Well, Inspector Reid does refer to the farthings found in the Chapman case, and that grape stalk in Dutfields Yard must have carried grapes at some point.
Two points to consider, whether or not Packer sold grapes to the killer changes nothing in the Stride case. And, the autopsy conducted on Stride took place some 30+ hours after the murder. Any grape 'flesh', or whatever you prefer to call it, would long since have disappeared due to digestive acids in the stomach.
Assuming she spat out the pips & skins, which I think is quite normal.
That said, I have not read the book so I'm not sure in what context the author uses those details.
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Those coins and those grapes!
Hi all,
I'm guessing by now that a few on here have now read or are reading " We All Love Jack - Busting the Ripper ". by Bruce Robinson.
I am intrested in people's views on the return to the ripper story of the coins with Chapman and the grapes with Stride.
He argues, quite convincingly in my view that they are part of the Ripper narrative, yet for some reason, later day historians want to discard them as myth.
Regards.
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