The Murder Of Augusta Dawes - Had Jack The Ripper Returned?

[@chrischibnall593]

Fun fact: John Langdon Down was the doctor after whom Down's Syndrome was named.

[@LucasLucas-ne4xs]

Don't you just love it when Mr. Richard Jones drops a little gem from old times gone by on you on a casual summer Sunday evening ? My only critique (as always) would be that it is too short.

[@MrJsv650]

Best Ripper channel hands down

[@Eric-the-Bold]

Well researched, first rate presentation.

[@paulohagan3309]

Absolutely, every time.

[@paulohagan3309]

'... the child was adopted ...' I'm genuinely happy that the little girl was as well looked after as could be in the [awful] circumstances. But what about the little boy, six years old in the workhouse? Was he just left there?

[@BenLujan-r5q]

Thanks for the post, Mr. Jones!

[@powdermik]

Thank you for continuing to produce these videos. I watched them all and can’t wait to come over to England to see the sites in person.

[@Legionmint7091]

Thank you Mr. Jones for yet another piece of interesting history that I didn’t know of before. One can only wonder how much his social status played a roll in the comparatively lenient conviction.

[@addie_is_me]

How could he not go back and check if the woman was okay or not and also make no report? There are things that are strange to us because Victorians could be so different then we are, taking things in stride we wouldn't, but gee whiz. Fascinating case, nice research. Thank you.

[@johnkorol6462]

Kitty genovese NYC??

[@addie_is_me]

@@johnkorol6462 Good point. Maybe we are not so different.

[@anthonysheppard9247]

Interesting story,beautifully told ❤

[@martinwatson9615]

Is Herbert Schmalz style of art where we get ‘schmaltzy’ from?

[@lynnadams9876]

Great question. I randomly happen to know the origin of the word “schmaltz”, and the answer is-kinda, but it doesn’t have any association with Herbert Schmalz specifically. It is actually the Yiddish (Jewish) word for rendered chicken fat. But it IS derived from the German word “schmalz” which refers to all meat drippings/fat/lard. But then it eventually became a slang word for something that is overly sentimental or “dripping” with sentiment.

[@korbendallas71]

Thank you. Great video, research and narration. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@carminia824]

The drawings are lovely. Are they from 1890s magazines/newspapers? Who were the artists/illustrators? (There is a source given at the end of the video; I cannot read it though - it is behind the suggestion for another video.)

[@JackTheRipperTours]

Hi. Yes, they are from the 1890s. The sources are newspapers such as The Illustrated Police News and The Penny Illustrated Paper.

[@carminia824]

@@JackTheRipperTours , thank you. So great that you used them, they make this case so much more alive, 120 years later. I think that drawings often convey more than photographs. If they are well-made, they are more precise, more concentrated on what is important. Esp.the portraits of Saunderson. They were made with great craftmanship and sensitivity. Together with your text, they gave me a very good impression of him.

[@drbigmdftnu]

Well done as always

[@64HomeMade]

I love to know what happened to her son in the workhouse.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Fascinating stuff! Many thanks :)

[@maryknight4823]

Thanks Mr Jones, been a fan of yours for some years now having read your books. This is a wonderful channel, and you narrate so well. Uk fan👏.........

[@laurachapple6795]

I hope Schmaltz never slept a peaceful night again in his life. I hope he was forever haunted by the idea that if he'd gone back he could have saved her.

[@davidmolloy126]

I absolutely agree.

[@KellyfromMemphisDD214]

It pleases me that Augusta received justice…RIP young lady, sorry about your lot in life! 😢

[@filmbuff2777]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@tremorsfan]

Reginald would have been 15 years old at the time of the Jack the Ripper killings.

[@alice_evermore]

Great video!

[@dancallan7907]

If you cared enough to chase down a suspect why wouldnt you go back and check the woman was alright? And what happened between her getting up and saying "christ" and her being face up on the curb. Can you do those things if your throats been cut? Very suspicious. I think he watched the assault but in reality did nothing out of fear. Then came forward out of guilt and made up a story where he was a bit more manly. Also weird they cut the landlady off before she could say the baby daddys name. Surely that is important info people are murdered usually by someone they know.

