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Israel Schwartz

Associated with Suspicious Persons · 30 September 1888

Israel Schwartz was a Hungarian immigrant, at various times described as a Jew and/or as an actor. He claimed to have seen Elizabeth Stride attacked outside of Dutfield's Yard, after which time he was chased by a suspicious looking man.

Israel Schwartz.

Witness who saw a woman being attacked in the gateway of Dutfield's Yard in Berner Street at about 12.45 a.m. on the morning of 30 September 1888, about 15 minutes before the body of Elizabeth Stride was discovered there.

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