Below is a table listing the dates of all eleven Whitechapel murder inquests, along with the dates on which they were reported in the local press. Although some original inquest records remain intact, many are known today only by transcripts found in the contemporary press reports, in papers such as the Daily Telegraph and the London Times. Other newspapers also covered the inquests, providing numerous new facts and, at times, a multitude of discrepancies.
Victim | Inquest Date(s) | Reported in Daily Newspapers of |
Emma Smith | 7 April 1888 | 9 April 1888 |
Martha Tabram | 9 August 1888 | 10 August 1888 |
23 August 1888 | 24 August 1888 | |
Polly Nichols | 1 September 1888 | 3 September 1888 |
3 September 1888 | 4 September 1888 | |
17 September 1888 | 18 September 1888 | |
22 September 1888 | 24 September 1888 | |
Annie Chapman | 10 September 1888 | 11 September 1888 |
12 September 1888 | 13 September 1888 | |
13 September 1888 | 14 September 1888 | |
19 September 1888 | 20 September 1888 | |
26 September 1888 | 27 September 1888 | |
Elizabeth Stride | 1 October 1888 | 2 October 1888 |
2 October 1888 | 3 October 1888 | |
3 October 1888 | 4 October 1888 | |
5 October 1888 | 6 October 1888 | |
23 October 1888 | 24 October 1888 | |
Catherine Eddowes | 4 October 1888 | 5 October 1888 |
11 October 1888 | 12 October 1888 | |
Mary Jane Kelly | 12 November 1888 | 13 November 1888 |
Rose Mylett | 21 December 1888 | 22 December 1888 |
2 January 1889 | 3 January 1889 | |
9 January 1889 | 10 January 1889 | |
Alice Mackenzie | 17 July 1889 | 18 July 1889 |
18 July 1889 | 19 July 1889 | |
14 August 1889 | 15 August 1889 | |
Pinchin St. Torso | 11 September 1889 | 12 September 1889 |
24 September 1889 | 25 September 1889 | |
Frances Coles | 14 February 1891 | 16 February 1891 |
17 February 1891 | 18 February 1891 | |
20 February 1891 | 21 February 1891 | |
23 February 1891 | 24 February 1891 | |
27 February 1891 | 28 February 1891 |