Joseph Lawende (9 February 1847 – 9 January 1925) was a Polish-born British cigarette salesman who is believed to have witnessed serial killer Jack the Ripper in the company of his fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes, approximately nine minutes before the discovery of her body on 30 September 1888.[1]
Lawende provided a detailed description of the Ripper to investigators; he was later described by the Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Robert Anderson, as "the only person who ever had a good view of the murderer."[2][3]
^Begg, Jack the Ripper: The Facts p. 174
^"Jack the Ripper: A Cast of Thousands". casebook.org. 2 April 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
JosephLawende (9 February 1847 – 9 January 1925) was a Polish-born British cigarette salesman who is believed to have witnessed serial killer Jack the...
witnesses: JosephLawende; Joseph Hyam Levy; and Harry Harris, who themselves had just left the Imperial Club in Duke's Place on Duke Street. Lawende later...
to an unknown eyewitness (believed to be either Israel Schwartz or JosephLawende) is also believed to have been authored by the same individual responsible...
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Christ Church, in the parish of St George in the East. His mother married Joseph Forsdike on 29 July 1872, at Bethnal Green, and Charles Lechmere signed...
"at least five minutes" to complete. A local cigarette salesman named JosephLawende had passed by a narrow walkway to Mitre Square named Church Passage...
Paul Begg thought there was another witness, perhaps Israel Schwartz, JosephLawende, or a policeman. In his memorandum, however, Macnaghten stated that...
shortly before her murder, but all but two of the descriptions differed. JosephLawende passed through Mitre Square with two other men shortly before Eddowes...
would have identified the fireman. As claimed by the Daily Telegraph, JosephLawende may have alluded to Sadler when he described the companion of Catherine...
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is in doubt. As far as is known, there were two, Israel Schwartz and JosephLawende. Schwartz saw the third victim Elizabeth Stride being attacked at the...
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man being referred to, although a number of other people, primarily JosephLawende, have also been suggested. Swanson speculated that the witness had identified...
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Horrocks Openshaw George Bagster Phillips Witnesses George Hutchinson JosephLawende Charles Allen Lechmere Israel Schwartz Letters and clues Dear Boss letter...
Horrocks Openshaw George Bagster Phillips Witnesses George Hutchinson JosephLawende Charles Allen Lechmere Israel Schwartz Letters and clues Dear Boss letter...
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