based our technology on Microsoft instead of Apple.

Regards,

Simon and [of course] Trevor

[Monty]

Obvioulsy an award winning act

Look them up on Youtube Trevor....outstanding comedy act.

Monty

[Trevor Marriott]

Oh Lordy, are we all getting excited now.

Kellys actions re the bonnet are quite innocent.

What was pawned exactly?

Are we party to the full dealings of witnesses? No...so we conject. Its Cross all over again.

Trevor and Simon....sounds like a kids TV act from the 80s.

Monty

Obvioulsy an award winning act

[lynn cates]

Cooney's

Hello Simon. Thanks. You mean at Cooney's? (You may be thinking of the Liz examiner.)

Yes, that would have been the thing to do.

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

Perfectly possible. Warum nicht?

However, if John Kelly had only taken up Frederick Blackwell's generous offer of credit Mitre Square would not have happened and he could have sailed off into the sunset with his beloved Kate.

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

work

Hello Simon. Thanks.

Quite. But what of the suggestion that he had found work at the markets?

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

John Kelly wasn't tramping the streets or staying at the casual ward between Friday 28th September and the latter end of the following week, so he certainly appears to have suddenly found some money from somewhere.

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

explanation

Hello Jon. Thanks. No reason at all--even though he did not mention it at inquest. Of course, it seems to have been a burning question--how he survived after his tale of penury.

And that could explain his not looking for Kate. Why bother with her if he has money?

Cheers.
LC

[Wickerman]

Hello Jon. Don't know. But surely John was eating and he was paying his rent at Cooney's? Whence das Geld?

Cheers.
LC

When did he earn the 6d?
Any reason he couldn't have earned more in subsequent days?

Jon S.

[lynn cates]

En donde esta, y por que?

Hello Simon. Thanks. I can live with that.

But then, where the devil was she and why?

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

A penny gets you a pound if Eddowes went anywhere near the Mile End casual ward on the night of 28th February.

Regards,

Simon

[lynn cates]

Don't bother.

Hello Simon. Thanks. That is helpful.

I could nearly buy the "bother" business (oops, alliterated again) if only John or a lad from Mile End had spelled it out.

Cheers.
LC

[Simon Wood]

Hi Lynn,

The Casual Poor Act 1882 stated that "A casual pauper shall not be entitled to discharge himself from a casual ward before nine o'clock in the morning of the second day following his admission."

If Eddowes had stayed at the Mile End Casual Ward on the night of Friday 28th September, she would not have been discharged until 9.00 am on Sunday 30th September and thus missed her appointment with fate in Mitre Square.

Unless, of course, there had been a convenient "spot of trouble".

Regards,

Simon