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Stephen P. Ryder
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 3051
Registered: 10-1997
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 11:52 am: |       |
I wanted to start a thread to comment on the recent donation to the Casebook by Alex Chisholm of complete transcriptions of articles from The Star between August and November of 1888. Much like the Daily Telegraph, Times and Pall Mall Gazette, the Star was one of those papers which offered comprehensive and oftentimes original coverage on the murders. Its reporters often performed direct investigative work of their own, which results in some fascinating and important reading.
Because of the importance and scope of these articles it is taking me a bit of time to properly encode and index-by-topic each article, but I did want to announce that August 7 - September 29th are now complete and available online at:
http://www.casebook.org/press_reports/star/
I am continuing work on subsequent articles and will post updates as and when they become available on the site.
Once again, my thanks to Alex for donating this wealth of material.
- Stephen
Stephen P. Ryder, Editor
Casebook: Jack the Ripper |
David O'Flaherty
Inspector
Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 276
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 1:07 pm: | |
I'd also like to thank Alex for making this information available to everyone. His transcripts represent a tremendous amount of man-hours devoted to typing and proofing these reports.
They're much appreciated, Alex!
Dave |
Christopher T George
Chief Inspector
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 733
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 1:57 pm: | |
Hi, Alex & Stephen
Many thanks for this great resource. It will be a wonderful help.
Best regards
Chris |
AP Wolf
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Apwolf
Post Number: 1053
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 2:18 pm: | |
My opinion of Alex Chisholm has never wavered.
He is the ultimate gentleman and scholar.
His efforts to bring detail to this case always humble me, and I am always in awe of his efforts.
My own are constantly diminished by his strict adherence to form and detail.
I like to think that I am the snapping teeth of this subject, but rare people like Alex are the solid backbone... that will win the day.
Thank you, Alex. |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1168
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 2:43 pm: | |
Alex
many thanks for all your efforts to being this most useful resource to the Casebook
I now have a lot more reading to do!!:-)
Chris |
Robert Charles Linford
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Robert
Post Number: 2376
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 4:32 pm: | |
Alex, I echo the thanks of the posters above.
Robert |
Alex Chisholm
Detective Sergeant
Username: Alex
Post Number: 92
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 8:18 pm: | |
Evening Each
Many thanks for all the thanks, and the way too generous comments. They are very much appreciated. Thank you! (AP, the back-hander should be with you in a couple of days.)
It’s around eight years since my first transcripts appeared on this invaluable site, so this small addition to the immense contribution of Viper and his team, and more recently the tremendous input of Chris Scott, is probably long overdue.
Of all the newspapers of the time that I’ve been able to read, I have a particular fondness for the much maligned Star. Hopefully, thanks to Stephen enabling wider access to these reports, others may be persuaded to view the ‘Twinkler’ in a more favourable light.
Thanks again.
Best Wishes
alex
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Paul Jackson
Detective Sergeant
Username: Paulj
Post Number: 139
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 8:52 pm: | |
Alex,
Thank you and Stephen both for the donation.
Im sure it will come in handy for all of us.
Paul |
Stephen P. Ryder
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 3056
Registered: 10-1997
| | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 2:43 pm: | |
Just a note to let everyone know that all of The Star articles between August 7th and November 17th are now up and available on the Casebook at:
http://casebook.org/press_reports/star/
Thanks again to Alex for this material!
Stephen
Stephen P. Ryder, Editor
Casebook: Jack the Ripper |
Natalie Severn
Chief Inspector
Username: Severn
Post Number: 714
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 23, 2004 - 3:38 pm: | |
Many Thanks Alex,I"ll look forward to the reading!
Thanks to Stephen too for the work!
Natalie |
