Siehe, die Lösung liegt so nahe: nämlich hier:
http://jacktheripper.de/forum/index.php/topic,262.msg16723/topicseen.html#msg16723London Times, 10 November 1888
Mrs. Paumier said
the man had "a black moustache, was about 5ft 6in, high, and wore a
black silk hat, a black coat, and speckled trousers. He also carried a
black shiny bag about a foot in depth and a foot and a half in length! ..."
Daily Telegraph, 10 November 1888
Similarly
Arthur Bachert [Albert Bachert] deposed "On Saturday night at about seven minutes to twelve, I entered the Three Nuns Hotel, Aldgate….. A man who had been standing by me ….. He was a
dark man, height about 5 ft. 6 in. or 5 ft. 7 in. He wore a black felt hat, dark clothes, morning coat, black tie, and carried a
black shiny bag."
Ersterwähnter ist also mit dem in Frage kommenden Zylinderhut (
black silk hat) bekleidet, Letzterer trägt zwar einen Filzhut, aber ebenfalls den omninösen
black shiny bag.
So, wie´s aussieht, ist in erster Linie
Mrs. Paumier schuld am Zylinder-Taschen- Image.
JE