Originally posted by Sally
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Hi Sally,
It could have been based on newspaper reports plus any real well dressed person he'd seen on the streets plus his imagination. It would not be surprising that Hutchinson was reading about these cases and discussed/gossiped it with other people like a lot of others. I really don't see anything special about Hutchinson. In my opinion he is just one of the nutcases or false witnesses during those murders. They were probably used to cops in their beat, they did their song and dance and if there was a reward good if not not. People without jobs, relatively desperate, in bad circumstances could easily do anything for a potential reward of any sort. Either they live in a shelter or out in the cold or be hungry.I don't think there was a concept of anything bad happening to them if they become a false witness ie..there were no laws against, they had nothing to lose etc,.
To me there have to be one more thing or curious fact other than what he did to think he was a suspect at all.
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