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Historically the man with the black bag took root for a short while after Fanny Mortimer reported seeing a man with a Black Bag hurry past the club, only glancing towards it in passing. Coupled with Mathew Packers gent, for a brief time it appeared as if a "toff" might be the culprit.
We subsequently learn that Mathew Packer is inconsistent at best, likely motivated by reward monies, and the man who Fanny saw was Leon Goldstein, a member of the club, but on his way home with a satchel full of empty cigarette packages. Interesting to note that several cottagers claimed to be awake at that time, and some were cigarette makers...who used empty packages.
He was translated for by I believe Mr Wess, the editor of the Arbeter Fraint....and another odd interesting detail about Wess, he is the first person to testify at Liz Strides Inquest and may have translated for Schwartz.
But we also have several other witness statements regarding unusual activity of gents with black bags, one is a man in his 60's who while being booked tells the desk sargeant he could cut his head off and put it back on without anyone knowing it had been done. Needless to say, his noodle was suspected soggy.
The thread point is.....although we have reason to dismiss the man seen by Fanny as benign that evening, and we can safely set aside Mr Packers toff.....should we be so convinced that someone else who reported seeing a suspicious Black Bag carrying man acting odd didnt perhaps meet the killer? Like the Batty Street Lodger...I believe he left a bag, there is the one supposedly linked with Maybrick found elsewhere, and a few possible potential victim accounts. The man who Sarah Lewis said approached her a few days before Marys death.
Does Fannys sighting and subsequent setting aside of Goldstein really lay to rest the issue of Jacks "bag"?
Best regards all.
Historically the man with the black bag took root for a short while after Fanny Mortimer reported seeing a man with a Black Bag hurry past the club, only glancing towards it in passing. Coupled with Mathew Packers gent, for a brief time it appeared as if a "toff" might be the culprit.
We subsequently learn that Mathew Packer is inconsistent at best, likely motivated by reward monies, and the man who Fanny saw was Leon Goldstein, a member of the club, but on his way home with a satchel full of empty cigarette packages. Interesting to note that several cottagers claimed to be awake at that time, and some were cigarette makers...who used empty packages.
He was translated for by I believe Mr Wess, the editor of the Arbeter Fraint....and another odd interesting detail about Wess, he is the first person to testify at Liz Strides Inquest and may have translated for Schwartz.
But we also have several other witness statements regarding unusual activity of gents with black bags, one is a man in his 60's who while being booked tells the desk sargeant he could cut his head off and put it back on without anyone knowing it had been done. Needless to say, his noodle was suspected soggy.
The thread point is.....although we have reason to dismiss the man seen by Fanny as benign that evening, and we can safely set aside Mr Packers toff.....should we be so convinced that someone else who reported seeing a suspicious Black Bag carrying man acting odd didnt perhaps meet the killer? Like the Batty Street Lodger...I believe he left a bag, there is the one supposedly linked with Maybrick found elsewhere, and a few possible potential victim accounts. The man who Sarah Lewis said approached her a few days before Marys death.
Does Fannys sighting and subsequent setting aside of Goldstein really lay to rest the issue of Jacks "bag"?
Best regards all.
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