Too Many Well-Dressed Men

[Sally]

Funny, is it not, how we can always find an alternative interpretation if we put our minds to it?

As you say, Fish..

[Fisherman]

As I say, indeed!

Fisherman

[Wickerman]

Perhaps so, Fish. But if Hutchinson, his suspect, or both, had not been at the least, generally disregarded to an extent by then, we must explain the phrase: 'it incomprehensibly created suspicion'.

It should be regarded as incomprehensible that a warm Astrachan coat worn in November (when it will be a popular choice) should create suspicion. It takes more than a coat to identify a villain.

Sounds more like the arresting policeman/men were behind with the times.

In an attempt to revive the now defunct "Discredit" argument, it sounds like we are expected to entertain the belief that the press knew more than the police.
Is there no end to this madness...

Regards, Jon S.

[lynn cates]

uncommon

Hello Jon. But I wonder how common that kind of expensive coat would be in the East End?

Cheers.
LC

[Sally]

In an attempt to revive the now defunct "Discredit" argument, it sounds like we are expected to entertain the belief that the press knew more than the police.

I couldn't give a rat's arse about the 'discredit argument' Jon. It's irrelevant in my view.

I simply didn't read the extract as you, or indeed Fish, did. Whatever.

Is there no end to this madness...

Apparently not.

[Fisherman]

Jon:

"Is there no end to this madness... "

Now, THERE`S a question I can answer with confidence, Jon!

" I wonder how common that kind of expensive coat would be in the East End?"

Few enough, Lynn, to create amazement, awe, respect, envy, a sense of disbelief and a wish to rise to wealth. Not suspicion, though.

The best,
Fisherman

[Wickerman]

Hello Jon. But I wonder how common that kind of expensive coat would be in the East End?

Cheers.
LC

Hi Lynn.
Those passing through the East end did not always live in the East end (I know you know this).
This coat was popular among East Europeans, which is not far from where it originated.

Regards, Jon S.

[Wickerman]

I couldn't give a rat's arse .......

Ouch! ... I was only teasing you Sally.

[Sally]

Ouch! ... I was only teasing you Sally.

Sorry Jon. Perhaps that was overly harsh.

[lynn cates]

right

Hello Christer. Thanks.

"Few enough, Lynn, to create amazement, awe, respect, envy, a sense of disbelief and a wish to rise to wealth. Not suspicion, though."

Can't argue with that.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

ostentation?

Hello Jon. Thanks. Sounds a bit uncommon, then.

Wonder why an Irish chap like Millen would favour such? Ostentation?

Cheers.
LC

[Wickerman]

Sorry Jon. Perhaps that was overly harsh.

Not at all, I'm sometimes a little thin with the "smilies"
The hand being faster than the eye.

[Wickerman]

Hello Jon. Thanks. Sounds a bit uncommon, then.

Wonder why an Irish chap like Millen would favour such? Ostentation?

Same reason a Brit might drive a Toyota, consumerism is not the product of our wasteful generation. The Astrakhan coat was certainly a mark of ostentation, not the kind of thing you would go hunting humans in ....but then, if you are "not of sound mind", who knows!

Regards, Jon S.