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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by seanr View Post

    FWIW the story about 18 George Street for which I do not have a good source is that Frederick Gehringer owned the property having acquired it from George Satchell. Gehringer subdivided the floors doubling the possible number of tenants and then sold the property to Daniel Lewis in 1886.

    Another story about the ownership goes that Daniel Lewis bought the property directly from George Satchell and Gehringer never owned it.

    Doubling the number of tenants does sound like the sort of thing the man accused of 'house farming' in 1902 might have done. There is the possibility Gehringer leased the property from George Satchell and the place was sold to Daniel Lewis from under him. Which might give cause for the Gehringers to feel aggrieved towards 18 George Street.

    To date I have no good source which links the Gehringer's to 18 George Street. But now it seems his address may have been given as 18 George Street at the time of the Munro 'accident'? - I doubt he was a tenant there.
    Sean,

    It’s great that you’ve got your teeth into the ‘Ringers’.

    Satchell interests me particularly, because of his connections to St George E. and NE Passage in particular.

    Gary





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  • seanr
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    Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post

    Did the Gehringers actually ‘own’ any property at all?

    Gary
    FWIW the story about 18 George Street for which I do not have a good source is that Frederick Gehringer owned the property having acquired it from George Satchell. Gehringer subdivided the floors doubling the possible number of tenants and then sold the property to Daniel Lewis in 1886.

    Another story about the ownership goes that Daniel Lewis bought the property directly from George Satchell and Gehringer never owned it.

    Doubling the number of tenants does sound like the sort of thing the man accused of 'house farming' in 1902 might have done. There is the possibility Gehringer leased the property from George Satchell and the place was sold to Daniel Lewis from under him. Which might give cause for the Gehringers to feel aggrieved towards 18 George Street.

    To date I have no good source which links the Gehringer's to 18 George Street. But now it seems his address may have been given as 18 George Street at the time of the Munro 'accident'? - I doubt he was a tenant there.
    Last edited by seanr; 10-31-2020, 06:20 PM.

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  • seanr
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    A few more details on the Alec Munro 'accident' found by Grappling with History https://twitter.com/wrestling1880s/s...09192275890181 (the forthcoming book on Munro and Ching Hook looks cool).

    It seems Munro was resident at 6 Great Pearl Street, a Gehringer owned lodging house, and he went into the kitchen at a McCarthy owned lodging house and ended up falling accidentally onto a knife held in the hand to Thomas Hewington. Both McCarthy's employee John Williams and Gehringer himself endorse the view this was a tragic accident.

    As Frederick Dinger [sic] said in his trial testimony:

    the deceased and the prisoner to the best of my knowledge had been on friendly terms—I know they had been in the habit of showing him a knife and frightening him, it was a common occurrence; he used to run away.
    All very plausible I'm sure. Thomas Hewington found not guilty of any crime even manslaughter, it appears.

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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by Simon Wood View Post
    Donations to the People's Palace, 1885 -

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    Simon
    Hi Simon,

    Yes, we discussed this earlier. The lodging house keepers and the local police were often involved in similar subscriptions and social events.

    Gary

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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by seanr View Post

    31 Great Pearl Street which became 31 Calvin Street was passed down to Frederick William Nafzger who ran a haulage company from that address using the name Gehringer, until he retired 1956. I've simply been assuming that Gehringer owned that one, it seems to have stayed with the family until at least the 1950s. I'm under the impression he owned 22 Little Pearl Street where the barrow lending business was, too.
    I don't

    It seems the Borough Council of Finsbury were convinced he owned many homes in 1902. Their prosecutor described him as a 'house farmer' with an income of £135 income per house. There's a suggestion he owned 39 houses in Berwick Street alone.




    I've posted the full article in the Frederick Gehringer thread, as this thread isn't really about him.

    This description of his income and ownership of houses doesn't match up well with the probate records. It's a bit of a mystery to me.
    But surely the farming involved renting the properties at one price and subletting then at a much higher rent. I doubt Gehringer was the freeholder.

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  • Simon Wood
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  • seanr
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    Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post

    Sean,

    Did the Gehringers actually ‘own’ any property at all?

    A man who left a mere £500 in his will was hardly a property mogul. From memory, McCarthy left around £20k and the Crossinghams between them £11k.

