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Kelly Robinson
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I'm curious about this guy. Does anyone have additional information aside from the newspaper articles here? Also, the paper says he was a baker, but I read somewhere else that he was a hairdresser.
Any info appreciated.
-K
"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
William Faulkner
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Nina Thomas
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Hi Kelly,

Ludwig alias Wetzel came to England from Hamburg in 1887 and was employed as a hairdresser/barbers assistant for Mr. C. A. Partridge of the Minories. He was in custody during the murders of Stride and Eddowes.

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Kelly Robinson
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Thanks Nina. I don't know where I read "baker", but One of the East London Advertiser articles here says he was a butcher. What is the source for the hairdresser info?
-K


"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
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Nina Thomas
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Kelly,

I’m sure it wasn’t the first error that the press made.

Sources for hairdresser info

The Complete History of Jack the Ripper Sugden
pages 148-152

Jack the Ripper First American Serial Killer Evans & Gainey
pages 61-63

The Daily Telegraph Sept. 19, 1888
http://http://casebook.org/press_reports/daily_telegraph/dt880919.html

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Nina Thomas
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Oops, let me try that link again.
http://casebook.org/press_reports/daily_telegraph/dt880919.html

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Kelly Robinson
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Thanks again Nina. I've got both the books at home.
"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
William Faulkner

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