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Leanne Perry
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Leanne
Post Number: 1245
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 6:16 am: | 
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G'day,
On another board we are discussing Elizabeth Stride's killer's possible escape from Dutfield's Yard. I believe the best opportunity was for him to make a quick get-away once Deimschutz had discovered the body and ran into the club to get assistance.
A read of the 'Illustrated Police News' (6 Oct), tells me that: 'for a distance of eigteen or twenty feet from the street there is a dead wall on each side of the Club.' Which, I believe, means that there were no doors or windows near the gates. Any light came from the entrance to the club, which was further back in the yard.
That means the killer could not have hid very far from the gate. I believe it very possible that he hid behind the open gate and waited for the first opportunity to escape once Deimshutz was inside. He was just very lucky that he wasn't seen.
Others believe he climbed over the fence, but that would have been a very risky act.
LEANNE |
Eric Smith
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 2:48 am: |
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Leanne,
If you're familiar with the Zodiac killer in California, he was fleeing a shooting of a cab driver and was actually stopped by the cops and briefly questioned. Had the police had an accurate description of the shooter, the Zodiac killer would probably be known today.
With that said, if JTR was in the yard, (which I think he was) then all he had to do once Diemshultz ran inside is stroll out the yard and around the nearby corner. As soon as he saw that no one was around, he could "beat feet" out of the area. I suspect that is exactly what he did. Even if he was seen by someone, he could still casually walk away before the news even made it down the street. |
AP Wolf
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Apwolf
Post Number: 2900
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 02, 2005 - 1:23 pm: |
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On this subject, Sam Hudson in 'Leather Apron' mentions the finding of a bloody shirt at number 22 Batty Street on the night, and then very cleverly postulates that the killer could have made an easy escape by crossing a yard and delving into a passage bringing him to 22 Batty Street.
Hudson appears to have done his groundwork here so I would strongly suggest that folk should read his thoughts. |
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