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A short documentary that presents modern views of the C5 crime scenes. Interesting enough, although it doesn't contain any new information, and there are some pretty awful spelling mistakes in the captions. I included it mostly because it shows the graves of Catherine Eddowes and Polly Nichols (right near the end).
Saturday, November 24, 2007
James Mason at Hanbury Street.
Here's a clip of James Mason touring the scene of Annie Chapman's murder
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The Funeral of Mary Kelly.
Barking and East Ham Advertiser.
Saturday, 24 November 1888.
THE WHITECHAPEL MURDER.
The remains of Mary Janet Kelly, who was murdered on the 9th of November, in Miller's-Court, Dorset-street, Spitalfields, have been interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Leytonstone. The body was enclosed in a polished elm and oak coffin, with metal mounts. On the coffin plate was engraved: "Marie Jeanette Kelly, died 9th Nov., 1888, aged 25 years." Upon the coffin were two crowns of artificial flowers and a cross made up of heartsease. The coffin was carried in an open car drawn by two horses, and two coaches followed, from the Shoreditch Mortuary. An enormous crowd of people assembled at an early hour, completely blocking the thoroughfare, and a large number of police were engaged in keeping order. As the coffin appeared, borne on the shoulders of four men, at the principal gate of the church, the crowd was greatly moved. Round the open car in which it was to be placed men and women struggled desperately to touch the coffin. Women with faces streaming with tears cried out "God forgive her!" and every man's head was bared. The site was quite remarkable, and the emotion natural and unconstrained. Two mourning coaches followed, one containing three, and the other five persons. Joe Barnett was amongst them, with someone from M'Carthy's, the landlord; and the others were women who had given evidence at the inquest. After a tremendous struggle, the car, with the coffin fully exposed to view, set out at a very slow pace, all the crowd appearing to move off simultaneously in attendance. The traffic was blocked, and the constables had great difficulty in obtaining free passage for the small procession through the mass of carts and vans and tramcars which blocked the road. The distance from Shoreditch Church to the Cemetery at Leytonstone by road is about six miles, and the route traversed was, Hackney-road, Cambridge Heath, Whitechapel-road, and Stratford. The appearance of the roadway throughout the whole journey was remarkable, owing to the hundreds of men and women who escorted the coffin on each side, and who had to keep up a sharp trot in many places. But the crowd rapidly thinned away when, getting into the suburbs, the car and coaches broke into a trot. The cemetery was reached at two o'clock. The Rev. Father Columban, with two acolytes, and a cross-bearer, met the body at the door of the little chapel at St. Patrick, and the coffin was carried at once to a grave in the north-eastern corner. Barnett and the poor women who had accompanied the funeral knelt on the clay by the side of the grave, while the service was read. The coffin was incensed, lowered, and then sprinkled with holy water, and the simple ceremony ended. The floral ornaments were afterwards raised to be placed upon the grave, and the filling-up was completed in a few moments, and was watched by a small crowd of people. There was a very large concourse of people outside the gates, who were refused admission until after the funeral was over.
Saturday, 24 November 1888.
THE WHITECHAPEL MURDER.
