''Jack The Ripper's Watch?''

By Crusader1307

As We have discussed, the mid 1990s was an ‘’exciting time’’ for Ripperologists and Crime Historians who studied The 1888 Whitechapel Serial Killings. An alleged Diary came to light which was claimed to have been ‘’written’’ by none other than Jack The Ripper. It’s discovery also brought forth a ‘’new’’ Suspect, one Victorian Businessman named James Maybrick. As we have seen, MUCH conjecture on it’s authenticity was advanced so that while ‘’portions’’ of the so-called Diary could be ‘’genuine’’, much of it is decried as a Hoax (written by it’s Modern ‘’Owner’’). But then, this missive is NO about The Diary, but another artifact associated with Maybrick. Namely a Victorian Era, Gentleman’s Pocket Watch. Coming to light around 1995, The Watch was discovered in a Pawn Shop in England. Made in the late 1840s with a Gold Case, The Watch was definitely ‘’what’’ it was purported to be…A Gentleman’s Watch. But what was odd, was the fact that The Case was engraved with the name ‘’J. Maybrick’’. Still odder, was the collection of (5) smaller Initials encircling Maybrick’s name. These were ‘’MN’’ – Mary Ann Nichols, ‘’AC’’ – Annie Chapman, ‘’ES’’ – Elizabeth Stride, ‘’CE’’ – Catherine Eddowes and finally, ‘’MK’’ – Mary Jane Kelly. In short, all the Initials of all of the victims of none other than – ‘’Jack The Ripper’’. Microscopic Tests were performed to determine IF the engraving (which was crude and not in keeping with a Gentleman having His Watch properly engraved). But due to the age of The Watch and the fact that was never properly polished (but done so over the Centuries with incorrect fluids and methods). As such no real conclusive proof could be established to the fact that The Watch’s engraving ARE genuine. As such, The Watch is added to the many Centuries long mystery on the identity of Jack The Ripper, which will likely NEVER be known!