Jack the Ripper: Is this six-inch knife used by Victorian serial killer?

[Jazzy]

A six-inch blade recently discovered could be the one used by Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper, it has emerged.

It was found among possessions belonging to Welsh surgeon Sir John Williams, a chief suspect in the Victorian murders.



Sir John, known to his family at the time of the killings as Uncle Jack was the surgeon to Queen Victoria who lived in London at the time of the slayings.



He fled the capital after the murders and later founded the National Library for Wales in Aberystwyth.



One of his distant relatives has now unearthed the old black-handled surgeon's knife, which he used for operations, and believes it could be the murder weapon.



Tony Williams, 49, Sir John's great-great-great-great nephew, has now published a book, which features the startling image of the knife, to expose his relative's guilt.



He found the blade among a stash of possessions left by the Welshman, including three glass slides which contains smears of a uterus.



Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ch-knife-used-by-Victorian-serial-killer.html

 

[The Dragon Master]

Hmmmmm Interesting

 

[DrLeftover]

Talk about a cold case.



And then we can talk about trying to cash on on something that, most probably, isn't true using the flimsiest tie in to a famous relative who is unable to rebut anything you say. Especially given that Sir John has been dead for a century.



I believe that at last count there were well nigh on a hundred or so credible suspects in the five killings said to be done by the Ripper.

 

[Jazzy]

I don't see what's so unusual about finding an old black-handled surgeon's knife. Sir John was, after all, the surgeon to Queen Victoria. It would be impossible (IMO) to prove this was the knife used and Sir John was indeed Jack the Ripper. I see this as nothing more than a ploy by Tony Williams to sell more books.