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rvolutionrybore
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| | Posted on Friday, August 12, 2005 - 5:19 am: | 
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- military background, would have had the upper body strength to strangle a victim quickly
- upperclass gentleman familiar with the "gralloch" used on game to yield the hound's feast
- was a sufficienly important person to warrant a coverup
- know from the Cleveland Street scandal that he had both dirt on the royal family and a habit of associating with those higher-ranked than he and bringing them into his debaucheries (such that if he were caught he could use their rank to extricate himself from the predicament)
- left England permanently, explaining the lack of future victims
- could have authored the letter listed in the timeline:
July 25, 1889 -- Letter signed 'Jack the Ripper' arrives at Scotland Yard, reading: "Dear Boss -- You have not caught me yet you see, with all your cunning, with all your "Lees' with all your blue bottles. I have made two narrow squeaks this week, but still though disturbed I got clear before I could get to work -- I will give the foreigners a turn now I think -- for a change -- Germans especially if I can -- I was conversing with two or three of your men last night -- their eyes of course were shut and thus they did not see my bag. Ask any of your men who were on duty last night in Piccadilly (Circus End) if they saw a gentleman put 2 dragoon guard sergeants into a hansom. I was close by & heard him talk about shedding blood in Egypt I will soon shed more in England. I hope you read mark & learn all that you can if you do so you may and may not catch -- Jack the Ripper."
- Abberline was put in charge of investigating both the Ripper murders and the Cleveland street scandal
- reports of a Ripper-style murder in Flensburg, October 1889, roughly the time that Lord Arthur could have arrived there after fleeing England (we know he spent his initial exile in Germany)
- subsequent Ripper-style murders in inland Germany and the Netherlands during the years following
- spent an extended period hanging around the Homburg casinos, which were operated by the same family as the major casino in Monaco
- Abberline retired from Scotland Yard and took on a security position with the Pinkerton agency in Monaco
Does anybody out there have information on Lord Arthur Somerset's whereabouts at the time of the "canonical" murders, or even better, additional evidence from his letters (published in the mid-70's, IIRC)? |
Frank van Oploo
Chief Inspector
Username: Franko
Post Number: 719
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 6:12 am: |
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Hi 'revolutionrybore',
Unfortunately, I don't have any information on Lord Arthur Somerset, but I do have a question for you.
Could you elaborate on the murders in Flensburg, Germany and the Netherlands? I'm very interested in knowing more about these cases, so additional info would be much appreciated!
Thanks & all the best,
Frank
"There's gotta be a lot of reasons why I shouldn't shoot you, but right now I can't think of one."
- Clint Eastwood, in 'The Rookie' (1990)
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