Originally posted by Lewis C
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The third account not only has the man with the black bag walking UP Berner Street, but also the comment that the man might have been COMING FROM the club.
This would indicate that there was a man with a black bag seen walking north up Berner Street from the club and up to the Commercial Road.
This doesn't necessarily have to be Goldstein, but it's likely it's him.
So when Mortimer states 1st hand that she was standing at her door for half an hour or so (paraphrasing) and the only man she saw was a man who walked DOWN Berner Street and past the club to walk around the corner of the Board school; is she a witness who is essentially covering for Goldstein having been seen coming FROM the club instead of walking south past the club?
It isn't necessarily a fact that Goldstein was the killer, but if Stride was murdered by a club member; then a little persuasion and intimidation of a witness goes a long way.
It happened with Packer when Le Grand got involved and so why not Mortimer?
Of course, this account of a man seen with a black bag walking UP Berner St and COMING FROM the DIRECTION of the club, is largely dismissed because it doesn't fit the narrative told by Mortimer and Co.
The same thing happened with the murder of Nichols. There were at least 3 independent witnesses and yet they were all discounted in favour of a narrative that stuck.
Although the report of the man seen with the black bag walking north up Berner Street and crucially AWAY FROM the direction of the murder site, seems a little flippant in its tone; I believe there may be more truth to it than has ever been realised.
IF this account wasn't Mortimer, then we have another witness who saw the man with a black bag walking in the OPPOSITE direction to the man seen by Mortimer.
This should not be overlooked or discarded because it's inconvenient.
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