1842
Catherine was born in Wolverhampton to George Eddowes Jr, a
varnisher or japanner.1
1844
Before Eddowes was 2 years old, the family moved to
Bermondsey.2
1855
Catherine's mother, Catharine Eddowes, died.3
Catherine's education at St John's Charity School, Patters
Field, Tooley St, ended.4
Most of Catherine's siblings entered Bermondsey Workhouse
and Industrial School. (Catherine eventually returned to finish
her education at Dowgate Charity School and to care for her aunt
in Biston St, Wolverhampton.)5
1861-1863
Catherine left home to be with Thomas Conway, who drew a
pension under the name Thomas Quinn from the 18th Royal Irish
Foot Regiment.6
1864
Catherine and Conway lived together in Wolverhampton.7
They earned a living by selling chapbooks, written by
Conway, in Birmingham and in the Midlands. They also wrote and
sold gallows ballads.8
Catherine claimed that they were legally married and that
his initials 'TC' were tatooed on her arm.9
c.1865
Annie, Catherine and Conway's first child and only daughter,
was born.10
JAN 1866
Catherine sold a gallows ballad at the hanging of her own
cousin,Christopher Robinson, at Strafford.11
c.1868
George, Catherine and Conway's second child and first son,
was born.12
c.1873
Their last child, a second son, was born.13
1880
Conway and Catherine separated. Catherine took Annie and
Conway had custody of the boys.14
Annie said the separation was due to her mother's drinking
and occasional leaving of home (Conway was a teetotaler).
Catherine's sister, Elizabeth Fisher, blamed the marital
breakdown on Conway's drinking and abuse.15
1881
Catherine met John Kelly, an Irish jobbing market porter,
frequently working for a fruit salesman, Lander.16
Catherine and Kelly moved in together at Cooney's common
lodging-house at 55 Flower and Dean St.17
1885
Annie saw Catherine and Kelly at Cooney's.18
c.SEP 1886
Annie was bedridden and paid Catherine to attend her.19
That was the last time Annie saw Catherine. Annie and her
husband, Mr Phillips, a lamp-black packer, moved from Bermondsey
and never gave Catherine their new address to avoid her asking
for money.20
Conway and his two sons moved in with the Phillips.21
c.MAR 1887
While at Acre St, Southwark Park Rd, Conway, being on
bad terms with his daughter and son-in-law, moved out and took
his two sons. This was the last time Annie would see her father
and two brothers.22
1887
Catherine was admitted to Whitechapel Infirmary for a burned
foot.23
AUG 7, 1888
c.4:50am
Martha Tabram was found dead at the George Yard Bldgs.24
AUG 31, 1888
3:40am
Polly Nichols was found dead in Buck's Row.25
SAT, SEP 8, 1888
c.5:55am
Annie Chapman was found dead in the back yard of 29 Hanbury
St.26
During SEP 1888
Catherine and Kelly went hop-picking in Kent. They earned
very little and returned to London on foot. During their trip
home, they met Emily Birrel, a vagrant, and her common-law
husband during their return trip. Birrel gave Catherine a London
pawn broker's ticket for a man's shirt, stating that Catherine
and Kelly were going to London while she and her man were going
to Cheltenham.27
THUR, SEP 27, 1888
That Day
Catherine and Kelly arrived in London, sleeping at the Shoe
Lane Casual Ward that night.28
The "Dear Boss" letter was posted to the Central News Agency
with a London EC postmark.29
FRI, SEP 28, 1888
That Afternoon
Frederick William Wilkinson, Deputy at Cooney's, saw
Catherine but not Kelly.30
Kelly managed to earn 6d (2 1/2p).31
FRI, SEP 28, 1888
That Night
Catherine went out, and despite Kelly's protests, it was
agreed that Catherine would use 2d and sleep at the Mile End
Casual Ward while Kelly used the remaining 4d to sleep at
Cooney's.32
Upon arrival at the casual ward, the Casual Ward Superintendent
asked Catherine where she had been in the interval, (Catherine was "formerly well-known" there but had not been at the casual ward for some time). The
superintendent was met with the reply, that she had been in the
country "hopping". "But," added the woman, "I have come back to
earn the reward offered for the apprehension of the Whitechapel
murderer. I think I know him." "Mind he doesn't murder you too"
replied the superintendent jocularly. "Oh, no fear of that,"
responded Catherine.33
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
8:00am
Catherine met Kelly at Cooney's, saying there had been some
trouble at the casual ward and was turned out early.34
It was agreed that Catherine would pawn a pair of Kelly's
boots at a broker, Smith or Jones, in Church St. Catherine
got 2/6d
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
10:00-11:00am
Wilkinson saw Catherine and Kelly eating breakfast in the
kitchen of Cooney's. Wilkinson noted that Catherine had on an
apron.36
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
That Day
The "Dear Boss" letter was given to Scotland Yard.37
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
2:00pm
Catherine and Kelly were in Houndsditch, broke.38
Catherine left Kelly on good terms in order to obtain money
from Annie, (whom Catherine believed was still in Bermondsey).
Catherine promised to return by 4:00pm.39
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
7:00pm
George James Morris, Metropolitan Police pensioner and night
watchman at Kearly and Tonge's warehouse, Mitre Sq, came on
duty.40
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
c.8:30pm
Catherine allegedly caused a drunken scene by imitating a
fire engine in front of a small crowd and then laying down to
sleep on the pavement.41
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
8:30pm
Police Constable Louis Robinson, 931City, was on duty in
Aldgate High St when he noticed a small crowd standing around
Catherine outside #29. PC Robinson tried to Stand Catherine up
against the house, but she fell.42
City Police Constable George Simmons assisted PC Robinson in
taking Catherine to the Bishopsgate Police Station.43
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
8:45pm
Catherine was brought to the station and gave her name as
"nothing." Sergeant James George Byfield, station sergeant,
Bishopsgate Police Station, had Catherine placed in a cell until
she sobered up.44
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
8:50pm
PC Robinson looked in on Catherine for the last time,
nothing that she was asleep and smelled very much of alcohol.45
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
(9:00pm)
Kelly heard of Catherine's incarciration from two women. He
told Wilkinson of the incident and took a single bed.46
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
9:45pm
Police Constable George Henry Hutt, 968City, came on duty to
oversee the prisoners in the Bishopsgate lock-up.47
Police Constable James Harvey, 964City, came on duty to
patrol the Houndsditch area:
From Bevis Mark to Duke St, into Little Duke
St, to Houndsditch, from Houndsditch back to
Duke St, along Duke St to Church Passage,
back again into Duke St, to Aldgate, from there
to Mitre St, back again to Houndsditch, up
Houndsditch, to Little Duke St, again back to
Houndsditch, to Goring St, up Goring St to
Bevis Marks.48
Police Constable Edward Watkins, 881City, came on duty to
patrol the Mitre St area:
From Duke St through Heneage Lane, through a portion of Bury St,
then through Cree Church Lane, into Leadenhall St, along Leadenhall
St into Mitre St, then into Mitre Sq, around the square,
back into Mitre St, then into King St, along King St,
into St James Place, around St James Place,
thence into Duke St.49
SAT, SEP 29, 1888
11:00pm
George Clapp, a caretaker residing at 5 Mitre St, went
to bed.50
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
12:15am
Catherine was awake and softly singing to herself.51
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
12:30am
Police Constable Richard Pearse, 922City residing at 3 Mitre
Sq, went to bed.52
Catherine, fully aware of herself, asked when she could be
released. PC Hutt answered, "When you are capable of taking care
of yourself." "I can do that now," Catherine replied.53
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
12:55am
Catherine, considered sober, was removed from her cell by PC
Hutt.54
Sgt Byfield would not release Catherine until she gave her
name. She said finally, "Mary Ann Kelly, 6 Fashion St."55
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
c.1:00am
Diemschutz found Stride's body in gateway of Dutfield's
Yard.56
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
1:00am
Catherine asked what time it was. "Too late for you to get
any more drink," replied PC Hutt. "I'll get a damn fine hiding
when I get home," she said. "And serve you right," added PC Hutt,
"You have no right to get drunk."57
"This way Missus," said PC Hutt, leading Catherine down the
passage to the outer doors. She was asked to close the doors
behind her. Catherine replied, "All right. Good night, old
cock." PC Hutt noted that she turned left and headed for
Houndsditch. He also noted that Catherine did have an apron upon
departing.58
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
c.1:30am
James Blenkinsop, nightwatchman overseeing roadworks in St
James Place, claimed a respectably dressed man approached
him,asking, "Have you seen a man and woman go through here?"
Blenkinsop said he had seen some people pass, but that he had not
paid any attention to them.59
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
1:30am
PC Watkins was in Mitre Sq, saw and heard nothing.60
Mitre Sq is surrounded by Mitre St to the West,
King St to the North, Duke St to the east, and
Aldgate to the South. A large and lit opening enters from
Mitre St; St James Place (the Orange Market) lies between
King St and Mitre square; PC Pearse's house and Morris's
warehouse lie in the North-West corner; There is a narrow
covered entry from St James Sq; Between Mitre Sq and
Duke St lie the Great Synagogue and another Kearly and
Tonge's warehouse; To the South of this warehouse is Church
Passage; Between Mitre Sq and Aldgate is the Sir John
Cass School, and to the right of the Mitre St entrance
are 3 unoccupied cottages.61
Joseph Lawende, a commercial traveller in cigarettes
residing at 45 Norfolk Rd, Dalston; Joseph Hyam Levy, butcher
living at at 1 Hutchinson St, Aldgate, and Harry Harris, a
Jewish furniture dealer of Castle St, Whitechapel, prepare to
leave the Imperial Club, 16-17 Duke St.62
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
c.1:34am
Lawende, Levy and Harris came out from the club and into
Duke St. Lawende was walking slightly apart from the other
two. About 15' away, at the corner of Duke St and
Church Passage, they noticed a man and woman quietly talking. The
woman had her back to them, and she had her hand on the man's
chest - in a friendly manner, not a protest. Neither appeared
upset nor quarreling, and nothing unusual was going on.63
Harris gave only a passing glance, unable to identify either, and maintained that neither Levy nor lawende could either.64
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
Levy noted that the man was about 3" taller than the woman, and said to Harris, "Look there. I don't like going home by myself when I see those characters about." And believed "that persons standing standing at that time in the morning in a dark passage were not up to much good."65
Lawende the man was 5'-7" or 5'-8", 30
years, medium build, fair complexion, fair moustache, grey
cloth cap with a peak, a loose salt and pepper coat, reddish
neckerchief, had the appearance of a sailor. The woman wore a
black jacket and a black bonnet. (Lawende later identified
Catherine from her clothes.)66
c.1:40am
PC Harvey went down Duke St and into Church Passage as
far as Mitre Sq. He did not look into the square and neither
saw nor heard anything.67
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
c.1:44am
PC Watkins entered Mitre Sq from Mitre St, Flashing
his lantern into the square. He turned to the right and found the
body in the South-West corner.68
She lay on her back, Head turned toward her left
shoulder,Arms at her side, Both palms up with fingers
slightly bent,A thimble lying off a finger on her right side,
Clothes were pushed above her abdomen, Thighs were naked,
Left leg straight out, Right leg bent at knee and thigh,
Abdomen exposed, Bonnet at back of her head, Had a red
neckerchief, Upper part of dress slightly open, Face
disfigured, Throat was cut, Intestines were drawn out and
placed over right shoulder, Another section of intestines
were placed between left arm and body, Clotted blood on
pavement near left side of neck, around shoulder, and upper
part of arm, Fluid blood under neck and right shoulder.69
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
c.1:45am
PC Watkins went over to the Kearly and Tonge's warehouse.
The door was slightly ajar (Morris states for about 2 minutes
prior PC Watkins arrival). PC Watkins found Morris in the
hallway. "For God's sake, mate, come to assist me," said PC
Watkins. "What's the matter?" asked Morris. "Oh dear, there's
another woman cut to pieces." replied PC Watkins. Morris returned
with PC Watkins to view the body.70
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
1:45am
Insp Reid arrived at Dutfield's Yard. Superintendent
Thomas Arnold arrived shortly after.71
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
c.1:47am
PC Watkins stayed with the body while Morris blew his
whistle,running down Mitre St and into Aldgate.72
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(1:48am)
PC Harvey heard whistle, saw Morris running, and went over
to him. Morris Told PC Harvey about the body.73
Morris saw Police Constable Holland, 814City, and called him
over.74
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(1:49am)
PC Harvey, PC Holland, and Morris went to Mitre Sq.75
After viewing the body, PC Holland went to fetch Doctor
George William Sequeira from his surgery at 34 Jewry St.76
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
1:55am
Inspector Edward Collard notified at Bishopsgate Police
Station about the body.77
Insp Collard sent a PC to notify Doctor Frederick Gordon
Brown, City Police Surgeon, 17 Finsbury Circus.78
Dr Sequeira notifed.79
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
1:58am
Detective Constable Daniel Halse, Detective Constable Edward
Marriott, and Detective Sergeant Robert Outram, at bottom of
Houndsditch near St Boloph's Church, responded to Morris's
whistle and went to Mitre Sq.80
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:00am
PC Holland returned with Dr Sequeira who pronounced
Catherine dead.81
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(2:00am)
DC Halse, DC Marriott, and DS Outram arrived at scene.82
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:03am
Insp Collard arrived and immediately organized a search of
the district.83
Dr Sequeira informed of Dr Brown's impending arrival and
waited before conducting the exam further.84
Dr Brown was notified of the body.85
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(2:05am)
DC Halse went into Middlesex St and then on into
Wentworth St.86
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:18am
Dr Brown arrived at the scene.87
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:20am
The initial exam of Catherine was conducted:
Arms beside body as if fallen there; Intestines over the
right shoulder were smeared over with some feculent matter;
The intestines between the left arm and the body seemed to be
placed there by design; The pavement sloped, accounting for
the blood flow under the right shoulder; The body was quite
warm; Rigor mortis had not started; Most likely dead within
the half hour; No blood on the skin of the abdomen; No
secretion on the thighs; No spurting of blood; No marks of
blood below the body's middle.88
Detective Superintendent Alfred Lawrence Foster and
Superintendent James McWilliam arrived at the scene.89
DC Halse in Goulston St returning to Mitre Sq.90
Police Constable Alfred Long, 254A, on patrol in Goulston
St - saw neither graffito nor apron piece at that time.91
PC Pearse first heard about the murder.92
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:35am
DC Halse back in Mitre Sq.93
Body was placed into ambulance and taken to Golden Lane
Mortuary.94
Sergeant Jones found three buttons, a thimble, and a mustard
tin containing 2 pawn tickets beside the body.95
Sergeant Phelps, Inspector Izzard, and Sergeant Dudman at
scene to preserve public order.96
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(exact time unknown)
Sgt Dudman found stains on the doorway and underneath
the window of 36 Mitre St. (The
East London Advertiser's report claimed these stains were
blood; these stains turned out to actually be candle greese.)97
DC Halse and Insp Collard went to mortuary.98
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(exact time unknown)
At mortuary, body was stripped and a piece of ear droped
from the clothing.99
Insp Collard itemized Catherine's possessions:100
Pair of men's lace up boots with mohair laces, right boot
fixed with red thread; Red guaze silk (worn about the neck);
1 large white handkerchief; 2 unbleached calico pockets; 1
blue stripe bed ticking pocket with waist band and strings; 1
white cotton pocket handkerchief with red and white birds eye
border; 1 pair of brown ribbed stockings with white mended
feet; 12 pieces of white rag; 1 piece of white coarse linen;
1 piece of blue and white shirting -- three cornered; 2 small
blue bed ticking bags; 2 short black clay pipes; 1 tin box
with tea; 1 tin box with sugar; 1 piece of flannel; 6 pieces
of soap; 1 small tooth comb; 1 white handle table knife; 1
metal tea spoon; 1 red leather cigarette case with white
metal fittings; 1 empty tin match box; 1 piece of red flannel
with with pins and needles; a ball of hemp; and a piece of
old white apron.101
DC Halse noticed a piece of apron was missing.103
She was wearing a black straw bonnet with green and black
velvet, black beads, and black strings; a black cloth jacket
trimmed with fake fur at the collar and cuffs and 2 outside
pockets trimmed with black sik braid and fake fur; a chintz
skirt -- 3 flounces with a brown button on the waistband; A
brown linsey dress bodice with a black velvet collar and
brown metal buttons down the front; a grey stuff petticoat
with a white waistband; a very old green alpaca skirt; a very
old ragged blue skirt with a red flounce and light twill
lining; a white calico chemise; a man's white vest with
button to match down front and 2 outside pockets; she had no
drawers or stays.102
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(exact time unknown)
DC Halse returned to Mitre Sq with Major Henry Smith,
acting Commissioner, City of London Police.104
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:55am
PC Long found a blood stained apron piece in an archway at
Wentworth Model Dwellings, Goulston St, and then a chalked
message on the black brick fascia edging of the open doorway
which led to the staircase and basement door of #108-119.105
"The Juwes are the men That Will not be Blamed for nothing"106
PC Long searched staircases and surrounding area.107
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(3:05am)
PC Long saw and called over Police Constable 190H, leaving
him in charge of the beat. PC Long then took the apron piece to
the Commercial St Police Station.108
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(exact times unknown)
DC Halse, Major Smith, and Detective Baxter Hunt went to the
Leman Street Police Station.109
DC Halse went to Goulston St and directed that the message be photographed. He remained at the scene.110
"The Juwes are not the men That Will be Blamed for nothing"111
Superintendent Thomas Arnold sent an Inspector to Goulston
St with a sponge to await orders to rub out the message.112
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
5:00am
PC Long returned to Goulston St.113
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
(5:10am)
Sir Charles Warren arrived upon the scene.114
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
5:30am
Det Hunt arrived upon the scene.115
Despite DC Halse's protests, the message was rubbed out.
