Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:09 pm |        |
I am currently undertaking some research into Robert James Lees and will be posting anything I think may be of interest here
Hope you all had a good Xmas and happy new year:-)
Chris Scott |
Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:11 pm | |
Lees and his wife circa 1900 |
Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:13 pm | |
Probably the most contentious Lees related evidence. Two pages from his dairy for 1888 in the week following the "double event"
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Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:17 pm | |
Transcription of the diary entries above:
Tuesday 2 October
Offered services to Police to follow up East End murders - called a fool and a lunatic
Got trace of man from the spot in Berner Street
Wednesday 3 October
Went to City Police again - called a madman and a fool
Thursday 4 October
Went to Scotland Yard - same result but promised to write me
Chris S |
Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:20 pm | |
Lees in 1899 from book cover - sample of his writing if you want to compare with diary
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Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:23 pm | |
Intriguing letter from scotland Yard to Lees in 1898. The letter is dated 29 September 98 and transcribes as follows:
Sir, I have been directed by Mr Anderson Director of Criminal Investigation Dept (Scotland Yard) to call on you and thank you for your kind offer of assistance re anarchists and to say that he will avail of the offer to the fullest. With this object I am instructed to address to the matter and would like to see you previous to next meeting night or say at your house at 7 pm on Saturday night subject of course to your convenience. If you can or other suitable arrangement if you would be good enough to drop me a line I will be delighted to attend to it. Yours etc F.Powell.
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Author: chris scott
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 12:28 pm | |
http://www.rjlees.co.uk/main.html
have a look at this site for much JTR related material - much here worth seeing and reading
Chris S |
Author: jennifer pegg
Friday, 27 December 2002 - 01:55 pm | |
hi chris scott
as you may know i am currently researching rj l (i have an article on the said website
please email me
jennifer |
Author: Stephen Butt
Wednesday, 01 January 2003 - 03:36 pm | |
I have never thought that there was any particular significance in Lees' diary entries regarding JTR. He was but one of many, many psychics and others who volunteered their `skills' or offered suggestions to the police, and I am sure that in some attics somewhere lie other diaries of other mediums with similar notes.
The date of the first entry is perhaps significant in that, if my memory of the JTR chronology serves me correctly, this I think would be the day after the newspapers reported that a substantial reward had been offered for information leading to the apprehension of JTR?
By the way, the images that Mr Scott has posted above, come from my website which he has now been kind enough to credit!
Best wishes,
Stephen Butt. |
Author: jennifer pegg
Thursday, 02 January 2003 - 06:27 am | |
hi stephen,
glad you got my message,and found the right message here!
jp |
