Vanderlinden, Wolf (2008). "Carl Ferdinand Feigenbaum: An Old Suspect Resurfaces", in Ripper Notes: The Legend Continues, Inklings Press, pp. 4–24, ISBN 978-0-9789112-2-5 The power of public opinion was not enough to see Florence's conviction overturned, but her death sentence was commuted to life in prison, and she served 10 years at the Woking District Female Convict Prison and four years at Aylesbury prison. After her release, she returned to America, where she made a modest living giving lectures on prison reform. In later years she moved to New Milford, Connecticut, where she lived as a recluse with only her cats for company until her death on October 23 1941. In January 1994, Albert Johnson agreed to have the watch tested a second time. This test, again with an electron microscope, was conducted by Dr Robert Wild at the Interface Analysis Centre at Bristol University. His findings were very similar to those of Dr Turgoose. One of the final paragraphs of his report stated: ‘Provided the watch has remained in a normal environment, it would seem likely that the engravings were at least of several tens of years age. This would agree with the findings of Dr Turgoose and in my opinion it is unlikely that anyone would have sufficient expertise to implant aged, brass particles into the base of the engravings.’

November 1859 - Holbrook St John Campbell Chandler, Florence’s brother, was born in Mobile, Alabama. In 1992 Michael Barrett, a former Liverpool scrap metal merchant, produced a journal which, he claimed, had been given to him by a friend, Tony Devereux, in a pub the previous year. Brierley, Elizabeth (Bessie) She was a housemaid at Battlecrease. She tried to mediate between James and Florence on the night of the Grand National in March 1889. The following day it was Bessie Brierley who found the flypapers and reported the matter to Nurse Yapp. But I became more and more interested in the case, and in Florence as well. I went to America, to Alabama where she was born, and collected new information about both Florence and the Ripper case.

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Right from the very start of the investigation it was clear the police believed a murder had been committed and Florence was the only suspect. In their eyes, she had the motive, the opportunity and the means to kill her husband. The motive was supplied by her affair with Brierley. The opportunity was the fact that she, alone at first, provided James with food and medicine when he was ill. The means was she had access to a large amount of arsenic. Influenced by the circumstantial evidence, gossip and pressure from James’ family and friends, they pursued Florence with a single-mindedness that left her isolated and extremely vulnerable. For example, while Florence’s clothes were sent for testing, none of James’ clothes were tested. In a letter written just prior to her trial, Florence wrote to a friend, ‘I hear the police are untiring and getting up the case against me regardless of expense.’ Despite this blinkered approach by the police, it was clear even before the case came to court that there were serious flaws in the prosecution’s arguments. Stories began to circulate in the Liverpool press about James’ personal life including the fact he appeared to have a long-term mistress and was in the habit of taking arsenic. American-born Florence had met James, a man 23 years her senior, whilst travelling to Britain via ocean liner. Their marriage was a picture of Victorian happiness and success, but behind closed doors James’ business was in trouble, the family faced financial difficulties, and rumours of extra-marital affairs swirled around the couple. Baroness von Roques and Florence also travel to New York but on the steamship, SS Celtic. The Baroness is fighting a court case in New York against Isaac Rosenthal, a banker from Wiesbaden. Douglas, John E.; Olshaker, Mark (2001). The Cases That Haunt Us. New York City: Simon and Schuster. p.89. ISBN 978-0671017064. Crashaw, Richard (1612-1649) He was a little known early seventeenth century poet whom the diarist quotes in the phrase: ‘Oh costly intercourse of death.’

