Hi Robert
I think we can assume that he was. There's a newspaper article kicking about (on Casebook I think) that sheds more light on this. It seems to me that his missus whacked him on the head with a poker for whatever reason but he didn't want to accuse her and so invented the...
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Very coincidental that three of the photos in the first link are like JTR scenes ( Dutfields yard, Millers Court and Hanbury Street)....Leave a comment:
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Yes, welcome indeed. A magnificent writer and researcher.
But he was a very naughty boy and deserved to be banned....Leave a comment:
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Hello Robert
If the caption of the second photo is correct (Blood Alley- Scene of Jack the Ripper's Crime) then this is the only known photo of the houses in Millers Court....Leave a comment:
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Good work, Edward.
A very important location in the JTR case this is.
More so than the Ten Bells I'd say.Leave a comment:
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Thanks Edward. I don't think I saw that drawing before. It shows 26 Dorset Street on the right with 27 and 28 to its left. I believe that there was a Millers Court type alleyway between 27 and 28 and the drawing seems to ever so slightly hint at this....Leave a comment:
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Happy Birthday Howard. 96 again I suppose.Leave a comment:
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For what it's worth, the very first photo in this collection is the closest I've ever seen to what Millers Court would have looked like. Millers Court was a mere 5 feet wide and one can see that this one is similar from the height of the woman standing on the left. It would be nice to see an enlargement...Leave a comment:
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Spectacle Alley is shown on old maps but isn't named due to lack of space.
It now has a street sign saying Whitechurch Passage E1.Leave a comment:
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Good man, Edward. Know thyself....Leave a comment:
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Blimey. What murders might they be?
Are you Patricia Cornwell in disguise?...Leave a comment:
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Your best caption ever Gareth.
Now that's what I call FUNNY....Leave a comment:
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This venture will fail miserably as the site is too distant for regular tourists.
Even Jack the Ripper walks don't go anywhere near.Leave a comment:
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Hi Howard
If the original photo was available it would be very well known so we have to presume that it is lost. The writing at the bottom of the drawing from the photo says
35 Dorset Street
Lodging House where the recent murder was commited...Leave a comment:
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I'm not as daft as I look, Gareth.
Hopefully..........Leave a comment:
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