Why did Abberline believe Hutch ?

[DVV]

Will an insane Barrister do?

Hi Jon,

No, I'm afraid. Not at the relevant time : Automn 88.

Cheers

[DVV]

The pleasure's been all mine, David, and as I said, it's fantastic to have you back with us. Your sensible posts are always valued and appreciated. Now when are you next heading to London? I owe you about five Ardbegs by now.

All the best,
Ben

Hi Ben,

Perhaps beginning of August. If I could see you quickly after my arrival, that would be perfect for the little work I'm planning to achieve. Believe me, we may have something to celebrate, and I'm even ready for Laphroaig...
I'll doss in Tarleton Court (dunno where it is), an old Ethiopian friend live there.

Many thanks mate

[GUT]

G'day Sally

If, as seems to be suggested here, Abberline was predisposed to look for a 'foreign-looking' man, it's hardly surprising that he initially believed Hutchinson in 1888.

If he had such a predisposition, which I doubt, maybe bit was based on what Hutchinson told him.

[Wickerman]

If, as seems to be suggested here, Abberline was predisposed to look for a 'foreign-looking' man, it's hardly surprising that he initially believed Hutchinson in 1888.

We should hope the acceptance of a witness statement rests on considerably more than that.
Abberline was an experienced detective, a detail which is sometimes overlooked.

[Sally]

It is evident from his 1903 interviews that Abberline was ultimately convinced that Chapman was the Ripper due to his long term views - for him, Chapman fulfilled the majority of his prior expectations.

One of those expectations was clearly that the Whitechapel Murderer was a foreigner - as he says himself:

All agree, too, that he was a foreign- looking man,--but that, of course, helped us little in a district so full of foreigners as Whitechapel

If, as seems to be suggested here, Abberline was predisposed to look for a 'foreign-looking' man, it's hardly surprising that he initially believed Hutchinson in 1888.