[NWFLConservative]

I saw a show on Discovery about a year or so ago which profiled several investigators, each with a different idea about who they believe “the Ripper” to be. This guy was one of them. According to this investigator's research, Mann was even questioned during a (what is now called) Coroner's Inquest but was dismissed when he did not likely present as a viables suspect. One also believed that the Ripper was an American by the name of Francis Tumblety. I would not say any of the profiles were any more convincing than the others.

I don't think the identify of the Ripper will ever be conclusively found. Both him (assuming it was a man) and everyone else living during that time are long dead and forensics and investigative science were primitive to say the least back then compared to now. This is the Mother of all Cold Cases! All the investigators profiled did agree on one thing, however, and that was given the current state of forensic and investigative science it is extremely unlikely the Ripper would have escaped justice had the Whitechapel murders occurred today.

[jmacusa]

Certainly who ever ‘’Jack the Ripper’’ was will never truly be known but certainly he/she must’ve have been someone who was able to move freely about London’s East End. Someone who would have blended in with the lower-class elements and would not have stood out or attracted attention. England was still very much a class-ridden society and surely someone of the upper-classes, dressed in fine clothes and looking prosperous would have certainly attracted attention and would have be avoided by the denizens of White Chapel.