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Caz wrote:
Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that Packer didn’t only sell fruit, but sweetmeats as well. If so, it’s at least possible that Stride’s cachous came from him - loose from a jar or tin and wrapped in paper to form a cone, or 'packet'. For anyone still not sure what this meant, a Victorian ‘packet’ does not translate neatly into the modern sense of a packet of sweets. This was no cellophane roll of Parma Violets, or pack of Opal Fruits, off a production line.
If Stride bought them herself (with some of her sixpence) and was alone at the time, it would explain how Packer recognised her at the mortuary, after seeing Eddowes and admitting that she rang no bells with him. He could hardly mention it after telling a tall story consisting of a one-off later sighting of the dead woman being treated to grapes by a potential suspect.
Interesting theory, but it contains too much coincidence. Surely Packer could have mentioned Stride buying both grapes and cachous.
Jane Coram in a previous post in this thread explained the nature of the “packet“ matter, even adding a drawing.
There is very strong evidence speaking against Stride having been a robbery, as in the fact that she was holding the cachous loose, as if she was about to ingest them when she got attacked, but the buttons and other belongings were still in her pockets, untouched. In other words, totally different evidence from Buck's Row and Mitre Square, where the robbery scenario appears as very plausible.
Incidentally, I read somewhere recently that Packer didn’t only sell fruit, but sweetmeats as well. If so, it’s at least possible that Stride’s cachous came from him - loose from a jar or tin and wrapped in paper to form a cone, or 'packet'. For anyone still not sure what this meant, a Victorian ‘packet’ does not translate neatly into the modern sense of a packet of sweets. This was no cellophane roll of Parma Violets, or pack of Opal Fruits, off a production line.
If Stride bought them herself (with some of her sixpence) and was alone at the time, it would explain how Packer recognised her at the mortuary, after seeing Eddowes and admitting that she rang no bells with him. He could hardly mention it after telling a tall story consisting of a one-off later sighting of the dead woman being treated to grapes by a potential suspect.
Interesting theory, but it contains too much coincidence. Surely Packer could have mentioned Stride buying both grapes and cachous.
Jane Coram in a previous post in this thread explained the nature of the “packet“ matter, even adding a drawing.
There is very strong evidence speaking against Stride having been a robbery, as in the fact that she was holding the cachous loose, as if she was about to ingest them when she got attacked, but the buttons and other belongings were still in her pockets, untouched. In other words, totally different evidence from Buck's Row and Mitre Square, where the robbery scenario appears as very plausible.
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yesterday was yummy, but it took FOREVER to get grilled in the oven, and there was a little accident with some of it falling to the floor. Which resulted in my finally cleaning said kitchen floor (for Xmas).
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