The remains of Mary Janet Kelly, who was murdered on the 9th of November, in Miller's-Court, Dorset-street, Spitalfields, have been interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Leytonstone. The body was enclosed in a polished elm and oak coffin, with metal mounts. On the coffin plate was engraved: "Marie Jeanette Kelly, died 9th Nov., 1888, aged 25 years." Upon the coffin were two crowns of artificial flowers and a cross made up of heartsease. The coffin was carried in an open car drawn by two horses, and two coaches followed, from the Shoreditch Mortuary. An enormous crowd of people assembled at an early hour, completely blocking the thoroughfare, and a large number of police were engaged in keeping order. As the coffin appeared, borne on the shoulders of four men, at the principal gate of the church, the crowd was greatly moved. Round the open car in which it was to be placed men and women struggled desperately to touch the coffin. Women with faces streaming with tears cried out "God forgive her!" and every man's head was bared. The site was quite remarkable, and the emotion natural and unconstrained. Two mourning coaches followed, one containing three, and the other five persons. Joe Barnett was amongst them, with someone from M'Carthy's, the landlord; and the others were women who had given evidence at the inquest. After a tremendous struggle, the car, with the coffin fully exposed to view, set out at a very slow pace, all the crowd appearing to move off simultaneously in attendance. The traffic was blocked, and the constables had great difficulty in obtaining free passage for the small procession through the mass of carts and vans and tramcars which blocked the road. The distance from Shoreditch Church to the Cemetery at Leytonstone by road is about six miles, and the route traversed was, Hackney-road, Cambridge Heath, Whitechapel-road, and Stratford. The appearance of the roadway throughout the whole journey was remarkable, owing to the hundreds of men and women who escorted the coffin on each side, and who had to keep up a sharp trot in many places. But the crowd rapidly thinned away when, getting into the suburbs, the car and coaches broke into a trot. The cemetery was reached at two o'clock. The Rev. Father Columban, with two acolytes, and a cross-bearer, met the body at the door of the little chapel at St. Patrick, and the coffin was carried at once to a grave in the north-eastern corner. Barnett and the poor women who had accompanied the funeral knelt on the clay by the side of the grave, while the service was read. The coffin was incensed, lowered, and then sprinkled with holy water, and the simple ceremony ended. The floral ornaments were afterwards raised to be placed upon the grave, and the filling-up was completed in a few moments, and was watched by a small crowd of people. There was a very large concourse of people outside the gates, who were refused admission until after the funeral was over.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Recent Article in The Times
The "Health" section of The Times on November 15th contained an article relating to Patricia Cornwell's theory that painter Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper, driven to murder by the psychological devastation of botched surgery to correct a childhood fistula of the penis.
While the article appears to support Cornwell's speculation about the psychological effects of such a condition, it is deeply flawed because it accepts at face value Cornwell's completely unsupported assertion that Sickert had a fistula of the penis.
Nonetheless, it's an interesting article. Read it online here.
While the article appears to support Cornwell's speculation about the psychological effects of such a condition, it is deeply flawed because it accepts at face value Cornwell's completely unsupported assertion that Sickert had a fistula of the penis.
Nonetheless, it's an interesting article. Read it online here.
The Ottawa Daily Citizen, November 10, 1888
THE LONDON KNIFER.
Another Victim Horribly Carved and Slashed
General Warren's Competence Questioned--The Matter Brought up in the Commons--Mr. Conybeare's Query.
London, 9th.--The mysterious murderer has butchered another unfortunate without being captured. This morning the body of a dissolute woman was found in a house on Dorset street, Spitalfields. The remains were mutilated in the same horrible manner as were those of the women assassinated at Whitechapel. The appearance of the remains was frightful, and the mutilation was even greater than in the previous cases, the head being severed and placed beneath one of the arms. The ears and nose had been cut off, the body had been disembowelled and the flesh was torn from the thighs. The skin had been torn off the forehead and cheeks. One handhad been pushed into the stomach.
THE VICTIM
like all the others, was a prostitute. She was married and her husband was a porter, and they had lived together at spasmodic intervals. He name is believed to have been Lizzie Fisher, but to most of the habitues of the haunts she visited she was known as "Mary Jane." She had a room in the house where she was murdered, and carried a latch-key. No one knows at what hour she entered the house last night and probably no one saw the man who accompanied her, therefore it is hardly likely that he will ever be identified. He might easily have left the house at any time between one and six o'clock this morning, without attracting attention. The doctors, who have examined the remains, refuse to make any statement until the inquest is held.
THE MURDERED WOMAN
told a companion last evening that she was without money and unless she obtained a supply would commit suicide. It has been learned that a man respectfully dressed accosted the victim and offered her money. They went to her lodgings on the second floor of the Dorset street house. Ho noise was heard during the night and nothing was known of the murder until the landlady went to the room in the morning to ask for her rent. The first thing she saw on entering the the room were the woman's mutilated remains lying on a table. Dorset street is short and narrow and is situated close to Mitre's Square and Hanbury street.
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