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Stanley D. Reid
Sergeant
Username: Sreid
Post Number: 13
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 6:44 pm: | 
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Hello
It intrigues me that JTR could have still been alive in my lifetime. The A-Z mentions a suspect named Clarence Simm who died in 1951. Does anyone know of a serious suspect who died at a later date? I've always believed that Jack might have been very young, explaining why the prostitutes did not view him as a threat, but if he was only 14 in 1888 he would have to be 131 to still be alive now so I think we can pretty much exclude that possibility.
Regards,
Stan |
Adam Went
Inspector
Username: Adamw
Post Number: 216
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 11:40 pm: |
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Hi Stanley,
I'm pretty late for this thread, but just a quick answer to your question.
I've asked about the longest living suspect before, on this forum, and got some very helpful answers. A Dr. Halsted was mentioned. He was a medical student in Whitechapel during the time of the murders, and wrote a book in 1959, apparently claiming he was the last Ripper suspect still alive. He doesn't sound like too serious of a suspect, though.
If you'd like to take a look at the thread in full, please check this out:
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Stanley D. Reid
Inspector
Username: Sreid
Post Number: 165
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:42 am: |
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Thanks Adam,
Yes, I saw that thread after I posted this message. It doesn't sound like either Halsted or Simm were too serious a suspect but I guess at least two made it into the latter part of the twentieth century.
Best regards,
Stan |
Adam Went
Inspector
Username: Adamw
Post Number: 219
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 5:20 am: |
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Hi Stan,
"Yes, I saw that thread after I posted this message. It doesn't sound like either Halsted or Simm were too serious a suspect but I guess at least two made it into the latter part of the twentieth century."
You're welcome, Stan. No problems.
No, I don't think either Halsted or Simm were, or are very serious suspects. Still, it is interesting that any of the suspects, minor or major, lived on for that long.
But, you know what they say - "Only the good die young" - so Jack probably lived to be about 100! Hehe. ;)
Still, out of the suspects who have been seriously considered as the Ripper in recent times, I think Walter Sickert probably lived the longest. He died in January 1942, at the age of 81.
And it just drops back from there. Many of the suspects didn't even live until the turn of the century. Some died before even the 1880's were out!
Regards,
Adam.
"Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once."
- Kirsten Cooke,"Allo' Allo'"
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Phil Hill
Chief Inspector
Username: Phil
Post Number: 639
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:40 am: |
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Indeed, Druitt didn't even survive 1888!!
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Adam Went
Inspector
Username: Adamw
Post Number: 224
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 11:05 pm: |
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That's true, Phil!
Several suspects didn't even survive the 1880's, among them are more major suspects like:
-M.J. Druitt
-James Maybrick
-W.H. Bury
-David Cohen
I'm sure there's others too, but those are the ones that came to mind first. And as you know, all 4 of those are pretty major suspects. (Whether for right or wrong reasons.)
Regards,
Adam.
"Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once."
- Kirsten Cooke,"Allo' Allo'"
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