Bloomsbury Murder 1884

[Uncle Jack]

I have searched in vain for details of a murder that occured in 1884 in Bloomsbury but can't seem to find anything. Can anyone help?

Best regards,

Adam

[Robert]

Do you mean this one, Adam?

TIMES, MARCH 11th 1884

[Blues]

Re: all that

There's nothing new under the sun when it comes to this - All questions have been asked etc. But, being relatively new here, I was curious if anyone ever looked into the cattle transport ships. Was there a break in service - for example was White Star Cattle Transport Ship #41 at sea after the double event thus explaining the gap in time before MJK? Jack, knowing he is about to leave for a month needs, HAS to get his rocks off...Stride didn't pan out so Eddowes suffices? Then, right after the MJK travesty, Ship #41 is lost at sea...is put in dry dock at it's port of origination etc. etc. Like I said, I'm sure someone else has wondered about this before. Do shipping records still exist? Do we have a single suspect that was known to have worked ON the ships? Adolf Hitler is the true murderer. He murdered the truth when he bombed London. Another question from a newbie - anyone ever take a try at hunting down the person who "anonymously" returned MJK's post-mortem papers etc.? Somebody's great uncle seemed to have kept that as a "souvenir". Pretty sick individual at that. Anyway, this is my second rambling post. Nobody responded to my first post so I'm not holding my breath Just wanted to jot down some of my ideas.

Have a great day/evening.

Mike

[Robert]

Hi Mike

Have a look at this.

http://www.casebook.org/ripper_media/book_reviews/non-fiction/marriott.html

[Cap'n Jack]

I'm sorry Mike that nobody responded to your first post, it often happens here.
As Robert points out, dear old Trev staked his reputation on cattle boats and shipping records, and was able to isolate a ship that was in the London docks on each and every of the murders... that is according to the shipping records.
But ships know no timetable, so rather than the shipping records, which give the scheduled arrival and departure dates of any particular vessel, one should really read the Shipping News, which gives the actual movements of the vessels at sea, and this shows dear old Trev's vessel without a rudder drifting off the island of Maderia on the essential date he has it in the port of London.
Bye bye Trev.

[Blues]

Thanks Robert! Appreciate it.

[Blues]

And to Cap'n Jack as well. Good things for me to read up on. Thanks for the useful information.

[Uncle Jack]

Thanks for the replies. I just read on another report that another murder took place near 12 Burton Crescent

"No. 12, Burton-crescent is only a few doors from the house in which the mysterious murder of Mrs. Samuel occurred four or five years ago."

Can't say I have heard of a murder of a Mrs. Samuel. Anyone else heard of this???