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Peter Sipka
Detective Sergeant
Username: Peter
Post Number: 94
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:34 am: | 
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Let's say the story of The Lodger was found to be fact. All his late night walks were true. Everything. How would this change your view on The Lodger being JTR? I know my mind would totally change. |
Carolyn
Sergeant
Username: Carolyn
Post Number: 15
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 2:40 am: |
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Peter,
Which lodger are you referring to?
1. Forbes Winslow's story, G. Wentworth Smith
2. Sickert's story, Druitt, Dewett or Hewett
3. German housekeeper, Tumblety
If any of these were proven to be true, then I guess it would be "case closed".
Oh, and I forgot the letter written by Albert Backert.
By the way "The Lodger" is rated #4 on the suspect popularity list.
Carolyn |
Jeffrey Bloomfied
Chief Inspector
Username: Mayerling
Post Number: 588
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 8:27 pm: |
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Actually Caroly and Peter, I suspect it was true - but it wasn't connected to the 1888 murders.
Jeff |
Donald Souden
Inspector
Username: Supe
Post Number: 451
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 8:53 pm: |
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And I suspect that Jeff is right -- in both parts of his post.
Indeed, I'd be surprised if in the decade after the Ripper murders there weren't a goodly number of landlords/ladies in London who had a strange, nocturnally perambulant tenant of whom they had convinced themselves was the Ripper. And I'd also be surprised if all these tenants had reasons (not necessarily innocent ones) for going out that had nothing to do with the Ripper murders.
Don.
"He was so bad at foreign languages he needed subtitles to watch Marcel Marceau."
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Phil Hill
Detective Sergeant
Username: Phil
Post Number: 137
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 7:06 am: |
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Sickert had evidently picked up some such story, and no doubt elaborated it as was his way.
I agree entirely with Jeff and Don.
Phil |
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