(Major Smith claimed Sir Charles
Warren personally removed it.)116
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
5:42am
Sunrise.117
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
That Morning
Insp Collard ordered house-to-house interviews.118
Fireman at a night station, St James Plc, said they saw
and heard nothing from the square.119
Lawende, Levy, and Harris were located.120
Clapp first heard of the murders.121
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
2:30pm
The post-mortem conducted by Dr Brown, Dr Sequeira, Doctor
William Sedgwick Saunders, Medical Officer of Health and Public
Analyst, City of London, and attended by Dr Phillips.122
She was 5'-3', about 45 years old
SUN, SEP 30, 1888
Rigor mortis well
marked; Green discoloration over abdomen; Body not quite
cold; No traces of recent connection; Recent bruise, size of
a sixpence, on left hand between thumb and first finger; Left
eyelid cut; Deep cut on bridge of nose; Cut on right cheek;
Tip of nose detached; 2 abrasions on left cheek under left
ear; Throat cut nearly ear-to-ear, dividing all tissues down
to the bone; Frontal abdominal walls cut open from the pubic
area to the breast bone; Liver was stabbed; Left of the
groin, a stab wound; Cuts made between the thighs and labium
on both sides; Stomach contained very little food or fluid;
Intestines had been detached; Right kidney bloodless and
pale; Gall bladder had bile; Pancreas was cut; Left kidney
removed; Uterus lining was cut; Womb was cut through leaving
3/4" of a stump; Womb was removed; Bladder was healthy.123
That Day
Kelly read in paper about victim having pawn ticket with
Birrel's name on it. He presented himself to the police and
identified the body. Until then, he had no idea that Catherine
was victim #4.124
MON, OCT 1, 1888
The morning paper, Daily News, published "Dear
Boss" letter. (It was written in
red ink with a second postscript
done in red crayon.)
25 Sept. 1888.
A second Jack the Ripper letter,
a postcard, was received by the Central News Agency. This one had
a London E postmark. It was printed in the evening paper, The
Star. (It was possibly written in crayon.)
Dear Boss,
I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix
me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk
about being on the right track. That joke about Leather Apron gave
me real fits. I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them till
I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no
time to squeal. How can they catch me now. I love my work and want
to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games.
I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer bottle over
the last job to write with but it went thick like glue and I cant
use it. Red ink is fit enough I hope ha. ha. The next job I
do I shall clip the ladys ears off and send to the police
officers just for jolly wouldnt you. Keep this letter back till
I do a bit more work, then give it out straight. My knife's so
nice and sharp I want to get to work
right away if I get a chance. Good luck.
Yours truly
Jack the Ripper
Dont mind me giving the trade name
wasnt good enough to post this before I got all the red
ink off my hands curse it No luck yet. They say I'm a
doctor now ha ha125
I was not codding dear old Boss when I gave you the tip,
youll hear about saucy Jack s work tomorrow double event this
time number one squealed a bit couldnt finish straight off.
had no time to get ears for police thanks for keeping last
letter back till I got to work again.
