The Murder of Elizabeth Stride

[Archaic]

Hi Stewart! Very glad to see you posting again!
That was a nice surprise to start my day.

I'll reply further on the Stride issue when I have a bit more time.

Best regards,
Archaic

[Stewart P Evans]

Not Exactly

This is not exactly new, it is in Stewart's 1939 book. It has been discussed in the past but I merely thought it interesting to raise the point again that the idea that Stride may not have been a Ripper victim is hardly new, and this was the second major English language book on the case. Based as it was on newspaper reports (and being pre-official document release) the book does contain many errors.

[Hunter]

Mr. Stewart also thought the murderer of the other women was a woman and that Mary Kelly was pregnant.

Of course, the murderer of any of these women is unknown and it is all theorizing - either way - but, Stride and Eddowes being of the same class, killed on the same night in the same proximity by the same method with no discernable motive established does amount to at least a shread of evidence that the same person might have perpetrated both.

There is evidence, just no conclusive evidence, so the possibility of 2 separate killings remains also.

[lynn cates]

thanks

Hello Mr. Evans. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this. (I think I may love you--heh-heh.)

Although it is obvious that this is that gentleman's opinion and hence not authoritative, yet it neatly sums up my thoughts about the "Double Event."

Cheers.
LC

[Sister Hyde]

Nah, I've always had my doubts about Stride being a ripper victim.

[tji]

Hi Stewart

Great find - thanks for posting it - and while I certainly appreciate it, get ready for it to be jumped all over by - well, by quite a few people.

Tj

[Stewart P Evans]

'There is not a shred of evidence to support the belief that Elizabeth Stride was murdered by the Ripper...The murder of Stride was a coincidence and, merely because her body was found in a yard, both Press and public jumped to the conclusion that both this murder and that of Eddows...was the work of the Ripper.' (William Stewart, 1939).