Lets get Lechmere off the hook!

[Geddy2112]

Corbet/Corbett's Court was about a modern city block past #29 Hanbury Street, west of Wilkes Street junction. Go to this link and Ed Stow has maps showing the location. See the posts made on 09-27-2013

Thanks, I've got Corbett's Court red spotted on my map, I was just wondering exactly on that map Robert Paul worked. Unless I'm being blind Stow does not mention that in his post... thank you.

[rjpalmer]

Thanks, I've got Corbett's Court red spotted on my map, I was just wondering exactly on that map Robert Paul worked. Unless I'm being blind Stow does not mention that in his post... thank you.

Ah--your map does have Wilkes Street and the dot in the right spot to the west. My mistake and I misunderstood.

Covent Garden has always been assumed to be just Covent Garden in the West End.

No one really knows why Paul said he worked there in his initial interview, but said he worked at Corbett's Court at the inquest. I've seen some argue it was a simple journalistic mistake, while others have suggested he left his cart in Corbett's Court at night--it was just a storage area for him--but his actual job was at Covent Garden.

I doubt we'll even know.

[Geddy2112]

I doubt we'll even know.

No let's instead go with he was a bloody liar so hence he is Jack the Ripper...

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Possible? Yes.
Probable? No.

Neither Robert Paul nor PC Mizen knew who Charles Cross was. Charles Cross could have chosen to not go to the police and nobody would have ever known who he was. Contacting the police was the action of an innocent man or of a very stupid murderer.

Paul had a full, in-person, close, interaction with Cross. The absolute worst way for Cross to deal with the situation is to wait for the police to eventually find him so that Paul can say "That was the man I saw!"

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Absolutely, they (Team Lechmere) use the 'in modern day policing' when in reality there is less likelihood of him being considered a suspect as they would have DNA, blood typing, CCTV, mobile phone tracking, fingerprints etc etc... When that is pointed out you get the 'well you know what I mean.' Yeah I know what you mean you want your bloody cake and eat it.

That's the exact point I'm making. We don't have any of those things for Cross. In a modern-day investigation, with what we DO have for Cross, he would not be ruled out.