Broad Shoulders, Elizabeth's Killer ?

[Wickerman]

Hi Wick,

That's still after the police have interviewed all of the club members and the people living nearby then searched for ‘Lipski’ or anyone else potentially involved. At some point the police had no one else to interview, no more leads to follow......

But, that doesn't appear to be the case Mike.
While it is true we do not know the precise date Swanson penned his Stride report, we do have him making clear that, at the time of his writing, the investigation was by no means over:

".....enquiry has been made into the movements of a number of persons estimated at upwards of 300 respecting whom communications were received by police & such enquiries are being continued."

also:

"Up to date although the number of letters daily is considerably lessened, the other inquiries respecting alleged suspicious persons continues as numerous."

Which tells us that whatever date Swanson concluded his report on the Stride murder, the police were still investigating many alleged suspicious persons. We don't know if these suspicious persons included BS-man and Pipeman, keeping Schwartz and his story on the backburner until the police conclude their investigations.

[Wickerman]

..... Then we have Abberline at the beginning of November still voicing no doubt about Schwartz.

He does?

I see the report dated 1 Nov., Abberline writes that he questioned Schwartz closely about the "Lipski" claim, but he doesn't say he believed him.

Do you remember when Abberline interviewed Hutchinson, he wrote: "...I am of the opinion his statement is true", we don't get anything like that in his interview with Schwartz.

Have you considered why the police are still talking about Schwartz's story in early November, if their investigation had already been concluded by early October?