Ripperologist 112

[Natalie Severn]

Thats fascinating Tom.I think they gave poor old Morris a very hard time,even though he had funded the magazine Commonweal.He lived in the clouds William Morris, but he would have been canny enough to spot a real bad un operating at Berner Street.Mind nothing would surprise me about Albert Bachert----over interested in the whole thing from start to finish.
Best
Norma

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Nats. I doubt it, as anarchists spoke quite a bit in Hyde Park, and our friend Albert Bachert would be on hand to speak against them. I've read that William Morris suspect an anarchist as the Ripper...whether or not he had someone specific in mind, I have no idea, but I'd like to know more. I know he came to resent the anarchists of Berner Street and only spoke there out of obligation after 1888.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Natalie Severn]

Thanks Tom.That Hyde Park character might have been PC Brown for all we know.He shot himself in Hyde Park I seem to remember.Maybe he was a double agent and got shopped?

[Tom_Wescott]

The new issue is being sent out. Looks like some good stuff here! I'm excited about John 'Gravitas' Bennett's new series on the City police Ripper letters. A few I'm particularly curious about is the one naming a 'Hyde Park anarchist' as the Ripper, and also the fact that Dr. Blackwell's neighbor wrote a letter believing that his wife might be the (then) unidentified Mitre Square victim. Most of the City letters seem to be people suggesting the same old stuff - hire women as decoys or dress constables up as women. But there seems to be some very interesting material in there.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott