News from Whitechapel: Jack the Ripper in the Daily Telegraph
Alexander Chisholm, Christopher-Michael DiGrazia and Dave Yost
Foreword by Paul Begg
McFarland, 2002
ISBN: 0-7864-1385-9
248pp. illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index $35 softcover (7 x 10) 2002
Casebook Review: 
“Early yesterday morning a horrible murder was discovered in Buck’s-row, a narrow passage running out of Thames-street, Whitechapel.”—The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, 1 September 1888.
This text is an annotated transcription of the articles that detailed the Jack the Ripper murders as they were reported by The Daily Telegraph, the world’s largest-selling daily newspaper in 1888. Providing explanations where needed, each chapter is devoted to one of the Ripper’s victims through transcripts of The Daily Telegraph coverage of her murder, its investigation and subsequent inquest. Interspersed with the transcripts are footnotes (the contents of these are drawn from Home Office and Metropolitan Police files, past and present Ripper books, other contemporary newspaper reports, and the authors’ research) that serve to correct what the newspapers got wrong, expand on certain points, or explain to the reader things that were common knowledge during this time period. Also included are rare illustrations including a previously unpublished photograph of victim Annie Chapman prior to her death.
Alexander Chisholm, an historian and the author of numerous articles on Jack the Ripper, lives in Scotland. Christopher-Michael DiGrazia, the editor of Ripper Notes, lives in Bradford, Massachusetts. Dave Yost has written several articles and essays for the Ripperologist and RipperNotes. He lives in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Foreword 1
Preface 5
Chapter 1—Mary Ann Nichols 7
September 1: “Mysterious Murder in Whitechapel” 8
September 3: First Session of Inquest 14
September 4: Second Session of Inquest 19
September 7: Burial of Mary Ann Nichols 23
September 18: Third Session of Inquest 24
September 24: Fourth and Final Session of Nichols Inquest 27
Mary Ann Nichol—Commentary 29
Chapter 2—Annie Chapman 35
September 10: “The Whitechapel Murder—Latest of the Series” 37
September 11: First Session of Inquest 45
September 12: Bloodstains Discovered in Hanbury Street 51
September 13: Second Session of Inquest 52
September 14: Third Session of Inquest 59
September 15: Ted Stanley Speaks; Burial of Annie Chapman 66
September 20: Fourth Session of Inquest 67
September 27: Fifth and Final Session of Chapman Inquest 73
Annie Chapman—Commentary 78
Chapter 3—Elizabeth Stride 87
October 1: “Two More Women Murdered in Whitechapel and Aldgate” 88
October 2: First Session of Inquest 95
October 3: Second Session of Inquest 100
October 4: Third Session of Inquest 107
October 5: Arrests and Searches 116
October 6: Fourth Session of Inquest 117
October 8: Letters from Jack the Ripper 126
October 19: A House to House Search 127
October 24: Fifth and Final Session of Stride Inquest 127
October 31: Upkeep Costs for Vigilance Committees 128
Elizabeth Stride—Commentary 129
Chapter 4—Catherine Eddowes 140
October 1: “Two More Women Murdered in Whitechapel and Aldgate” 141
October 2: Further Investigation Into the Murders 153
October 3: More on Eddowes’ Immediate History 157
October 4: Eddowes Identified; The First Letter from Jack the Ripper 159
October 5: First Session of Inquest 166
October 8: Burial of Catherine Eddowes 174
October 12: Second and Final Session of Eddowes Inquest 175
October 16: Eddowes’ Husband Discovered 185
October 19: A Letter “from Hell” 185
Catherine Eddowes—Commentary 188
Chapter 5—Mary Jane Kelly 194
November 10: “Another Case of Horrible Mutilation” 195
November 12: Kelly’s History; A Queen’s Pardon 205
November 13: The Kelly Inquest 210
November 15: George Hutchinson and Matthew Packer 221
November 20: Burial of Mary Kelly 223
Mary Jane Kelly—Commentary 224
Afterword 229
Appendix: Monetary Conversion Table 231
Sources and Bibliography 233
Index 235
