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[Well, I have NOT finished reading House's book, but I find in it some information that astonished me when I read it:
"Cox was a City detective...as a shadower of criminals...conducted undercover surveillance on a suspect "Not unlikely to have been connected with the crimes".
"..Cox claimed to have conducted undercover surveillance on a suspect "who was insane, was apparently Jewish and was later committed to an asylum. The article may well be a firsthand account of the surveilance of Kozminksi...."While the Whitechapel murders were being perpetrated his place of business was in a certain street, and after the last murder I was on duty in this street for nearly three months...there were several other officers with me...the opinion of them was that the man they were watching had something to do with the crimes...never once did we allow him to quit our sight...It is indeed very strange that as soon as this madman was put under observation, the mysterious crimes ceased""
"The police were conducting inquiries into the Batty Street laundry incident, in which the police were carrying out surveillance on a suspect who was "living on the premises" of a ladies tailor's workshop, ..and now we have Cox saying that the suspect under City Police surveillance "Occupied several shops in the East End...George Sims referred to Kozminski as the "sole occupant of certain premises in Whitechapel after night-fall...this and the statement made by Cox may suggest that Kozminski was living "on the premises" of his brother Isaac's tailoring workshop at 74 Greenfield Street during the Ripper murders...Isaac had a large separate workshop in his backyard..."
I've always thought that the murderer had to be a working man, as the murders were committed on the weekend, but this information made me realize that if Kozminski were the ripper, he then had to WAIT for the weekend to commit the crimes, as the building was occupied during the week by the working tailors. He had to wait for the workers to be done and leave the premises for the weekend.
He then could come and go to a private setting with his bloody clothing and his 'trophies'.
There was no one there to see him enter, he could be up all hours without suspicion and sleep the day away afterwards, (as I imagine a night of bloody work would exhaust one, especially if he had been drinking besides).
Interesting bit of information there, that there WAS a lodging in which a man did come and go, and WAS observed and WAS a strong suspect by the police to possibly be and very likely be JTR.
"Cox was a City detective...as a shadower of criminals...conducted undercover surveillance on a suspect "Not unlikely to have been connected with the crimes".
"..Cox claimed to have conducted undercover surveillance on a suspect "who was insane, was apparently Jewish and was later committed to an asylum. The article may well be a firsthand account of the surveilance of Kozminksi...."While the Whitechapel murders were being perpetrated his place of business was in a certain street, and after the last murder I was on duty in this street for nearly three months...there were several other officers with me...the opinion of them was that the man they were watching had something to do with the crimes...never once did we allow him to quit our sight...It is indeed very strange that as soon as this madman was put under observation, the mysterious crimes ceased""
"The police were conducting inquiries into the Batty Street laundry incident, in which the police were carrying out surveillance on a suspect who was "living on the premises" of a ladies tailor's workshop, ..and now we have Cox saying that the suspect under City Police surveillance "Occupied several shops in the East End...George Sims referred to Kozminski as the "sole occupant of certain premises in Whitechapel after night-fall...this and the statement made by Cox may suggest that Kozminski was living "on the premises" of his brother Isaac's tailoring workshop at 74 Greenfield Street during the Ripper murders...Isaac had a large separate workshop in his backyard..."
I've always thought that the murderer had to be a working man, as the murders were committed on the weekend, but this information made me realize that if Kozminski were the ripper, he then had to WAIT for the weekend to commit the crimes, as the building was occupied during the week by the working tailors. He had to wait for the workers to be done and leave the premises for the weekend.
He then could come and go to a private setting with his bloody clothing and his 'trophies'.
There was no one there to see him enter, he could be up all hours without suspicion and sleep the day away afterwards, (as I imagine a night of bloody work would exhaust one, especially if he had been drinking besides).
Interesting bit of information there, that there WAS a lodging in which a man did come and go, and WAS observed and WAS a strong suspect by the police to possibly be and very likely be JTR.
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