Not 'Why "Unfortunates" ' but why not others?

[Fleetwood Mac]

Do you think BS Man existed, or could Schwartz be a "put-up" witness (deliberately chosen as a non-English speaker) designed to distract attention away from the socialist club and towards an obviously gentile type? There are so many questions on these boards about Schwartz...I really wonder...

Dave

Well, Dave, there were a lot of people milling about. Going in and out of the club, Brown, Mortimer, PC Smith etc; and Schwartz alone sees/hears the commotion. Not impossible, I suppose, as it would have all been over within what? a minute?

Also, Stride is thrown down to the ground yet no brusies/scrapes on her knees. I suppose she could have blocked her fall with her hands.

The one thing that does go in Schwartz's favour is that apparently an ID took place, and Lawende could not have been construed as the only person who ever had a good look at the murderer (purely because to arrive at the statement, the witness must have seen Jack red handed).

Having said all of the above: we're not aware of a witness disproving Schwartz's statement, so perhaps we need to take him at face value?

Is the suggestion that Jack was a club member, or that someone in the club witnessed the event, knew of BS Man, and would not give him up to gentile justice? I would have thought, although could quite easily be wide of the mark, that those in the club were of a less religious persuasion; and indeed many not religious at all.

[Cogidubnus]

Schwartz was allegedly a Hungarian...did he come to Britain as a refugee (were there "pogroms" in the Austro-Hungarian empire at the time?) ... I'd guess in non-religious circles, a shared experience of flight from oppression might engender just as strong a fellowship...which might well be misunderstood by a native British commentator...

All the best

Dave