Hello Barnaby,
>> ... it seems odd ... given that he talked about "being on guard" and "hurrying along" and fearful of "terrible gangs." <<
Had he said it in that order, it would be odd, but in fact he said he was "hurrying along" and started "being on guard" once he saw Crossmere. This implies he was, 1. not paying attention and 2. wasn't worried until he perceived a possible threat, i.e. seeing someone standing still. Footsteps walking away aren't threatening.
>> ...I believe Fisherman has argued that Cross should have been much farther along had he left home when he said that he did.<<
Crossmere did not name a time for finding the body, any other time is useless, unless we can synch it to Crossmere's clock. The only points of reference we have, is Crossmere's claimed leaving home time and arriving at work time. Both are consistant with the distance he had to travel and the events that he said happened. Of course he could have lied, but we have no evidence to support that.
Ergo, the notion that Crossmere had time unaccounted for is pure speculation and the notion that Paul did not hear him is also speculation.
Nothing wrong with speculating, until people start confusing it with actual evidence.
As I wrote before, the ONLY confusing thing about Crossmere is the his name and we can all speculate about that;-)
>> ... it seems odd ... given that he talked about "being on guard" and "hurrying along" and fearful of "terrible gangs." <<
Had he said it in that order, it would be odd, but in fact he said he was "hurrying along" and started "being on guard" once he saw Crossmere. This implies he was, 1. not paying attention and 2. wasn't worried until he perceived a possible threat, i.e. seeing someone standing still. Footsteps walking away aren't threatening.
>> ...I believe Fisherman has argued that Cross should have been much farther along had he left home when he said that he did.<<
Crossmere did not name a time for finding the body, any other time is useless, unless we can synch it to Crossmere's clock. The only points of reference we have, is Crossmere's claimed leaving home time and arriving at work time. Both are consistant with the distance he had to travel and the events that he said happened. Of course he could have lied, but we have no evidence to support that.
Ergo, the notion that Crossmere had time unaccounted for is pure speculation and the notion that Paul did not hear him is also speculation.
Nothing wrong with speculating, until people start confusing it with actual evidence.
As I wrote before, the ONLY confusing thing about Crossmere is the his name and we can all speculate about that;-)
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