Originally posted by S.Brett
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It is also remarkable that, after the murder in Mitre Square, the killer did not go straight home- so it seems to me anyway- (see Goulston Street). The reason may have been that he was living in the Berner Street area and could not go back there, fearing the police (Stride crime scene) could stop him (possible identification/ questioning & searching by policemen). The hiding in the streets could imply that he could not go back from where he came. But why didn´t? So I think it is possible that he also killed Stride, not far from his own doorstep because something went wrong that night.
The Star, 1 October 1888:
"From two different sources we have the story that a man when passing through Church-lane at about half-past one, saw a man sitting on a door-step and wiping his hands. As every one is on the look out for the murderer the man looked at the stranger with a certain amount of suspicion, whereupon he tried to conceal his face. He is described as a man who wore a short jacket and a sailor's hat".
Speculation of course but this could be the route the killer was taking, Berner Street- Commercial Road- Church Lane- High Street- Duke Street- Mitre Square (probably Church Lane opposite the entrance of Osborn Street), after the Stride murder. After the Eddowes murder it would have been impossible for him to take the same route so he was hiding in the area north of the High Street (Goulston Street, Wentworth Street, Old Montague Street etc.) before he could take a deep breath.
Apropos "sources":
The Star, 2 October 1888:
"In the matter of the Hungarian who said he saw a struggle between a man and a woman in the passage where the Stride body was afterwards found, the Leman-street police have reason to doubt the truth of the story. They arrested one man on the description thus obtained, and a second on that furnished from another source, but they are not likely to act further on the same information without additional facts. "
I think it is possible that "one man on the description thus obtained" was "Pipeman" & that the "reason to doubt the truth of the story" based on Pipeman´s statement that he thought Schwartz had been the attacker (see post 20). "And a second on that furnished from another source" was a man who was seen by another witness (Brown/ Marshall) near the Berner Street- crime scene.
The Star, 1 October 1888:
"From two different sources we have the story that a man when passing through Church-lane at about half-past one, saw a man sitting on a door-step and wiping his hands. As every one is on the look out for the murderer the man looked at the stranger with a certain amount of suspicion, whereupon he tried to conceal his face. He is described as a man who wore a short jacket and a sailor's hat".
Speculation of course but this could be the route the killer was taking, Berner Street- Commercial Road- Church Lane- High Street- Duke Street- Mitre Square (probably Church Lane opposite the entrance of Osborn Street), after the Stride murder. After the Eddowes murder it would have been impossible for him to take the same route so he was hiding in the area north of the High Street (Goulston Street, Wentworth Street, Old Montague Street etc.) before he could take a deep breath.
Apropos "sources":
The Star, 2 October 1888:
"In the matter of the Hungarian who said he saw a struggle between a man and a woman in the passage where the Stride body was afterwards found, the Leman-street police have reason to doubt the truth of the story. They arrested one man on the description thus obtained, and a second on that furnished from another source, but they are not likely to act further on the same information without additional facts. "
I think it is possible that "one man on the description thus obtained" was "Pipeman" & that the "reason to doubt the truth of the story" based on Pipeman´s statement that he thought Schwartz had been the attacker (see post 20). "And a second on that furnished from another source" was a man who was seen by another witness (Brown/ Marshall) near the Berner Street- crime scene.
Great stuff indeed!
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