    Gary
    31 Great Pearl Street which became 31 Calvin Street was passed down to Frederick William Nafzger who ran a haulage company from that address using the name Gehringer, until he retired 1956. I've simply been assuming that Gehringer owned that one, it seems to have stayed with the family until at least the 1950s. I'm under the impression he owned 22 Little Pearl Street where the barrow lending business was, too.

    It seems the Borough Council of Finsbury were convinced he owned many homes in 1902. Their prosecutor described him as a 'house farmer' with an income of £135 income per house. There's a suggestion he owned 39 houses in Berwick Street alone.




    I've posted the full article in the Frederick Gehringer thread, as this thread isn't really about him.

    This description of his income and ownership of houses doesn't match up well with the probate records. It's a bit of a mystery to me.
    Last edited by seanr; 10-31-2020, 04:31 PM.

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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by seanr View Post
    I just noticed a thread on the other forum where Debs mentions that a Frederick Adam Gehringer was a witness to the murder/ accidental death of boxer Alec Munro - https://jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=19917&page=8. Not sure if this the senior or the junior one.

    The case is interesting. I was recently reading the grapplingwithhistory posts on Ching Hook / Hezekiah Moscow: https://grapplingwithhistory.com/201...zekiah-moscow/

    There may be a link to McCarthy as Ching Hook is reputed to have picked up his boxing name at a pub called Blue Coat Boy. I am pretty sure that would have been the Dorset Street Blue Coat Boy. Alec Munro was Ching Hook's sparring partner and mentor, he was another noted East End boxer of the day (both men seem to have been associated with lion taming and exhibitions with bears). Does the boxing connection maybe link these men to John McCarthy?

    It's odd to me that there was a witness who would have been working for McCarthy and Gehringer himself at the scene. Given I recently found a case where Emma Gehringer seems to lie in court, I do harbour doubts about the 'it was an accident, he fell onto the knife' story - https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/brow...-954#highlight.

    Ching Hook himself seems to have later disappeared. So with Alec Munro and Black Jack Stevens also seeming to come to sticky ends, being an East End boxer looks like it was dangerous outside of the ring, too.

    Debs mentions him as Frederick Gehringer of 18 George Street. Can we be certain now the Frederick Adam Gehringer did own 18 George Street prior to 1888? - that's one of my list of top facts I'd love to get nailed down.
    Sean,

    Did the Gehringers actually ‘own’ any property at all?

    A man who left a mere £500 in his will was hardly a property mogul. From memory, McCarthy left around £20k and the Crossinghams between them £11k.

    Gary

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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by The Rookie Detective View Post


    Sounds very much like an organised crime network comprising of east end gangsters and corrupt police and officials.

    it seems almost obvious that there would have been an organised crime set up in the east end I even back then and makes the Krays seem tame in comparison.

    The fact that that at least 3 boxers were sledges to have been murdered/disappeared then that is one coincidence too many.

    Where there’s money to be made, you’ll always find men abusing power.

    in context with the ripper, would it be fair to suggest that the local prostitutes were also part of an illicit network, ergo, some of the victims may have been killed out of local gang rivalry but made to look like a serial killer was on the loose?

    how sickening would it be if all the written letters, witnesses, murder scenes and victims were all part of something much bigger than just a lone serial killer on a personal rampage.

    was the ripper merely an enforcer or punished paid to kill any of the prostitutes who tried to leave the network or who couldn’t pay their way?

    on a strange way I’m hoping it’s all just coincidence and that the killer was a lone wolf operating independently.

    otherwise the greatest murder mystery in history becomes nothing more that a bog standard gang land feud between criminals who were insignificant.


    TRD
    It doesn’t seem obvious to me, TRD.

    With the possible exception of MJK, the WM murder victims are pretty unlikely business assets. They earned a few pence here and there which they squandered almost immediately on drink.

    The business model down in the Ratcliff Highway - charging shillings rather than pence to punters who in addition would be encouraged to buy illicit booze and were often robbed - would have been far more attractive to some form of organised management.

    Indeed, there does appear to have been a degree of organisation among those who operated down there - and examples of violence being meted out to the ‘business assets’. Names such as Morgenstern, McCarthy, Maywood, Miller, Nod(d)ing etc are worth looking into if you’re looking for a ‘mob’ of some kind.




