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Dr. William Gull
Casebook Message Boards: Ripper Suspects: Specific Suspects:
Contemporary Suspects [ 1888 - 1910 ]:
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Dr. William Gull
Author: Josette Umbertino
Wednesday, 24 October 2001 - 02:10 am |        | | Hi, I'm new to this so I hope you bear with me. I am very interested in Dr. Gull as a suspect. Is there any proof or any circumstance that has recently become available that would absolutely e exclude him from being a suspect. |
Author: Christopher T George
Wednesday, 24 October 2001 - 04:15 am | | Hi, Josette:
Welcome to the site. Dr. Gull had suffered a minor stroke in the year before the murders leaving him slightly paralyzed on the right side. Thus he may not have been physically capable of committing the murders despite the movies that show him committing the murders! In addition, the movie scenario of him travelling Whitechapel is unrealistic since none of the witness descriptions describe such a coach. Jack the Ripper, we believe, must have committed the murders on foot and have been a pretty agile youngish man, possibly of age 25 to 35, certainly not a man in his seventies as Gull was by this point (he was born in 1816 and thus was 72 at the time of the murders). Hope this has helped.
Here is another site with more information on the Whitechapel murders: http://www.casebook-productions.org/ We hope you enjoy your visits here and to that other site and find them both informative. Please feel free to join in the conversation and to share your views and ideas with us. We are all interested in trying to shed more light on this enduring mystery!
Best regards
Chris George |
Author: Thomas Neagle
Wednesday, 24 October 2001 - 06:43 am | | Jossette
In answer to your question, there is no proof that excludes Dr. Wiliam Gull from being a suspect. He had only a slight stroke in 1887, a year before the murders, and could have performed the murders in a carriage, for he would have had the help of a few accomplices. To show you how slight his stroke was in 1887(a year before the murders were committed in 1888), I quote the 1892 edition of Wilks and Bettany's Biographical History of Guy's Hospital. This can be found in Stephen Knight's book Jack the Ripper The Final Solution, Pg.181-2; "...and enjoying himself in Scotland, near Killkrankie, when he was seized with slight paralysis on the right side and aphasia. This was in October 1887. He recovered in great measure and returned to London, where he remained for some months comparatively well. Friends who then saw him did not discern much difference in his looks and manner, but he said he felt another man, and gave up his practice". |
Author: Simon Owen
Wednesday, 24 October 2001 - 03:32 pm | | My own opinion is that the Elizabeth Stride murder proves the Ripper crimes were committed in a carriage !
If you look hard enough at Stride's killing then you will understand why ! |
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