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Charles Allen Lechmere (5 October 1849 – 23 December 1920), also known as Charles Allen Cross, was a native of East London who reportedly worked as a carman (delivery driver) for the Pickfords company for more than 20 years.
According to authors and researchers Christer Holmgren and Edward Stow, his name wasn't Charles Allen Cross, as he told the police and the inquest, but was, in fact, Charles Lechmere.
Charles Allen Lechmere (5 October 1849 – 23 December 1920), also known as Charles Cross, was a van driver for the Pickfords company, and is conventionally regarded as an innocent witness who discovered the body of the first canonical Ripper victim, Mary Ann Nichols.
Jan 1, 2023 · According to Jack-the-Ripper.org, the first mystery surrounding Charles Allen Lechmere is why he gave his name as Charles Cross when police questioned him after he reported finding Polly Nichols' body.
Dec 28, 2023 · Charles Allen Cross – or to use his actual name Charles Alen Lechmere – was the carman who, on his way to work in the early hours of the 31st of August, 1888, discovered the body of Mary Nichols, who is now generally believed to have been the first victim of Jack the Ripper.
Nov 12, 2020 · Charles Allen Lechmere’s name is a more recent contribution to the hundreds of Ripper suspects, and although he might be a better choice than Druitt, his guilt is impossible to prove. Lechmere enters Ripper lore under the name Charles Cross, a meat cart driver who discovered Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols after her murder.
Charles Allen Lechmere (5 October 1849 – 23 December 1920), also known as Charles Allen Cross, was a native of East London who reportedly worked as a carman (delivery driver) for the Pickfords company for more than 20 years.
Aug 9, 2018 · Charles Allen Lechmere was a local meat-cart driver who discovered the body of Polly Nichols in a street called Buck’s Row on 31 August. Recent research has shown that, in his statement to police, Lechmere gave a false name: Charles Cross.
The programme looks at the three decades of research conducted by journalist Christer Holmgren, whose focus eventually fell onto a witness known as Charles Cross, whose real name was Charles Allen Lechmere. Lechmere found the body of the Ripper’s second victim, Polly Nicholls and his daily routine could be consistent with all of the other deaths.
Sep 5, 2013 · Born Charles Allen Lechmere in 1849, St Anne's, Soho, son of John Allen Lechmere and Maria Louisa (nee Roulson). In 1858, Charles' mother remarried, to Thomas Cross, a policeman and Charles took his surname.
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