Home Office rejects appeal from President Harrison to release Florence. Mr Justice Stephen resigns from the bench. Am I not indeed a clever fellow? It makes me laugh they will never understand why I did so. Next time I will remember the chalk and write my funny little rhyme. The eyes will come out of the next. I will stuff them in the whores mouth. That will certainly give me pleasure, it does so as I write. Tonight I will see mine, she will be pleased as I will be gentle with her as indeed I always am. There was a massive public outcry, with many important politicians including the home secretary, the lord chancellor, and even the lord chief justice, Charles Arthur Russell, rallying in support of Florence. The case was covered extensively in newspapers both in Britain and in America, where Florence was born in the city of Mobile, Alabama. After detention in Woking and Aylesbury prisons, Florence was released in January 1904, having spent more than 14 years in custody. Although she had lost her U.S. citizenship when she married her British husband, it was restored when she returned to her home country. Initially she earned a living on the lecture circuit, speaking on prison reform and protesting her innocence. [4] In later life, she moved to Connecticut and used her maiden name, Florence Elizabeth Chandler. After some months spent unsuccessfully as a housekeeper, Florence became a recluse, living in a squalid three-room bungalow in Gaylordsville, Connecticut, a village in New Milford, Connecticut, with only her cats for company. A few sympathetic residents eventually discovered Florence's true identity but kept her secret. Grant, James He was the gardener at Battlecrease. He married a former housemaid at the house, Alice Jones.Baillie Margaret (1825-1890) She was an old family friend of Florence’s mother, Baroness von Roques, and an aunt of John Baillie Knight. Florence stayed with her in her house in London in March 1889 after she had spent the night with Alfred Brierley in Flatman’s hotel. Fido claimed that the name "David Cohen" was a generic substitute, used at that time to refer to any Jewish immigrant who either could not be positively identified, or whose name was too difficult for police to spell, much in the same fashion that " John Doe" is used in the United States today. [118] Fido identified Cohen with "Leather Apron" (see John Pizer above), and speculated that Cohen's true identity was Nathan Kaminsky, a bootmaker living in Whitechapel who had been treated at one time for syphilis, and who could not be traced after mid-1888: The same time that Cohen appeared. [119] Fido believed that police officials confused the name Kaminsky with Kosminski, resulting in the wrong man coming under suspicion (see Aaron Kosminski above).

I have read about my latest, my God the thoughts, the very best. I left nothing of the bitch, nothing. I placed it all over the room, time was on my hands, like the other whore I cut off the bitches nose, all of it this time. I left nothing of her face to remember her by. She reminded me of the whore. So young unlike I. I thought it a joke when I cut her breasts off, kissed them for a while. The taste of blood was sweet, the pleasure was overwhelming, will have to do it again, it thrilled me so. Left them on the table with some of the other stuff. Thought they belonged there. They wanted a slaughterman so I stripped what I could, laughed while I was doing so. Like the other bitches she ripped like a ripe peach. One of these days I will take the head away with me. I will boil it and serve it up for my supper. The key burnt clothes puzzle them ha ha. Kirkdale Gaol This was the oldest prison in Liverpool. The main building consisted of four wings projecting at right angles from a great central hall, each wing having accommodation for 120 prisoners in separate cells, as well as having workrooms and toilets on the basement level. April 1889 - James again visits London and on Saturday 20th he consults Dr Fuller for a second time. One of Fuller’s prescription medicines for James is nux vomica which contains strychnine. I have taken a small room in Middlesex Street, that in itself is a joke. I have paid well and I believe no questions will be asked. It is indeed an ideal location. I have walked the streets and have become more than familiar with them. I said Whitechapel it will be and Whitechapel it shall. The bitch and her whoring master will rue the day I first saw them together. I said I am clever, very clever. Whitechapel Liverpool, Whitechapel London, ~ No one could possibly place it together. And indeed for there is no reason for anyone to do so.I am convinced God placed me here to kill all whores, for he must have done so, am I still not here. Nothing will stop me now. The more I take the stronger I become. In recent years we have become inundated with claims that forensic science has “solved” numerous critical historical conundrums. As with the case of the Ripper’s identity, these are often side questions. They distract attention from the true nature of historical study – the evaluation of evidence and through this to delineate patterns of continuity and change in past societies. But while James may have been an adulterer, he was no killer, according to Christopher and his co-author, Dr. Daniel Dolgin of Pensacola, Florida.

Christopher added: "We're very proud of what we have done with this book. We had tried to tell the story in a very thorough way and make a positive case. It has been four years in the making so we're delighted with the end product and we're pretty sure it will be well received."March 1889 - James stays in London with his brother, Michael, who questions him about his use of a white powder. On 16th March, Florence sends the first of several telegrams to Arthur Flatman. Author Frank Pearse, who purports to have access to a written confession, argues that the murders were performed by a man named John Pavitt Sawyer (who held multiple similarities, such as residence and profession, to alternate suspect George Chapman), as part of an occult Freemason initiation. [195] September 1888 - Florence tells Dr Hopper that James was in the habit of taking some strong medicine which was having a detrimental effect on his health.