What Lawende meant by 'sailor' or 'seaman'?

[Patrick Differ]

The Victorians, both men and women were into their hats so my guess is Long ,Lawende, Schwartz, and Levy got a look at the man, albeit in different appearance. If you believe Hutchinson then the killer really dressed his best for Kelly. If you were the killer already identified by Long would you dress the same? Probably not if you could afford not to. Unfortunately so many Victorians dressed the same.

[The Rookie Detective]

There's also a chance that Lawrende said the man he saw looked like a "Tailor"... but the reporter misheard him and assumed he had said "Sailor."

The description sounds more like a Tailor than a Sailor.

Just a thought

[GBinOz]

There's also a chance that Lawrende said the man he saw looked like a "Tailor"... but the reporter misheard him and assumed he had said "Sailor."

The description sounds more like a Tailor than a Sailor.

Just a thought

Hi RD,

I continue to applaud your out of the box thinking. However, I do wonder what attributes might distinguish someone standing in the street as a tailor. I do recall that Isaac Kozebrodsky was said to have been a young tailor.

Cheers, George