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At the beginning of episode two(2), an animated route from Berner St to Mitre Square is depicted and described by narration. Best I can tell, when they speak of Church Lane to Leman, BackChurch Lane is in fact referred to.
In The Complete Jack the Ripper, Phillip Sudgen, New York 1994, the author describes another possibility, that the killer did not go southwest and then up Leman. Instead, from the vicinity of Commercial Rd he cut across the byway Church Lane to reach Whitechapel High St. On page 212-213 he discusses this and the newspaper report that generated the idea. He give special care to it vis a vis witness descriptions, but ultimately cautions upon relying on it due to lack of verification.
Star Oct 1, 1888
'From two different sources we have the story that a man when passing through Church-lane at about half-past one, saw a man sitting on a door-step and wiping his hands. As every one is on the look out for the murderer the man looked at the stranger with a certain amount of suspicion, whereupon he tried to conceal his face. He is described as a man who wore a short jacket and a sailor's hat."
Roy
PS: Disclaimer - I could be wrong about any and all streets and place names, so please feel free to help. Thanks again to you all.
At the beginning of episode two(2), an animated route from Berner St to Mitre Square is depicted and described by narration. Best I can tell, when they speak of Church Lane to Leman, BackChurch Lane is in fact referred to.
In The Complete Jack the Ripper, Phillip Sudgen, New York 1994, the author describes another possibility, that the killer did not go southwest and then up Leman. Instead, from the vicinity of Commercial Rd he cut across the byway Church Lane to reach Whitechapel High St. On page 212-213 he discusses this and the newspaper report that generated the idea. He give special care to it vis a vis witness descriptions, but ultimately cautions upon relying on it due to lack of verification.
Star Oct 1, 1888
'From two different sources we have the story that a man when passing through Church-lane at about half-past one, saw a man sitting on a door-step and wiping his hands. As every one is on the look out for the murderer the man looked at the stranger with a certain amount of suspicion, whereupon he tried to conceal his face. He is described as a man who wore a short jacket and a sailor's hat."
Roy
PS: Disclaimer - I could be wrong about any and all streets and place names, so please feel free to help. Thanks again to you all.
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