The Devil's Derelicts

[Phil Carter]

He was surgically knowledgeable

It's not him is it? - lol

Hello Nemo,

Well, with that name, there WOULD be a reason for a cover-up at the highest level!! haha

kindly

Phil

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Yes - lol

I'm surprised his name hasn't cropped up previously in a number of circles, politics, religion, crime, theatre, sport, he's done it all

He seems to know a lot of politicians

He doesn't appear to have had any schooling or experience in criminology

He seems expert at BS-ing to the masses, such as when he was a quack's assistant

[Debra Arif]

Another reference to the incident Debra Arif brought up before...

Illustrated Police News
December 17,1892
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[Howard Brown]

Welcome back Debs !
Thanks for the depiction.

[Howard Brown]

Neems....

If you want me to, I'll photobucket those attachments.
Drop 'em in an email.

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Apologies - I'm a bit simple

Howard will post the images shortly - Thanks Howard!

[Howard Brown]

[Howard Brown]

Nemo;

Thanks for sending them. That is the best I can do without distorting the scans.
The viewer could enlarge his or her screen if necessary.

[Howard Brown]

Second attempt :

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

That's great Howard, thanks for that

Elsewhere he refers to a low lodging house as a "Padding Ken"

Also, it's a little unclear where the expression "red herring" originates and there is a description of a tramp who offers him some "two-eyed steak", and when he asks what that is, the tramp says "Goldfish, or "red-herring"" which they share on a sandwich

[Debra Arif]

Thanks Nemo and How for putting all this on the boards. (and for emailing them, Nemo)
I'm still away with the fairies at the moment and struggling to get back into things and find time to read everything, but will be back to normal soon...hopefully.

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

The only indication of the date when Harcourt entered Portland Prison in "Bolts and Bars" is that he passed Ironclad ships lined up in Portland harbour

Does anyone have an idea if these ships were readying for war, or would they have been out of service?

The Ironclads were practically obsolete by the late 1890's so I'd assume they were in the harbour in the early/mid 1890's

I'm wondering if they were gearing up for battle in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895

[Chris G.]

The only indication of the date when Harcourt entered Portland Prison in "Bolts and Bars" is that he passed Ironclad ships lined up in Portland harbour

Does anyone have an idea if these ships were readying for war, or would they have been out of service?

The Ironclads were practically obsolete by the late 1890's so I'd assume they were in the harbour in the early/mid 1890's

I'm wondering if they were gearing up for battle in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895

Weren't the armored ships of the Royal Navy going into the Great War of 1914-1918 technically "Ironclads"? True they were more sophisticated than the first Ironclads such as the Monitor and Merrimac of the U.S. Civil War but I would say they still could be so characterized.

Best regards

Chris

[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

Were they steam-powered Chris?

[Chris G.]

Were they steam-powered Chris?

Certainly.

C