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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Jack the Ripper born too early for fingerprint evidence
Article crediting Melvin MacNaghten for being the first investigator to solve a crime via fingerprint evidence. Interesting article, although MacNaghten's name is spelled wrong throughout.
Jack the Ripper born too early for fingerprint evidence
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Times, July 11. 1972
The Times
July 11, 1972
An article that appeared shortly after the passing of Dr. Francis Camps.
The Times Diary Camps: Cited in Ripper case
Dr Francis Camps, the criminal pathologist who died on Saturday, was, I learn, involved in the investigation of perhaps the most celebrated murders ever: those of Jack the Ripper. Daniel Farson, the writer, consulted Camps for his unpublished study, Jack the Ripper
, which comes out from Michael Joseph in October.
Camps had long been interested in Jack the Ripper's identity through his association with the London Hospital, near which nearly all the five (or six) murders of "unfortunate" women occurred. Camps and Farson corresponded as Farson's investigations proceeded and spent an afternoon together at which Camps said of Farson's suspect: "He's the type of person you're looking for. He's the only one who fits. I always thought the Ripper was well-educated."
Camps later wrote to Farson: " really must congratulate you on your research. I am sure that you have got the answer at last." Camps assured Farson that evidence that his suspect committed suicide fits in with the sudden end of the Ripper's murders, and said he thought the mutilations of the victims were too clumsy for a doctor, even working quickly in the dark. Indeed, he writes (in the foreward he has contributed to Farson's study: "Any surgeon who operated in this manner would have been struck off the Medical Register"). [sic]
Who then is Jack the Ripper? Well, I can assure you (Having myself produced his alibi) that it is not the Duke of Clarence, as was recently suggested. Beyond that I am honour bound to allow Farson himself to reveal the name of the man both he and Camps thought to be be Ripper.
July 11, 1972
An article that appeared shortly after the passing of Dr. Francis Camps.
The Times Diary Camps: Cited in Ripper case
Dr Francis Camps, the criminal pathologist who died on Saturday, was, I learn, involved in the investigation of perhaps the most celebrated murders ever: those of Jack the Ripper. Daniel Farson, the writer, consulted Camps for his unpublished study, Jack the Ripper
, which comes out from Michael Joseph in October. Camps had long been interested in Jack the Ripper's identity through his association with the London Hospital, near which nearly all the five (or six) murders of "unfortunate" women occurred. Camps and Farson corresponded as Farson's investigations proceeded and spent an afternoon together at which Camps said of Farson's suspect: "He's the type of person you're looking for. He's the only one who fits. I always thought the Ripper was well-educated."
Camps later wrote to Farson: " really must congratulate you on your research. I am sure that you have got the answer at last." Camps assured Farson that evidence that his suspect committed suicide fits in with the sudden end of the Ripper's murders, and said he thought the mutilations of the victims were too clumsy for a doctor, even working quickly in the dark. Indeed, he writes (in the foreward he has contributed to Farson's study: "Any surgeon who operated in this manner would have been struck off the Medical Register"). [sic]
Who then is Jack the Ripper? Well, I can assure you (Having myself produced his alibi) that it is not the Duke of Clarence, as was recently suggested. Beyond that I am honour bound to allow Farson himself to reveal the name of the man both he and Camps thought to be be Ripper.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Time: Who Was Jack the Ripper? (1970)
The 1970 Time article that introduced Dr. Stowells "Clarence" theory to the world.
World: Who Was Jack the Ripper?
World: Who Was Jack the Ripper?
Monday, July 6, 2009
Who Was Jack the Ripper?
Who Was Jack the Ripper?
Time article from 1970 which introduced Stowell and his "Prince Jack" theory to a wider audience.
Time article from 1970 which introduced Stowell and his "Prince Jack" theory to a wider audience.
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