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Friday, 26th November 2004 (4073 views)

A gold watch may hold the key to the history of the Jack the Ripper cases.<BR/><BR/>Scientists have analysed a scratched 18-carat gold pocket watch and studied scratched initials on it.<BR/><BR/>According to the Independent, the watch has "I am Jack" and "J Maybrick" across it, as well as the initials of five of the victims of the killer.<BR/><BR/>The University of Manchester analysed the timepiece for the watch's current owner and claims the scratchings were not made in the 20th century as was previously thought - suggesting they are real.<BR/><BR/>Electron microscopy was used to study scratchings and found particles within the initials, which would have to have been made before the 20th century.<BR/><BR/>The findings support previous similar work by analysts at Bristol University.<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=7168516"/>

 

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