Point To Ponder : Police Patrol On Dorset Street November 8th, 1888

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  • Kattrup
    Archivist
    • Apr 2016
    • 1061
    #31
    Originally posted by Monty
    Going off memory, there was also a PC Rouse with that number.
    Just wanted to mention that over on Casebook, David Orsam has confirmed Monty's recollection: PC 63L was Henry Rouse.

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      • Wicker Man
        Researcher
        • Mar 2011
        • 2392
        #32
        There are some points concerning PC 63 L that need to be clarified.

        - We do not know if 63 L was conducting his beat in Dorset street, or in Commercial Street. If in Dorset street his comment as to hearing nothing (the scream?) makes sense, if 125+ feet away in Commercial st. it does not.

        - We do not know if 63 L is the constable referred to by Hutchinson.

        - Whether PC 63 L saw a loiterer in Dorset st. was not pursued at the inquest, and whether he was able to confirm the presence of Hutchinson at any point in his vigil will never be known because Hutchinson only came forward after the inquest had concluded.
        Regards, Jon S.
        "        The theory that the murderer is a lunatic is dispelled by the opinion given to the police by an expert in the treatment of lunacy patients......."If he's insane        " observed the medical authority, "he's a good deal sharper than those who are not".
        Reynolds Newspaper, 4 Nov. 1888.

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