Who was killed by Jack the Ripper?

[Lewis C]

I don't want to be that guy.... but this thread which is supposed be on who was killed by Jack appears to have morphed into a detailed analysis of Druitt's cricket matches and their impact on his viability as a suspect. While this is interesting in it's own right, this discussion belongs elsewhere.... perhaps as its own dedicated topic.

True, and in the Druitt sub-forum, there are 3 different threads about some aspect of Druitt and cricket, on the first 3 pages alone of that forum.

[Fiver]

Hi c.d

The game was only discovered by a researcher called Joanna (I don’t know her second name) and was posted on this thread on JtRForums in 2022.

https://www.jtrforums.com/forum/persons-of-interest-or-actual-suspects/m-j-druitt/588052-proof-of-innocence#post588052

Thanks for the link. If Druitt played in Blandford, Dorset on 30 August and in Canford, Dorset on 1 September, then it's unlikely he did the round trip to Whitechapel in between.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Thanks for the link. If Druitt played in Blandford, Dorset on 30 August and in Canford, Dorset on 1 September, then it's unlikely he did the round trip to Whitechapel in between.

Why is that?

[John Wheat]

I think most would think the C5 with the possible exception of Liz Stride were murdered by Jack. The argument that Mary Jane Kelly was murdered by someone else for instance for me just doesn't hold water. Tabram may or may not have been murdered by Jack. The Pinchin Street Torso was in all likelihood murdered by The Torso Killer as were the other Torso victims.

[Fiver]

Why is that?

How long would it have taken Druitt to travel from Blandford, Dorset to Whitechapel and then to Canford, Dorset?

[Herlock Sholmes]

How long would it have taken Druitt to travel from Blandford, Dorset to Whitechapel and then to Canford, Dorset?

I can’t recall the exact times Fiver but from the research that was done it wouldn’t have been a problem for him to have got back to London easily in time. Of course we don’t know the exact times that the game ended and it certainly doesn’t mean that he did go to London but the train journey would have been no obstacle.

Again, I can’t recall the details but we have always assumed (from DJ Leighton’s book) that Druitt had an alibi for the Tabram murder but I believe that Roger found out that this wasn’t the case. Without me reading all through the JtRForums thread it would need Roger to give the details,

[Fiver]

I can’t recall the exact times Fiver but from the research that was done it wouldn’t have been a problem for him to have got back to London easily in time. Of course we don’t know the exact times that the game ended and it certainly doesn’t mean that he did go to London but the train journey would have been no obstacle.

I understand that there were enough hours between matches. Using Google maps and selecting Transit, it looks like the round trip would take about 7 hours today, not counting time for finding a victim, washing up, and changing clothes. Does that seem like a fair estimate of the time involved for Druitt to have murdered Nichols?

[Herlock Sholmes]

I understand that there were enough hours between matches. Using Google maps and selecting Transit, it looks like the round trip would take about 7 hours today, not counting time for finding a victim, washing up, and changing clothes. Does that seem like a fair estimate of the time involved for Druitt to have murdered Nichols?

If the game was called off at 2.00 for eg. even a 7 hour journey would have got him into London for 10.00. Over 5 hours before the murder.