Suspect Witnesses?

[The Rookie Detective]

That's something I'm torn between, I can't in good faith believe Schwartz, or his story, was a fabrication, yet nothing about his encounter is confirmed by the statements of others.
It's almost like Schwartz truly did see an assault, but in a different street, he just thought he was in Berner St.

Could he have witnessed an assault in Berners St (near Oxford St) instead?!

Can you imagine, haha!

[Wickerman]

I personally think that there's a reasonable possibility that the police and press worked in tandem to try and draw out the real killer. . .

Hi Chris.

We have numerous complaints by the press that the police will tell them nothing.

Here are a few quotes:

"no definite information has been received at the time of writing, thanks to the extreme reticence of the police".

"As a strongly-marked feature of the hue and cry after the murderer, we feel bound to mention the almost insuperable difficulty there is in obtaining any information from the police".

"Acting upon orders, the detectives and inspectors declined to furnish any information of what had occurred, and refused permission to the press to inspect the place."

"If the London police were as capable in other respects as they are in holding their peace, no criminal in the realm would pass undetected. The constables at the police offices in the Whitechapel were marvels of reticence. Nobody knew anything. The instructions to say nothing had come from Scotland yard."

"The police had orders to refuse the newspapers every information . ."

"The police are very reticent on the subject, and the doors of Commercial-street Police Station are closed to all comers . . ."

Again, we must take what is known into consideration before we offer conjecture.
The press were complaining throughout the investigation that the Met. Police will tell them nothing.
The City Police however, were quite cooperative with the press.

[Wickerman]

Could he have witnessed an assault in Berners St (near Oxford St) instead?!

Can you imagine, haha!

I'm not so sure that the name of the street is the problem, Schwartz didn't read English, so he wouldn't know which street he passed through.
If he walked that way on a regular basis then ok, but we don't know that.
If Schwartz passed a pub/club with a yard beside it, where he saw a woman being assaulted, then the next morning heard of a murder in a yard beside the club in Berner St., he may have assumed what he saw was that same attack.
An honest mistake.

[Sunny Delight]

Hi Chris.

We have numerous complaints by the press that the police will tell them nothing.

Here are a few quotes:

"no definite information has been received at the time of writing, thanks to the extreme reticence of the police".

"As a strongly-marked feature of the hue and cry after the murderer, we feel bound to mention the almost insuperable difficulty there is in obtaining any information from the police".

"Acting upon orders, the detectives and inspectors declined to furnish any information of what had occurred, and refused permission to the press to inspect the place."

"If the London police were as capable in other respects as they are in holding their peace, no criminal in the realm would pass undetected. The constables at the police offices in the Whitechapel were marvels of reticence. Nobody knew anything. The instructions to say nothing had come from Scotland yard."

"The police had orders to refuse the newspapers every information . ."

"The police are very reticent on the subject, and the doors of Commercial-street Police Station are closed to all comers . . ."

Again, we must take what is known into consideration before we offer conjecture.
The press were complaining throughout the investigation that the Met. Police will tell them nothing.
The City Police however, were quite cooperative with the press.

That would have been official policy, whereby had a press man engaged with a Police officer at the reception desk he would have been given the official line. A few quid and a nod and a wink though could be easily done away from prying eyes.

[Wickerman]

That would have been official policy, whereby had a press man engaged with a Police officer at the reception desk he would have been given the official line. A few quid and a nod and a wink though could be easily done away from prying eyes.

In a police station?, you're letting your imagination run away with you . . .

A beat Constable on the street?, yes possibly, but what does a beat Constable know about Scotland Yard investigations?