THUR, OCT 4, 1888
Jack the Ripper126
That Day
First day of the Eddowes Inquest. Conducted by Coroner
Samuel Frederick Langham at the Golden Lane Mortuary.127
Henry Crawford, solicitor for City of London, at inquest on
behalf of the City Police.128
THUR, OCT 4, 1888
Witnesses:
Eliza Gold129
John Kelly130
Frederick Wilkinson131
PC Watkins132
Derrick Foster133
Insp Collard134
Dr Brown135
That Evening
Facsimiles of both Jack the Ripper letters were printed in
the Evening News.136
MON, OCT 8, 1888
That Day
Catherine was buried in an elm coffin in City of London
Cemetery, London, unmarked grave 49336,
square 318. Expenses for the funeral were paid by Mr Hawkes,
undertaker. Crowds lined the streets to see the funeral
procession led by an open-glass hearse.137
THUR, OCT 11, 1888
That Day
Last day of Eddowes Inquest.138
Witnesses:
(Lawende was sequestered from the press
under the supervision of Det Sup Foster.)154
Dr Sequeira139
Dr Saunders140
Annie Phillips141
DS John Mitchell142
DC Hunt143
PC Robinson144
Sgt Byfield145
George Morris146
PC Harvey147
George Clapp148
PC Pearse149
Joseph Lawende150
Joseph Levy151
PC Long152
DC Halse153
(Crawford did not want Lawende to publicly describe man.
Coroner Langham agreed.)155
(Dr Phillips was not called to testify at inquest.)156
Verdict: "wiliful murder by person or persons unknown."157
MON, OCT 15, 1888
c.1:00pm
Emily Marsh tended her father's shop, 218 Jubilee St,
Mile End Rd, when a man entered the shop and requested George
Lusk's address. The man wore a clerical costume, 45 years old,
6'-0", slim build, soft felt black hat, dark beard and
moustache, sallow face, collar which was partly turned over,
spoke with an Irish accent. Marsh suggested that he see Joseph
Aarons, Treasurer Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, who lived only
30 yards away at the corner of Jubilee St and Mile End Rd.
The man declined and requested that Marsh read him the address.
She evntually did so, leaving out the house number. The man kept
his head down and left after writing something down in a little
notebook.158
TUE, OCT 16, 1888
8:00pm
George Akin Lusk, President of the one-month old Whitechapel
Vigilance Committee, received by post a 3" square cardboard
box wrapped in brown paper. It was addressed without the house
number, and the blemished postmark might have been London E.
Inside, Half a kidney and this letter:
From hell
Lusk originally believed it to be a prank, but his friends
convinced him to have the authorities examine it.160
Mr. Lusk
Sor
I send you half the kinde I took from one woman prasarved
it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was very nise I
may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only
wate a whil longer
signed Catch me when you can
Mishter Lusk159
According to Joseph Aarons, several memebers took the kidney
to Doctor Frederick Wiles, 56 Mile End Rd. In his absence, Mr
F.S. Reed (Wile's assistant) examined the kidney and stated that
it was a human kidney preserved in spirits. Reed then took the
kidney to Doctor Thomas Horrocks Openshaw, Curator of the
Pathology Museum at London Hospital. Upon returning, Reed
supposedly told Aarons that it was a 45 year old woman's left
kidney and that the woman drank gin and suffered from Bright's
disease.161
Dr Openshaw denied making the claim when it was reported by
the press, saying it was a human kidney preserved in spirits of
wine and that nothing else could be determined.162
FRI, OCT 19, 1888
That Night
Marsh was interviewed by police about the man requesting
Lusk's address.163
MON, OCT 29, 1888
That Day
Postmark on the letter received by Dr Openshaw, which he
turned over to Major Smith:
Old boss you was rite it was the left kidny i was goin to
hoperate agin close to your ospitle just as i was going to
dror mi nife along of er bloomin throte them cusses of
coppers spoilt the game but i guess i wil be on the job soon
and will send you another bit of innerds
Jack the ripper
O have you seen the devle with his mikerscope and scalpul
alookin at a kidney with a slide cocked up.164
References
The following abbreviations apply:
MEPO=Scotland Yard files, EI=Eddowes Inquest Records
DT=The Daily Telegraph, S=The Star, T=The TImes, ELO=The East London Observer
A-Z=The Jack the Rippper A to Z, 2nd ed, (Begg, Fido, Skinner),
JTRCC=Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook, US ed (Rumbelow),
CHJTR=The Complete History of Jack the Ripper (Sudgen)
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1 Ripperana, n12, p9; A-Z, p128 |
83 EIR, p9 |
