The "crucifix" on MJK photo!

[Observer]

Hi Stevey

That can't be James Maybricks diary on the table as the police would have read it, and went up to Liverpool and arrested James Maybrick.

all the best

Observer

[Mike Covell]

Hi Stevey

That can't be James Maybricks diary on the table as the police would have read it, and went up to Liverpool and arrested James Maybrick.

all the best

Observer

It could have been G.F. Abberline's!

[Sam Flynn]

If it were Jack's, it's conceivable that it was The Diary of a Nobody...

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Sam!

If it were Jack's, it's conceivable that it was The Diary of a Nobody...

After watching the Stevey's original photo again, I am wondering about the following thing;

Who was "Sir Jim Waz"? If it's the Ripper's diary, it was him...

All the best
Jukka

[joelhall]

didnt know maybrick was knighted

[stevey]

Hi Stevey

That can't be James Maybricks diary on the table as the police would have read it, and went up to Liverpool and arrested James Maybrick.

all the best

Observer

Like everything else in that room - it obviously went unnoticed.

[Bailey]

Hi Stevey

That can't be James Maybricks diary on the table as the police would have read it, and went up to Liverpool and arrested James Maybrick.

all the best

Observer

Logically, since it's in her room, it must be Mary Jane's diary.

"Dear Diary,

Was murdered today. Not fun at all, and no idea how long it will take to clean up the mess in here and pull myself together. Didn't catch the bloke's name, but he had a lot of Astrakhan about his clothes and a big gold chain with a red stone on it. Couldn't say who he was but he clearly wasn't Royalty, or from Liverpool."

Cheers,
B.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Bailey!

Does her diary mention anything about Joe or the Juwe?

All the best
Jukka

[Bailey]

I'm not sure. A whole bunch of the pages were cut out and thrown away so someone could use the book to forge the diary of Annie Chapman...

B.

[Blackkat]

I'm crushed, and here I just spent the last 14 hours researching priests who may have carried a crucifix that had a blade inside it. No wonder I couldn't find any.

No seriously. I think things can look weird from matrixing. I tihnk if Jack wanted to do something like that he'd have left one of his "famous letters" in the room or something close to that.

[DarkPassenger]

Isn't it possible that the cross was painted onto the wall because they wanted one, but couldn't or didn't want to buy one? Maybe it has nothing at all to do with the Ripper or the murder?

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Dark Passenger!

In fact, this thing has already been discussed here;

The "curcifix" appears only on some copies and so it is obviously a scratch on the copy!

All the best
Jukka

[perrymason]

Hello all,

Althought the crucifix issue seems dealt with, that photo does offer a good opportunity to explain the "partition" wall a bit better I believe.

Youll note that to the right of the crucifx there appears to be features of an old door present, where this ex-parlour would have had a doorway leading to the stairs, and the archway door. There has been an old door mounted into that space, which I believe is the "partition" that is referred to. Elizabeth Prater mentioned that she could see through the cracks when entering and about to mount the stairs, it would have been through that area that she would have seen....not from the middle or top of the stairs, for example.

I know this has been added before, and I have used my friend Sam Flynn as back-up, who also saw the same image,.. there appears to be a faded 26 on that old door, which likely would have come from the shed door at the front, or from the archway access originally.

Best regards all.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Michael!

I sincerely hope, that you didn't start another myth;

"Yes, the Ripper wrote 26 on the wall..."

All the best
Jukka

[steje73]

Maybe '26' is the number of women Jack killed!

No no no no no no! Only joking!