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Enjoy reading these and thought I would comment on Steve Blomer's article. For me the article had me thinking about Why..why one route vs the next and I think Steve captures the risk to think logically about it. I was unaware of the St James fire station as that would have been a serious risk for the killer.
This is just an observation as objectively we really do not know what route the killer took but know he ended up on Goulston Street after murdering Catherine Eddowes in Mitre Square.
Besides the fire station we know there was PC Watkins entering the Square and PC Harvey inspecting Church Passage. We also know that 3 witnesses Levy, Lawende and Harris that saw a man and woman at Church Passage around 1:35 am. The body found 10 minutrs later.
This killer was virtually surrounded in a confined space. Either this killer had the biggest you know what on planet, was extraordinarily lucky, or he likely knew the streets better than his opponents. I personally lean to the latter as he was never caught.
If Mitre Square was near the Killers home turf then it might explain how he got to Mitre Square and why all of the murders , except Mitre Square, were in Metro Police jurisdiction.
it is possible Stride was murdered by someone else except for the fact that the throat cutting, and bleeding out, was a specific MO of this particular killer at this time and place.
Cutting the throat is one thing, bleeding it out another.
If this was the same killer then why not just head North from Berner Street? Why Mitre Square and then why Goulston Street?
in my mind Figure 11 would make the most sense as the St James exit was risky. If the 3 eyewitness saw the killer and Eddowes then it is likely they saw the witnesses. Its possible they may have even heard Levys comments. According to Levy they were headed to Aldgate so walking in that direction might cause the killer to avoid Aldgate. Especially if he saw PC Harvey's lamp hit Church Passage at 1:40 am and knew he too was headed to Aldgate.
To Steve's point of wanting to get as far away as possible as fast as possible, coming out of Church Passage and making a Left would help him avoid the witnesses and PC Harvey.
If he was local and this was his turf then he likely knew that another PC would soon enter from Mitre Street.
The Goulston Street dump makes sense if the killer is attempting to make London City Police believe he was heading North East. Again, why after killing Stride would he head to Mitre Square area. Because he knew St Botolphs was there and because he was heading home? Why not head North then if that is where he lived or was staying?
Figure 11 seems to be the least risk for this killer. Of the 5 people that could have caught him in that 10 minute window, 4 were headed to Aldgate and 1 was about to enter Mitre Square from Mitre Street. Figure 5 using St James is also possible. Would a local know about the fire station?
This Article really makes you think. Well done !!!!!
This is just an observation as objectively we really do not know what route the killer took but know he ended up on Goulston Street after murdering Catherine Eddowes in Mitre Square.
Besides the fire station we know there was PC Watkins entering the Square and PC Harvey inspecting Church Passage. We also know that 3 witnesses Levy, Lawende and Harris that saw a man and woman at Church Passage around 1:35 am. The body found 10 minutrs later.
This killer was virtually surrounded in a confined space. Either this killer had the biggest you know what on planet, was extraordinarily lucky, or he likely knew the streets better than his opponents. I personally lean to the latter as he was never caught.
If Mitre Square was near the Killers home turf then it might explain how he got to Mitre Square and why all of the murders , except Mitre Square, were in Metro Police jurisdiction.
it is possible Stride was murdered by someone else except for the fact that the throat cutting, and bleeding out, was a specific MO of this particular killer at this time and place.
Cutting the throat is one thing, bleeding it out another.
If this was the same killer then why not just head North from Berner Street? Why Mitre Square and then why Goulston Street?
in my mind Figure 11 would make the most sense as the St James exit was risky. If the 3 eyewitness saw the killer and Eddowes then it is likely they saw the witnesses. Its possible they may have even heard Levys comments. According to Levy they were headed to Aldgate so walking in that direction might cause the killer to avoid Aldgate. Especially if he saw PC Harvey's lamp hit Church Passage at 1:40 am and knew he too was headed to Aldgate.
To Steve's point of wanting to get as far away as possible as fast as possible, coming out of Church Passage and making a Left would help him avoid the witnesses and PC Harvey.
If he was local and this was his turf then he likely knew that another PC would soon enter from Mitre Street.
The Goulston Street dump makes sense if the killer is attempting to make London City Police believe he was heading North East. Again, why after killing Stride would he head to Mitre Square area. Because he knew St Botolphs was there and because he was heading home? Why not head North then if that is where he lived or was staying?
Figure 11 seems to be the least risk for this killer. Of the 5 people that could have caught him in that 10 minute window, 4 were headed to Aldgate and 1 was about to enter Mitre Square from Mitre Street. Figure 5 using St James is also possible. Would a local know about the fire station?
This Article really makes you think. Well done !!!!!
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