Having read up (some) of the information on Kosminski, I have to admit I find it very difficult to view him as a viable suspect. It seems that most, if not all the evidence against him comes from some comments by senoir detectives which do not quite tally.
The description of the man is one of a lone, mumbling, imbecile who was lucky enough to have close relatives who looked out for him, but who behaved in such strange ways, he caused enough anxiety to have him removed from the streets. His time spent in asylums have no mention of him threatening to rip anyone up, in fact only one violent incident occurs and that is with a chair.
Apart from the story that he threatened a female relative with a knife, (which lets face it could mean anything from a verbal threat to holding the knife under her throat) there is no record of "homicidal mania" or "hatred of women" as Macnaghten asserts in his Memoranda. Then Anderson say's that a "witness" identified (Kosminski) as the murderer, but would not give evidence as the mans' hanging would be on his mind.
He has got to be joking hasn't he? The most reknown killer in history since Caligula is out there on his patch and he lets him off because some toerag doesn't want it on his conscience? I know the Police had him watched but that could be because they knew he was insane and therefore could perhaps be their man.
Or am I missing something?
The description of the man is one of a lone, mumbling, imbecile who was lucky enough to have close relatives who looked out for him, but who behaved in such strange ways, he caused enough anxiety to have him removed from the streets. His time spent in asylums have no mention of him threatening to rip anyone up, in fact only one violent incident occurs and that is with a chair.
Apart from the story that he threatened a female relative with a knife, (which lets face it could mean anything from a verbal threat to holding the knife under her throat) there is no record of "homicidal mania" or "hatred of women" as Macnaghten asserts in his Memoranda. Then Anderson say's that a "witness" identified (Kosminski) as the murderer, but would not give evidence as the mans' hanging would be on his mind.
He has got to be joking hasn't he? The most reknown killer in history since Caligula is out there on his patch and he lets him off because some toerag doesn't want it on his conscience? I know the Police had him watched but that could be because they knew he was insane and therefore could perhaps be their man.
Or am I missing something?
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