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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 16:45:46 +-1000
From: Dennis Stocks
Those who champion the Druitt theory will continue to argue so on the basis of Macnaughten's destroyed papers. Yet Macnaughten probably formed his opinions from second-hand sources. If you look at Druitt's cricket fixture schedules, it is highly unlikely that he could have committed three of the canonical murders. Note that the 1894 report (both versions) Macnaughten refers only to "private information" and not to any official inquiry. In 1903 Abberline put the Druitt "case" in context when he said "Soon after the last murder in Whitechapel the body of a young doctor (sic) was found in the Thames, but there is absolutely nothing beyond the fact that he was found at that time to incriminate him".
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