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  • The Rookie Detective
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    Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
    It astonishes me that anyone would find it unlikely that there was social interaction between prominent East End businessmen such as the McCarthies and senior local police officers. How on earth would it have been possible for H Div. to have efficiently policed Spitalfields without having a good relationship with the Lodging House keepers and local publicans?

    Sounds very much like an organised crime network comprising of east end gangsters and corrupt police and officials.

    it seems almost obvious that there would have been an organised crime set up in the east end I even back then and makes the Krays seem tame in comparison.

    The fact that that at least 3 boxers were sledges to have been murdered/disappeared then that is one coincidence too many.

    Where there’s money to be made, you’ll always find men abusing power.

    in context with the ripper, would it be fair to suggest that the local prostitutes were also part of an illicit network, ergo, some of the victims may have been killed out of local gang rivalry but made to look like a serial killer was on the loose?

    how sickening would it be if all the written letters, witnesses, murder scenes and victims were all part of something much bigger than just a lone serial killer on a personal rampage.

    was the ripper merely an enforcer or punished paid to kill any of the prostitutes who tried to leave the network or who couldn’t pay their way?

    on a strange way I’m hoping it’s all just coincidence and that the killer was a lone wolf operating independently.

    otherwise the greatest murder mystery in history becomes nothing more that a bog standard gang land feud between criminals who were insignificant.


    TRD

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  • MrBarnett
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    It astonishes me that anyone would find it unlikely that there was social interaction between prominent East End businessmen such as the McCarthies and senior local police officers. How on earth would it have been possible for H Div. to have efficiently policed Spitalfields without having a good relationship with the Lodging House keepers and local publicans?

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  • MrBarnett
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    In December, 1893 an ‘H. Division Band Supper’ was held at the White Hart in Leman Street. Ex-Superintendent T. Arnold was present, as was Inspector Reid. Other attendees whose names you may recognise were Cooney, Smith, Gehringer and - of course - the ubiquitous McCarthies Sen. And Jun.

    As usual, McCarthy Jun. provided entertainment. Sadly, Sgt White, the band’s senior cornet player was unable to attend due to illness.



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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post

    This from 1905 is the sort of thing:

    The entertainment was sponsored by Sir Samuel Montague and several other dignitaries with East End connections - and organised by Jack McCarthy and Johnny Cooney.

    Steve McCarthy had them rolling in the aisles, and his wife Marie Lloyd stole the audience’s hearts.

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  • MrBarnett
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    Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
    What we are looking for are a J. McCarthy and his son S. McCarthy who were prominent East End businessmen and who had a talent for entertainment. Oh, and who contributed to the same causes as people named Crossingham, Cooney and Tempany.

    It’s a real brain teaser.
    This from 1905 is the sort of thing:


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  • seanr
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    I just noticed a thread on the other forum where Debs mentions that a Frederick Adam Gehringer was a witness to the murder/ accidental death of boxer Alec Munro - https://jtrforums.com/showthread.php?t=19917&page=8. Not sure if this the senior or the junior one.

    The case is interesting. I was recently reading the grapplingwithhistory posts on Ching Hook / Hezekiah Moscow: https://grapplingwithhistory.com/201...zekiah-moscow/

    There may be a link to McCarthy as Ching Hook is reputed to have picked up his boxing name at a pub called Blue Coat Boy. I am pretty sure that would have been the Dorset Street Blue Coat Boy. Alec Munro was Ching Hook's sparring partner and mentor, he was another noted East End boxer of the day (both men seem to have been associated with lion taming and exhibitions with bears). Does the boxing connection maybe link these men to John McCarthy?

    It's odd to me that there was a witness who would have been working for McCarthy and Gehringer himself at the scene. Given I recently found a case where Emma Gehringer seems to lie in court, I do harbour doubts about the 'it was an accident, he fell onto the knife' story - https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/brow...-954#highlight.

    Ching Hook himself seems to have later disappeared. So with Alec Munro and Black Jack Stevens also seeming to come to sticky ends, being an East End boxer looks like it was dangerous outside of the ring, too.

    Debs mentions him as Frederick Gehringer of 18 George Street. Can we be certain now the Frederick Adam Gehringer did own 18 George Street prior to 1888? - that's one of my list of top facts I'd love to get nailed down.
    Last edited by seanr; 10-31-2020, 02:59 AM.

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