Hi Stordfield,
wer dieser Mann war, weiß ich jetzt auf die Schnelle nicht, aber Pigott griff nicht beim Spitalfields Market eine Frau an und wurde dann dort von einer Menge umzingelt - der Vorfall mit ihm geschah in der Brick Lane gegen halb fünf Uhr morgens:
AN ARREST AT GRAVESEND.
A correspondent telegraphs this morning that a man has been arrested at Gravesend in connection with the murder. Between eight and nine o'clock last night Superintendent Berry, of Gravesend, had a communication made to him that there was a suspicious-looking individual at the Pope's Head Public-house, West-street, and at once despatched a sergeant to the house, and the man was arrested, and taken to the police station. It was noticed that one of his hands was bad, and on examining it the superintendent said it had evidently been bitten. When asked how he accounted for his hand being in this condition, the man said he was
GOING DOWN BRICK-LANE, WHITECHAPEL,
at half-past four o'clock on Saturday morning last, and a woman fell down in a fit. He stooped to pick her up, when she bit him. He then hit her, and as two policemen came up he ran away. Having examined the man's clothing very carefully, Dr. Whitcombe, the police-surgeon, was sent for, and the doctor discovered blood spots on two shirts, which the man was carrying in a bundle. The doctor also expressed an opinion that blood had been wiped from off his boots. After being cautioned the man is alleged to have stated that the woman who bit him was at the back of a lodging-house at the time. He also said that on Thursday night he slept
AT A LODGING-HOUSE IN OSBORNE-STREET,
Whitechapel; but that on Friday he was walking about Whitechapel all night, and that he came from London to Gravesend by road yesterday. This morning he states that his name is William Henry Piggott, and that he is 52 years of age. He further said that some years ago he lived at Gravesend, his father having at one time held a position there connected with a friendly society. The man appears to be in a very nervous state. Detective-Sergeant Abberline has arrived at Gravesend from Scotland-yard.
https://www.casebook.org/press_reports/star/s880910.htmlDer Vorfall, den du zitierst, geschah offenbar vormittags während des Marktes und die "crowd" waren wohl die Marktbesucher:
https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/another-woman-stabbed/MfG, Arthur Dent