Author: Stephen P. Ryder
Saturday, 14 November 1998 - 06:45 pm |        |
| Annie Millwood |
Author: SKeenan
Friday, 11 December 1998 - 01:12 pm | |
This woman was stabbed by a total stranger for no reason in the legs and lower torso a few months before the generally accepted beginning of the Jack the Ripper murders. Considering the nature of the attack and the location of the wounds, is it likely that Annie could have been a victim of the ripper before he mastered his strangle-and-slit routine? Or am I totally off base?
SKeenan |
Author: brycaustin
Saturday, 19 December 1998 - 09:47 am | |
I'm not an expert on the subject but I have as I stated before had much background in law enforcment and some study in criminology. JTR
IMO had to start somewhere, I doubt his first attempt was a clean kill so to speak, the theory that his first kill or maybe his first couple of them may have been a little different than the final cases. I do believe though that more than five murders are to be attributed to JTR. In my humble opinion. |
Author: Jill
Tuesday, 27 July 1999 - 12:41 am | |
In the regard of the death of Annie Millwood I have some questions:
1.What is a pericardium? (just to medically understand her death; I know it was a natural one)
2.Which is the building where Annie Millwood collapses in its back yard? And where does the sentence 'engaged in some occupation' come from?
If she was engaged in some occupation in the back yard of the Workhouse where she was living, the occupation sentence could also mean she was hanging the laundry for example. Because this can be regarded as an unimportant factor and thus not clearly stated. Can you image it on your death certificate: Stroke while hanging the laundry!!!!
Cheers Jill |
Author: Villon
Tuesday, 27 July 1999 - 02:25 am | |
Hi Jill - we meet again.
The pericardium is the membrane or sac that contains the heart.
I think 'engaged in some occupation' might be a euphemism for opening her bowels.
Mike |
Author: Jill
Tuesday, 27 July 1999 - 02:39 am | |
Hello Villon
Imagine that on your death certificate. As a kid if I wanted to laugh I imagined the Pope 'powdering his nose' (nothing disgraceful intended to any religion).
Thanks for the explenation on the pericardium, although I just found it somewhere on the net.
Jill |
Author: George Wagner
Thursday, 14 October 1999 - 11:07 pm | |
It's certainly nice to have found you people. I've been a scholar of the Ripper's crimes for nearly 40 years - but never really had anyone to discuss them with.
I am NOT one of those idiots who in ANY way looks upon the Ripper as some sort of a hero or even as an anti-hero, in the usually-accepted meaning of that term. My sympathies are ENTIRELY with the victims.
My own "pet" suspect is Frank Miles. ButI was disappointed to find that he's not even in your data base.
I have compiled a list of (so help me) 127 Ripper suspects! All have been accused of the crimes at one time or the other, in some printed source.
poetdreamerscholar@yahoo.com (George Wagner in Cincinnati, Ohio) |
Author: Christopher-Michael
Friday, 15 October 1999 - 07:07 am | |
George - Welcome to the Casebook, and we hope you find many enjoyable discussions here.
Frank Miles? Why - and how? Do explain (you can start a discussion on him under the "suspects" category).
Regards,
Christopher-Michael |
Author: Sara
Friday, 15 October 1999 - 08:00 am | |
Lovely idea, CM - Welcome, George - and do tell...
All the best,
Sara |
Author: Caz
Saturday, 16 October 1999 - 06:43 am | |
Hi All,
Welcome to the Casebook George. I'd love to read your full list of 127 suspects.
And where is Edana when we need her? I'm sure she mentioned Frank Miles not so long ago as a possible suspect.
(Ssshhh, don't anyone mention those initials FM again.....:-))
Love,
Caz |
Author: Edana
Monday, 18 October 1999 - 05:25 am | |
I'm here! Yes, I am interested in Frank Miles as a suspect, only because he and Oscar were friends and lived together then suddenly Oscar left in a rather sensational manner...why? It is said that Frank Mile's parents didn't like Oscar's influence on their son..it was also said that Miles was getting much too free with his attentions to young girls, or was that just a cover up for Mile's homosexuality? I would love to read more about it. Poor Frank died in an insane asylum.
Edana |
Author: Jill De Schrijver
Friday, 12 May 2000 - 05:52 am | |
Here's Annie Millwood
"...numerous stabs in the legs and lower part of the body."
The exact number of wounds is unknown. |
Author: Neil K. MacMillan
Saturday, 19 January 2002 - 08:13 pm | |
| Most intriguing. Is there an inquest report? I'm late as hell on this but welcome George! |
Author: Jack Traisson
Sunday, 20 January 2002 - 04:45 pm | |
Hi Neil,
Annie Millwood was admitted to the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on February 25, 1888, suffering from multiple stab wounds. She did recover from these injuries and ended up at the South Grove Workhouse on March 21, 1888. On March 31, 1888, she collapsed and died. An inquest was held on April 5, 1888, with Coroner Wynne E. Baxter presiding. The verdict returned was: "a sudden effusion into the pericardium from the rupture of the left pulmonary artery through alceration." Which means she did not die from her original injuries but of natural causes. Millwood was 38 at the time.
Check the casebooks press reports near these dates and see if they have any more information on the inquest, or her life and death.
Cheers,
John |
Author: The Viper
Sunday, 20 January 2002 - 05:22 pm | |
It might be worth pointing out here that one way to check the Casebook for the kind of information that Jack mentions about alleged victims is to go to the 'Victims' page at the main site, select the name in which you are interested (in this case Annie Millwood), and then follow the links listed at the bottom in the 'Related Pages' section. These links aren't foolproof (I have compiled a list of deficient ones) but they are still very good at catching the majority of other online sources. Another great innovation by our host, Mr. Ryder.
Regards, V. |
