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Thomas Frandzen
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| | Posted on Sunday, December 07, 2003 - 9:34 am: |       |
The Casebook states that Patrick Mulshaws encountered a "Suspicious" looking man (I presume) saying to him: "Watchman, old man, I believe somebody is murdered down the street." - I have read Sugden's very well documented "Complete Jack the Ripper", which also mentions Mulshaw, but there is no mention about any encounter with a suspicious looking character. Is this encounter a media story or are there any authoritative sources referring to it?
-Thomas
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Colin Benson
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| | Posted on Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:01 pm: | |
"Patrick Mulshaw, a night porter in the employ of the Whitechapel District Board of Works, living at 3, Rupert-street, Whitechapel, said on the night of this occurrence he was at the back of the Working Lads' Institute in Winthorpe-street [Winthrop-street]. He went on duty about a quarter to 5 in the afternoon, and remained until about five minutes to 6 the next morning, when he was relieved. He was watching some sewage works. He dozed at times during the night, but was not asleep between 3 and 4 o'clock. He did not see any one about during that period, and did not hear any cries for assistance, or any other noise. The slaughterhouse was about 70 yards away from where he was. Another man then passed by, and said, "Watchman, old man, I believe somebody is murdered down the street." Witness then went to Buck's-row, and saw the body of deceased lying on the ground. Three or four policemen and five or six working men were there."
(THE Times 9/18/1888)
I have quite a different question - this sewage worksite - could it have been a possible escape route and our unknown man has lured Muslhaw away?
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