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Why was Montague druitt a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders?
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In those days whit the police invenstigating techniques, anyone could be a suspect in the Jack the ripper case. Montague John Druitt was an assistant schoolmaster in Blackheath, London and a graduate of Winchester College and an avid sportsman who was discovered drowned in the Thames river on December 31, 1888. He had heavy stones in his pockets making it clearly that it was a suicide. There is very little evidence with which to implicate with the cannonical five whitechappel murders. He was also a homosexual.
Evidence which supports Druitt's being the Ripper is all but non-existant. In fact, his only true link can be made in his appearance and his likeness to many witness accounts.
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Why was Montague druitt a suspect?
Montague Druitt was a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case because he fit the profile of a potential suspect: he was a doctor, mentally unstable, and had committed suicide shortly after the murders stopped. However, there is not enough concrete evidence linking him to the crimes, and his suicide may have been unrelated.
How many suspects were there in the Jack the Ripper case and who was the first suspect?
There were 24 suspects. The first suspect was Montague John Druitt.
When was Montague Druitt born?
Montague Druitt was born on 1857-08-15.
When did Montague Druitt die?
Montague Druitt died in December 1888. His body was pulled from the Thames River on December 31, 1888, and his death was ruled a suicide.
Was Montugue in prison at time of Jack The Ripper murders?
I don't think Montugue John Druitt had ever been arrested, so it would be impossible for him to be in prison.
When did the Jack the Ripper murders stop?
The last of the canonical five murders was Mary Kelly on November 9th, 1888. But some people believe that later murders in Whitechaple were also the work of Jack the Ripper. And others believe that Jack the Ripper left the country and committed murders in the US. We don't know for sure. Soon after Kelly's death, the body of Montagu Druitt was found in the Thames, and a note went round Scotland Yard saying that there would be no more murders now. Assuming Kelly was the last Ripper victim, this would point to Druitt as the serial murderer. As for some other murders in the area in the following year or two, many authors have tried to link these to the Ripper, but most experts are not convinced.
Who did the police thought Jack the Ripper is?
Different contemporary investigators named different suspects.Inspector Abberline suspected Severin Klosowski (alias George Chapman).Chief Inspector Littlechild suspected Francis Tumblety (we discovered that he was a suspect as recently as 1993 when a letter written by Littlechild turned up).Sir Macnaghten (later promoted to Chief Constable) wrote memoirs which named Michael Ostrog, Aaron Kosminski and Montague John Druitt as contemporary suspects. Macnaghten's official suspect was Druitt.
Was Montague John Druitt linked to any of the Jack the Ripper victims?
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.
Who was believed to be Jack the Ripper?
It depends on who you ask. Everyone had their own favorite suspect. Aaron Kosminski, George Chapman and Montague John Druitt were just a few of many names that came up as the killer. Virtually all could be eliminated by thorough research. Over the years many names have been added and most are as ridiculous as the earlier ones.
Is there any speculation who Jack The Ripper really is?
There is endless speculation about the identity of JTR. Everybody seems to have their favorite suspect. Lately there have been several new suspects added to the list. One being the workhouse helper that washed the bodies of at least 2 of the Ripper's victims. I was not impressed. Jack The Ripper was probably someone nobody suspected at the time. But the biggest mistake that people make about the Ripper is to assume that he disappeared after the murder of Mary Kelly. This alone would eliminate many of the suspects. The murders continued on for years, so to name a suspect like Montague John Druitt on the grounds that he was found floating in the Thames shortly after the Kelly murder, is most definitely flawed. There were many others that Scotland Yard looked at for these crimes and they were probably not even close. The best way to get closer to the truth is to start at the begining and use only the facts. With a case this old, things are printed and then copied as fact, whereas there are so many falsehoods connected with this case that it may be difficult to weed out the fiction.
Who were Jack the Ripper suspects?
There were hundreds of suspects but the men we know were suspected by investigators were: Aaron Kosminski 1864-1919 Michael Ostrong 1833-unknown Severin Antoniovich Klosowski (alias George Chapman) 1865-1903 Francis Tumblety 1833-1903 Montague John Druitt 1857-1888
When did George Druitt die?
George Druitt died in 1842.
