Originally posted by Michael W Richards
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Back in post #134 your claimed that "Wess said it was empty at 12:20-12:30, Eagle said it was empty as he returned at 12:40, Lave said it was empty at 12:35 until 12:45, when he was at the gate smoking, The young couple said it when asked what they saw in terms of activities during that half hour, and Fanny said it as she was at her door "nearly the whole time"...yes, thats her quote, not press manufactured...and saw no-one except for the young couple from 12:35 until 12:55...when she sees Goldstein passing."
Your claim about Wess is provably false. He was 5 to 15 minutes walk away from the club at "12:20-12:30". Wess could not and did not say anything about how many people were near the club at "12:20-12:30".
Your claim about Eagle is provably false. Eagle said "I did' see people in Berner street.
Your claim about Lavee is provably false. Lave said "There was nothing unusual in the street", he did not say the street "was empty". Lave did say "nobody came into the yard, nor did I see anybody moving about there in a way to excite my suspicions." from 12:30 to 1:00.
Your claim about the young couple is provably false. The couple did not say Berner Street "was empty", they said they did not hear "any unusual noises" coming from Dutfield's Yard.
Your claim about Fanny Mortimer quotes one of her statements and ignores a second contradictory statement that appeared in the same edition of the Evening News.
According to what you call the "press manufactured" quote, Mortimer did not say Berner Street was empty "from 12:35 until 12:55", she said "she saw no one enter or leave" Dutfield's Yard between 12:45 and 12:55.
According to what you call "her quote", Mortimer said she "did not notice anything unusual" and "There was certainly no noise made, and I did not observe anyone enter the gates" and "the only man whom I had seen pass through the street previously was a young man carrying a black shiny bag, who walked very fast down the street from the Commercial-road. He looked up at the club, and then went round the corner by the Board School."
This is a claim that the man with the bag (Leon Goldstein) was the only man to "pass through the street" during "nearly the whole time between half-past twelve and one o'clock". It is not proof "that Berner street was empty and deserted from 12:35 until 12:55". It is proof that Fanny Mortimer did not notice Lave, Eagle, Kozebrodski, Letchford, or Schwartz at the times they claim to have been in been on Berner Sreet.
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