The elusive George Hutchinson

[Lewis C]

Hi RD,

Since you said it's the first time you've looked at Hutch, I don't know how much you've read about him, but there are 2 items about him that you can find online. One is the chapter about him in the book that I posted a link to in the Free E-books thread in the Books forum called Who Was Jack the Ripper, All the Suspects Revealed. The other is the article by Stephen Senise in Ripperologist 146 (October 2015). Let me know if you need help finding Ripperologist issues online.

From what I've heard, I believe that George William Topping Hutchinson is a different person. I would say that there are a lot of suspects that are at least as difficult as Hutch to find definitive info about.

[The Rookie Detective]

I have been trying to look a little more into the life of George Hutchinson; but it appears that he is very difficult to find definitive and conclusive data about.

Is there a reason why he is relatively difficult to find compared to many other suspects/witnesses?

Was George Hutchinson his real name?

He seems a mysterious character in every sense of the word.

I read that he may have been George William Topping Hutchinson; based on a relative that claimed he was the man who knew MJK. But is this the same George Hutchinson or is he a red herring?


I know that he has been talked about many many many many times, but I think there's still more to learn about his life and think it may be worth looking at.

It's the first time I've looked at George Hutchinson as I have never really favoured him as JTR, but could the mystery surrounding who he was, be a sign of a character who needs even more focus and attention (if that's possible)