[@jamiestacey7862]

Thanks Rich 👍

[@barryballinger5912]

Brilliant again richard x

[@olimpzeus4115]

It didn't take much to convict someone of murder back in those days.

[@paulohagan3309]

Agreed, policing wasn't fantastic then but the handwriting !?

[@incurvatus]

​@@paulohagan3309I know right?

[@trollonthebrain1455]

I always believed jack the ripper just changed location with the same MO when it got hot.

[@GilbertSyndrome]

It's an interesting idea, but there's not really many similar killings that we could say with confidence were likely to have been committed by the same person.

[@LindaBoyd-pm6do]

Thats so sad. A young man and womans lives both destroyed. A small child motherless. Hard times in victorian england

[@jacquelinemitchell7148]

Brilliant video 📸

[@catherineturley]

The last person to see her alive also gave a highly detailed description. That's usually suspicious. But because he's an artist, it's possible that he's more observant than the average person.

[@dermotkelly6946]

Superb Richard , will watch tonight 👍

[@sirlancealittles]

This doesn't sound like Jack the Ripper

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Running in hard sole shoes were a not a easy feat in it's self no pun intended however after jolly Jack some rubber soles were invented like Reebok in 1895, and has been my favorite shoes because just before my mom died she got me a pair and they lasted for 10 years after that I can't just go to another I've had others but it's not the same 😢, here is another fact I have seen photos of constables wearing shoes with natural rubber on the bottom of the sole b/w ones.

[@ianpeddle6818]

Was Mr Schmaltz the man who “schmaltz” was named after?? 😂

[@louisemerriman1079]

Who do you think JTR was in your expert opinion Richard ?

[@scallopohare9431]

Mr. schmalz was very brave, and did/does not deserve demeaning comments. The poor woman had partly risen, and spoke a few words. He would not have been expecting a murder. Interesting that this took place in a more refined neighborhood than the canonical five.

[@kragary]

Wait, what about the letter? Was it explained who wrote and sent it? If Reginald was as disabled as he's described during court proceedings then it couldn't have been him, right? But it was said the letter also helped in solving the murder.

[@WadeRaney-vv5oi]

Another 👍 ☝ Mr Jones👋

[@SmilerORocker]

My Grandad was RIC ... in Belturbet!! Jas (James) M Kerrin (Kerin). I must double check his records. 👍🇮🇪

[@awotnot]

It makes me chuckle that on the one hand we have a despicable era in human history that speaks of "unfortunate" women - and yet on the other hand we sit here watching in 2024 in a post Thatcher "return to Victorian values" era whereby the narrator casually describes Dawes as having experienced a "downward spiral" in a sneering voice indicative of 1894.

[@CycoSven69]

What was despicable about the Victorian era?

[@franklinbumgartener1323]

You see like the sensitive type.

[@DarthTriffid]

Not Detectives Thompson and Thomson? Shame.

[@DirtySanchez943]

Yup a Saucy Jack handwork...😢😢😢

[@DirtySanchez943]

The womans fate made me schmaltzy...😢😢😢

[@MsSmudge14]

I wonder if he anything to do with the 'Ripper Murders'?

[@christophermcguire27]

Honest to festering, Gordon Bennett

[@mariefricchione437]

Looks to me like Jacks work!

[@garyblack6839]

🙏🙏

[@WallaceFamilyVideos-xi5tn]

history keeps repeating

[@redtobertshateshandles]

I wonder what a profiler would say about all this knife crime, and throat cutting in particular ?? You imagine life was safe and peaceful back then. Maybe not.

[@paulohagan3309]

Life was damned difficult then and often very short. Queen Victoria no less had one child die from leukemia. I wouldn't wish it upon her but the very Empress herself of the biggest Empire that ever existed could only watch while her child died of a disease that nowadays in 95% of cases is manageable if not a bed of roses. If you read the books about the life and times of the Ripper, life was very hard for a large proportion of the population and not that fantastic for even the very rich.

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Herbert was the murderer.

[@LisaLopezbs1]

How do they know it wasn't Jack the Ripper iff the man that came upon them interrupted them he mate not had time to dismember the body cause off the interuption.

[@matthewjames206]

👍👍

[@hattyburrow716]

I like them too