From these reports it is fairly obvious that Larkin was the only man from the Victoria Home arrested. The East End News only mentions one man from the Victoria Home. If two people from the Victoria Home were arrested and both were released partly on the say so of the deputy, then that coincidence would surely have been commented upon.
The East End News saying
“Several arrests were made on Wednesday, though it would not seem that they were productive of any good results.”
Probably refers to Larkin and this one:
“Shortly before midnight a man, who was noticed to solicit several unfortunates with considerable persistency, was arrested in Commercial-street, on suspicion of being the murderer of Alice Mackenzie; but little importance is attached to the circumstance, and he is only detained pending enquiries.”
The police did a lot of checking out and certainly had these lodging houses in their focus. The Victoria Home must have been turned over more times than a pancake on Shrove Tuesday.
The East End News saying
“Several arrests were made on Wednesday, though it would not seem that they were productive of any good results.”
Probably refers to Larkin and this one:
“Shortly before midnight a man, who was noticed to solicit several unfortunates with considerable persistency, was arrested in Commercial-street, on suspicion of being the murderer of Alice Mackenzie; but little importance is attached to the circumstance, and he is only detained pending enquiries.”
The police did a lot of checking out and certainly had these lodging houses in their focus. The Victoria Home must have been turned over more times than a pancake on Shrove Tuesday.
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