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Originally posted by Simon Wood View PostEasy to say, but where exactly is the evidence that it was there in 1981?
Of course it could be argued that both these documents were also fakes and that the fake article was somehow planted in the Crime Museum. But I can't imagine many people finding that credible.
If people are determined for the marginalia to be fake, it would be more credible if they just suggested they were faked before Sandell saw the annotations, and that "his brother's house" and "Colney Hatch" were just lucky guesses. And that Davies was wrong about the handwriting. I'd suggest that would be only wildly implausible, rather than absolutely fantastic.
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Originally posted by Simon Wood View PostHi Chris,
Repetitious?
In the absence of that final, all-clinching "Kosminski was the suspect" sentence all we are left with is somebody's word that Kosminski had been named in the marginalia by D.S.S.
If push came to shove, Sandell's typewritten article [vide Rip 128], which offers no proof, would be thrown out of a court.
Regards,
Simon“be just and fear not”
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Originally posted by Ally View PostThank you, do you have a reasonable answer? Because, though I admit I have been a leading questioner of the Marginalia over the years, I can find no reasonable explanation to Sandell stating in his article that Swanson named Kosminski, and described the exact page and location where it appeared, except that the line was there in 1981.
This completely destroys in my opinion any speculation that it was written after reading Martin Fido's book and I cannot come up with a logical explanation that would satisfy. K was the suspect had to be there in 1981.
Coming from someone who has been a questioner also, you'd think that would be enough to stop people calling close minded“be just and fear not”
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Originally posted by Simon Wood View PostHi Ally,
Another excellent question.
Where in Sandell's typewritten article [vide Rip 128] is there even a whiff of proof positive that D.S.S. named Kosminski as the suspect?
Regards,
Simon
'But he was convinced in his own mind that Kosminski was the Ripper..." etc.
Page 6 of Sandell's typed MS, April, 1981.
On the endpaper Kosminski is referred to as "the suspect". Here Jim Swanson says "my grandfather referred to Kosminski as "the suspect" because he was never brought to trial."
1 + 1 = 2 etc.
RH
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Originally posted by Robert View PostWhat do folks make of Sandell Jack 2 : "But now 9? years after the Ripper's reign of terror..."? It looks like a 97 as been changed to 98, or vice versa, but neither makes sense.
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Originally posted by Robert View PostWhat do folks make of Sandell Jack 2 : "But now 9? years after the Ripper's reign of terror..."? It looks like a 97 as been changed to 98, or vice versa, but neither makes sense.Originally posted by Chris View PostIt's very difficult to make out, but to me the original figure looks more like a 3 than anything else. And it looks as though it has been scribbled out rather than changed to something else.
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Rob
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