You can read her biography Gary if you're interested [published the year she died, I think] at the EEBO site http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home Simple search for Damaris should get it - it's not very long - more a pamphlet - but quite interesting....

No, no specific address Ed. I think in fact it was referred to as Campbell Street in the affidavit although I should think it probably was Campbell Road that was meant.

The whole 'houses of Mrs. McLeod' thing looks a bit vague in terms of detail.

Good news about the bak...

Anybody interested can read and account E.T.'s life and works here -

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/37/3/490.abstract

Full text available from the webpage.

As an aside, it does appear to be the case that E.T.'s biographers have been unaware of the existence...

Thinking about the way in which Edward 'E.T.' Craig is presented in the book; and the effect that his purportedly intractable, emotionally remote personality may have had on his son; a couple of observations -

From his own published writings and from the actions of those who knew him,...

The story of the ELA:

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.u..._2008_1_666085

9000 words on Annie Chapman, apparently.

As an aside, here's Hasted in trouble for flouting employment rules in 1900:



London Evening Standard 26th April 1900...

Thinking about the size of 306 MER - it was occupied in 1911 by William Hasted and by William Smith, a caretaker; his wife Catherine, a housekeeper and their daughter Amelia, a dressmaker. The Smith’s occupied 4 rooms in the property. 306 MER is listed on the ER for 1911 as a ‘house and printing...

What's the history of the ELA? Does anybody know?

Thanks Gary. The picture of 322 does look quite poky, doesn't it?

If 306 was like that, it seems hard to imagine the office of the ELA in there as well as a family and a lodger....

How much would a journalist earn in 1885?





These contemporary adverts from the Daily News suggest about £2-3 for an experienced editor. If Craig was working as a penny a liner during this time, considerably less than that, I'd have thought?...

Yes exactly, Gary. The discovery that his wife was a prostitute might not have been one for sharing with family and friends - and it wouldn't have been unusual to have used a business address for correspondence.

Maybe Craig lived where he worked - convenient, if nothing else - but there...

Does Craig have to have lived at 306 Mile End Road to have used the address? If he was working for the ELA, might he perhaps have used the address as a correspondence address?

The less we know about a person, the easier it is to fill the gaps with suspicion - more space for speculation. Further research might shed more light on Craig - then perhaps we'll be able to see more clearly whether he should be considered a viable suspect; or not.

Obvious that the tales in the affidavit contain inaccuracies Ed - there are inconsistances and amendments - pointing [probably] to a lack of knowledge on Craig's part - or that of his incompetent private enquiry agent perhaps. It is one-sided - but nonetheless, that's what we've got, since EWD was never...

Hi Anna

Sorry - I couldn't remember exactly where I saw the comment about the book being factional - thought it was on Casebook.

I can where that approach might work; but the problems with it in a book that is being presented as factual are obvious - where are the lines...