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No, never. There was never any evidence that Druitt could have been JTR, and the theory may never have come up but for Melville McNaughten in his memoirs. McNaughten was sure that Druitt was JTR but he never had any evidence and in fact Druitt was away from London, teaching at a private school for boys. The trains did not run from London to the school at nights so it would have been impossible for Druitt to have been the murderer and make it back to the school in time for classes.

Had McNaughten done a little research he would have found this out and put at least one suspect to 'bed'. This has followed the Driutt family for 140 years and it's time to let it go.

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