Originally posted by Losmandris
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1-Age, height, build, dress of the attacker certainly a good match with other descriptions.
2-Farmer was obviously in bed in some way when she was attacked as she is described as wearing a chemise when she raised the alarm. This is similar to Kelly.
3-Prior to the attack, there was total silence - none of the many people in the lodging house heard anything. Similar to other attacks.
4-Despite a major ruckus and pursuit, attacker somehow vanishes into thin air at a busy time of day. Reminiscent of the ripper's ability to seemingly vanish.
5-I wonder if the money Farmer had on her was some variation of the 'shiny pennies' inducement?
6-Attacker also described with a reddened face - blotchy or Wilson's 'sunburnt man'?
As you say could be a red herring.
For those that favour the Bury solution, I think this is the best bet as to why he sold his horse and cart shortly after, and probably abandoned Whitechapel, eventually leaving the area. The presence of a survivor and witnesses who could almost certainly ID him was too much of a risk.
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