The following article you may or may not be familiar with, but regardless I will share it so that my post is in context.
It is a story that was initially printed on Monday 8th October, which incidentally was the same day as the opening of the inquest into the death of the Whitehall victim.
However, the paper clipping attached below is from the 13th October.
It related to an incident that occurred on a Tramcar on the Saturday 15th September and involved a man carrying a parcel that emitted a stench.
This incident happened 4 days after the discovery of the victim's arm in Pimlico on the 11th September
Note the description of the man...
The tramcar was heading north/northeast from Vauxhall Station up to London Bridge, possibly passing directly past the Doulton's building in Lambeth after leaving Vauxhall Station. (The back of Doultons being the dumping site of the 1902 Lambeth Torso victim)
The man left the tramcar just after passing the St George's Circus Obelisk, one of the main junctions/terminus for Tramcars and such like.
By exiting the Tramcar at the Obelisk, he had multiple routes available, one of which being directly over the Westminster bridge to the west and then to the site of the NSY vault.
Here is the incident for those who may be unfamiliar...
We know the exact date this occurred from the 8th October press releases and so this was AFTER the arm had been found.
Was this man carrying the victim's head in the box?
I think there's a chance he was.
Also, note the term "Retreating form of the man"
This implies that the witness was heading north to London Bridge but had to leave the tramcar early due to the stench, and when seeing the policeman as he headed north, he pointed back towards the man carrying the parcel who must have been going in a direction away from London Bridge.
Towards the NSY vault is possible.
It would appear that the only direction that we know the man with the parcel wasn't travelling, was towards London Bridge, ergo , the witness who spoke tot he policeman and the man with the parcel were going in different directions.
RD
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