September 30,1888- The night of Clues?

[Abby Normal]

Hi Scott. I believe Marsh described him as faux-clerical? William Marshall did not see Stride with her killer. As for Stride, I'm not convinced her killer was interrupted. It's certainly possible. But I don't like coincidences and don't put too much faith in them. And it's too coincidental that in the hours following Annie Chapman's murder there were unfounded rumors of a second murder, an allegedly bloody rag two yards away, and chalk writing on the wall from the killer. All of these proved to be false or irrelevant, but then magically happened right after the inquests into Nichols and Chapman had wrapped up.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

P.S. Thanks for the kind word about my books.

hi tom
marshall didnt see stride with her killer? do you mean brown? ive always thought your opinion was that browns couple was not stride but marshalls couple was stride and her killer?

[Tom_Wescott]

hi tom
marshall didnt see stride with her killer? do you mean brown? ive always thought your opinion was that browns couple was not stride but marshalls couple was stride and her killer?

Hi Abby. Emily Marsh is the young girl whom a tall man in clerical dress (IIRC) asked for Lusk's address just prior to Lusk's receipt of the kidney/letter. He has nothing to do with the Stride murder but Scott brought him up as being a 'clerk' and that's not how I recall the description.

As for Brown vs Marshall, you're misinformed about my opinion. In Ripper Confidential I provide contemporary sourcing showing that James Brown saw a woman he believed was Stride with a man AFTER Schwartz had left the scene. Not at 12:45 as reported in every single book before and after mine. Effectively, Brown was the last person to see Stride alive. Marshall occurred much earlier, rendering his evidence worthless except that it tells us where Stride was around a particular time.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott