Suspect Witnesses?

[Wickerman]

. . . I'll tell you what was risky - not immediately releasing detailed descriptions of both of Schwartz's man as well as Lawende's man so the public could join in the hunt. Instead, everyone in London was turning in men who looked like Packer's fictitious clerk which not only could lead to nothing, but wasted vast amounts of police resources. . .

I'd like to ask you what you mean by this, above.
You say - "not immediately releasing detailed descriptions of Schwartz's man as well as Lawende's man".

Directly following the double murder, on the Monday 1st Oct. the Echo published this.


The police are of opinion that the same person murdered both these women.

THE MAN "WANTED."

The description of the man "wanted" by the police is: - Aged 30, 5ft. 5in., complexion fair, hair dark, full face; cap with peak, dark jacket and trousers, small brown mustache, stout build, and broad shoulders.

The above description is the man seen by Schwartz, the police assumed the same man murdered Eddowes.

The description of the suspect seen by PC Smith was also released, so I'm not sure what you mean by "not immediately releasing", it came out the following day.

[Wickerman]

Now if you would kindly answer my question; Was Wess aware of the 'Schwartz incident' when he spoke to the Echo reporter?

I realize you are not asking me, but isn't the question irrelevant if the Echo story told by Wess, was actually Diemschutz & Kozebrodski?