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On 12 November 1888, three days after Mary Jane Kelly's murder at Miller's Court, 26 Dorset Street in London's East End, Hutchinson made a statement at the Commercial Street police station. The statement was recorded by Sergeant Edward Badham.
Unless of course, Hutchinson was never in Dorset Street. Some commentators on this mystery, have assumed that the man seen by Sarah Lewis must have been George Hutchinson. That assumption must not be taken for granted.
Dorset Street, originally known as Datchet Street, was a street in Spitalfields, East London, once situated at the heart of the area's rookery. By repute it was "the worst street in London", [1] and it was the scene of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly by Jack the Ripper on 9 November 1888.
In addition, it was outside this pub in the light provided by its lamps that George Hutchinson saw Mary Jane Kelly meet a ‘toff’ suspect in the astrakhan coat. He followed them back to Miller’s Court. Three days later he offered police a very full description of the man. FRYING PAN 13 Brick Lane
Nov 11, 2009 · It is highly likely that he was the man Sarah Lewis saw standing outside the lodging house opposite Miller's Court (Commercial Street Chambers, 15-20 Dorset Street) between 2.00 and 3.00am on the morning of the murder.
May 31, 2018 · GEORGE HUTCHINSON’S DESCRIPTION. George Hutchinson, the man who had met Mary Kelly on Commercial Street in the early hours of 9th November, 1888, had also given a description of the man he had seen Mary kelly lead into Miller’s Court.
Mar 26, 2009 · The street was notable for its poor character - on March 17th 1898, it was visited by George Duckworth, a survey assistant collecting information which would eventually lead to an update of Charles Booth's 'Descriptive Map of London Poverty'.
