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Hutchinson, George (American)
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Contemporary Suspects [ 1888 - 1910 ]:
Hutchinson, George (American)
Author: Anonymous
Saturday, 14 November 1998 - 02:21 pm |        | | Keep in mind there were two George Hutchinson's -- one American suspect and the other the London witness outside of Kelly's room. Both are considered suspects, but should not be confused! |
Author: Diana Comer
Wednesday, 04 August 1999 - 04:56 am | | I have been thinking about George Hutchinson (the one outside Mary's room). First he says he met Mary on the fatal night. Then he says he followed her and a customer to her room. Then he says he loitered outside about 45 minutes and left. He only comes forward with this tale on the 12th of November three days after the killing.
Let us suppose that he is Jack. He sees Kelly and follows her home (he is out hunting). He waits outside her room 45 minutes until he is reasonably certain she is asleep, breaks in and does the deed. Sometime later he hears that one of the witnesses has spotted a man loitering outside Mary's room. He figures he better protect himself so he comes forward with this wierd tale of his. Why Abberline swallowed it is more than I can comprehend. First, why follow her home? Why loiter outside her room 45 minutes? He gives no explanation for his actions. Second, he describes her customer. He says the man wore a coat with astrakhan collar and cuffs, a horseshoe tie pin, spats, a curled mustache, looked Jewish, and even describes the man's watch fob. This is far too detailed. The average witness will not notice all that. A person like that is well heeled and would stick out like a sore thumb in the East End. Even if Jack had that kind of money he wouldn't draw attention to himself by flaunting it that way. This description of the clothing is radically different from all the other descriptions. What it does conform to is the popular conception of what the ripper "should" look like. I suspect Mary's customer was a fabrication. |
Author: Mary Kelly
Friday, 24 December 1999 - 04:59 pm | | First before I put my argument, yes, this is my real name. =) Not many people out here in Northern Ireland pay attention to century-old murder cases, but I get some strange looks.
I have never understood the whole question of Hutchinson. We know Abberline to have been a solid, dependable inspector. Why he would go haring off after someone who obviously was a bit too interested is fishy. Perhaps Abberline was privy to something we didn't know. Or, again, perhaps Hutchinson had a relationship with Mary that we don't know of. He could have been an inamorata, he could have been in love with her, you name it. This is all speculation, but it might make sense. Either he's an honest witness, and he's a bit of a stalker, or he's a liar for more reasons than one. I suppose we'll never know.
Cheers, Mary |
Author: Melanie Johnson
Sunday, 02 January 2000 - 11:40 am | | | It does give one pause. |
Author: JackisBack
Sunday, 02 January 2000 - 06:03 pm | | | I think you are talking about the wrong George Hutchenson in this Discussion Group. I beleive you are refering to the George Hutchenson covered in Witnesses and Suspects. Maybe, a discussion on the English GH can be reignited over there. |
Author: Vincent The Jackal
Friday, 10 January 2003 - 08:41 pm | | I am new to this board and I was just wondering if anybody had seen the remarkable resemblance of George Hutchinson's handwriting to that of the Dear Boss Ripper letter. If you will notice, there are breaks on the tops of the lowercase a's on both the Dear Boss letter and George Hutchinson's written testimony. You can view the testimony here. http://www.casebook.org/images/hutchinson.pdf
Also, notice that the crosses on the t's on both letters are only on the right side. There isn't one on the left; only a small mark or something......
Anyway, my point is that you can compare George Hutchinson's handwriting to the Ripper's and get overall that they are pretty much so remarkably similar if not the same. Please tell me if this hasn't been found; like I said, I'm new to this board, and I don't know.
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VinceTheJackal |
Author: Harry Mann
Saturday, 11 January 2003 - 03:16 am | | Vince,
I believe Hutchinson's statement was taken and written down by a police officer.Hutchinson merely signed his name on the statement. |
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