Timeline of Victims August 30 1888 Fire breaks out at the Shadwell Dry Dock and burns until late the next morning August 31 1888 Polly Nichols killed in Bucks Row September 8 1888 Annie Chapman killed in ID: 323813
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Jack the Ripper: VictimsSlide2
Timeline of Victims
August
30, 1888 -- Fire breaks out at the Shadwell Dry Dock and burns until late the next
morning
.
August
31, 1888 -- Polly Nichols killed in Bucks
Row
September 8, 1888 -- Annie Chapman killed in
Hanbury
Street
.
September 30, 1888 -- Elizabeth Stride and Catherine
Eddowes
killed at 1:00 and 1:45 am, respectively
.
November 9, 1888 -- Mary Kelly killed in Miller's Court.Slide3
1. Polly Nichols
Lived in the
Lambeth
, St Giles, Strand, and
Mitcham
workhouse (last at
Lambeth
)
Father, ex-husband, blacksmith boyfriend,
Heavy drinker
Found a job as a domestic servant
Last night, not enough money to find lodging
Last seen alive in a drunken condition, 2:30AM
Murdered in Bucks Row,
WhitechapelSlide4
The Details…
Found on her back—others had walked by
Even the policeman assumed it was just an “unfortunate” passed out
Throat was cut twice, left to right, through the spinal cord
Abdomen jaggedly cut open in several places
Thumb-size bruise on her lower right jaw
Not heavily covered in the newspapersSlide5
Questions…
Why did passers-by ignore the body of Mary Nichols?
Why did the police take little notice of the murder?
What early conclusions can you draw about the first “
Whitechapel
Murder”?Slide6
2. Annie Chapman
Suffered from Tuberculosis and Syphilis
Heavy drinker
Husband (dead) and 2x boyfriends (
Sivvey
& Stanley)
Prostitute
Lives at a lodging house for 300 people
Sighted with “a customer” before being found dead.Slide7
The details…& Questions
Read Source 7, page 51
What similarities or differences are there between the two murders?
What reasons do critics have for believing the letter was written by some crank instead of the murderer?
Why did Jack the Ripper wait so long to send the letter?
What evidence is there that he will kill again?Slide8
3. Elizabeth Stride
Prostitute
Husband, boyfriend
Heavy drinker
Lives at a lodging house
Leaves early in the morning and is found dead laterSlide9
4. Kate Eddowes
Husband, boyfriend
Drinking problem
Sept 29: She is arrested for being drunk and disorderly (imitating a fire engine) and put in the cells.
Sept 30: released and found dead 10 minutes from the stationSlide10
The “Double Event”
Read Source 8, Page 52Slide11
5. Mary Jane Kelly
Husband (dead), boyfriend
Prostitute, brothel and, later, streets
Drinking problem
November 8: seen singing in the street, completely drunk
November 9: found mutilated on her bedSlide12
Homework
Read page 53, and
complete questions 1-3.