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== Jack The Ripper - Serial Killer, East End of London, 1888 ==

15th August 2018. Welcome to our new Jack The Ripper Project. Over the coming months we'll be adding references to all the Jack The Ripper suspects, police personnel, doctors and others involved in the Ripper story. Please come back often.

== Victims ('Canonical Five') ==

=== Mary Ann Nichols ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols] was brutally murdered on Friday 31st August 1888.

=== Annie Chapman === 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Annie_Chapman Annie Chapman] was violently mutilated on 8th September 1888.

=== Elizabeth Stride ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Stride Elizabeth Stride] was murdered in the early hours of 30th September 1888

=== Catherine Eddowes ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Catherine_Eddowes Catherine Eddowes] was murdered in the early hours of 30th September 1888

== Victims (Not widely considered as victims of Jack The Ripper) ==

=== Martha Tabram ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] is not considered to be a victim of '''Jack The Ripper''' by most Ripper experts. She is not known as one of the ''''Canonical Five''''

=== Emma Elizabeth Smith ===

[http://www.crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Emma_Elizabeth_Smith Emma Elizabeth Smith] is another murder victim who is not considered to be one of Jack The Ripper's victims. 

== Doctors ==

=== Dr Frederick Blackwell ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Dr_Frederick_Blackwell Dr Frederick Blackwell] was the doctor called to the scene of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Stride Elizabeth Stride's] murder in Dutfield's Yard, Berner Street.

=== Dr Timothy Robert Killeen === 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Dr_Timothy_Robert_Killeen Dr Timothy Robert Killeen] was called to [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings] after [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Thomas_Barrett_226H PC Thomas Barrett 226H] had discovered the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] in the early hours of 7th August 1888.

=== Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Dr_Rees_Ralph_Llewellyn Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn], of 152 Whitechapel Road, was fetched from his bed at approximately 4am on the morning of 31st August 1888 to attend to the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols].

== Police Officers ==

=== PC Thomas Barrett 226H ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Thomas_Barrett_226H PC Thomas Barrett 226H] was the officer on duty who was found by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=John_Saunders_Reeves John Saunders Reeves] after finding the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] on the morning of 7th August 1888.

=== PC Edward Collins ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Edward_Collins PC Edward Collins] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Henry_Lamb PC Henry Lamb] were the first police officers to arrive at Dutfield's Yard, Berner Street, after the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Stride Elizabeth Stride].

=== Inspector Edmund Reid ===

==== Martha Tabram Murder investigation ====

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Inspector_Edmund_Reid Inspector Edmund Reid] was the officer who began the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Marta Tabram] murder investigation.

=== Inspector Ernest Ellisdon ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Inspector_Ernest_Ellisdon Inspector Ernest Ellisdon] was credited with reporting that there was no blood on the stairs leading to where [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] was killed - making it most likely she was murdered where she was found.

=== PC Mizen 55H ===

[http://www.crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Mizen_55H PC Mizen 55H] was the third constable to arrive at the murder scene of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols]. He was sent to fetch an ambulance and further assistance from Bethnal Green Police Station.

=== PC Henry Lamb ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Henry_Lamb PC Henry Lamb] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Edward_Collins PC Edward Collins] were the first police officers to arrive at Dutfield's Yard, Berner Street, after the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Stride Elizabeth Stride].

=== PC John Neil 97J ===
 
[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_John_Neil_97J PC John Neil 97J] discovered the body of Mary Ann Nichols at approximately 3.45am on 31st August 1888. He was the first Constable on the scene.

=== PC John Thain 96J ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_John_Thain_96J PC John Thain 96J] was patrolling Brady street when  
[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_John_Neil_97J PC John Neil] called him over for assistance after finding the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols]. PC Thain was sent to fetch Dr Llewellyn.

=== Chief Constable Adolphus Williamson ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Chief_Constable_Adolphus_Williamson  Chief Constable Adolphus Williamson] was initially in charge of the Annie Chapman murder investigation. When public panic increased Chief Inspector Donald Sutherland Swanson was put in overall command.

== Coroners ==

=== Wynne E Baxter ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Wynne_E_Baxter#Wynne_E_Baxter Wynne E Baxter] was the Coroner for the South Eastern District of Middlesex. Wynne Baxter was on holiday in Scandinavia on 9th August 1888 when the inquest of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] was opened.

=== George Collier ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Collier George Collier] was the deputy coroner who opened the proceedings at [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram's] inquest, which was held in the library of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jack_The_Ripper#Working_Lads.E2.80.99_Institute.2C_Whitechapel Working Lads’ Institute], Whitechapel Road.

== Persons of interest ==

=== Alfred George Crow ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Alfred_George_Crow Alfred George Crow] was a licensed cab-driver. He rented a lodging, No. 35, in [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings]. 

=== Morris Eagle ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Morris_Eagle Morris Eagle] found [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Edward_Collins PC Edward Collins] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Henry_Lamb PC Henry Lamb] on Commercial Road and took them back to Dutfield's Yard after the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Stride#The_body_in_Berner_Street Elizabeth Stride].

=== Francis Hewitt ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Francis_Hewitt Francis Hewitt] was the superintendent of the dwellings at [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings]. This is where [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] was so brutally murdered.

=== Joseph and Elizabeth Mahoney ===

In 1888 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Joseph_and_Elizabeth_Mahoney Joseph and Elizabeth Mahoney] were a young married couple. Their lives were documented to have been hard.  They both resided in 47, [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings].

=== John Saunders Reeves ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=John_Saunders_Reeves John Saunders Reeves] was a waterside labourer. He resided at No. 37, [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings]. He was credited with finding the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram].

=== Thomas Hancock Nunn ===

Thomas Hancock Nunn was the honorary secretary of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_St_Judes_Vigilance_Committee The St Jude’s Vigilance Committee]

=== Henry Turner ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Henry_Turner Henry Turner], a carpenter, had an on-off relationship with [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] after she separated from her husband, [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Henry_Samuel_Tabram Henry Samuel Tabram].

=== Henry Samuel Tabram ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Henry_Samuel_Tabram#Henry_Samuel_Tabram Henry Samuel Tabram] was married to [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram]. Their marriage was short and they subsequently separated.

=== Charles Cross (22 Doveton Street, Bethnal Green) ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Charles_Cross Charles Cross] was a carman, of 22 Doveton Street, Bethnal Green. At approximately 3.40am on Friday 31st August 1888 he found the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols] lying on the pavement. He alerted [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Mizen_55H PC Mizen].

== Addresses ==

=== George Yard Buildings ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings] [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram's] body was found here by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=John_Saunders_Reeves John Saunders Reeves]

=== 17 Marshall Street, London Road, Southwark ===

17 Marshall Street is the address in which [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram#Early_Life Martha Tabram] was born. Martha was born on the 10th May 1849.

=== Old Montague Street ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Old_Montague_Street Old Montague Street] [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram's] body was taken to the workhouse infirmary in Old Montague Street after she was brutally murdered in [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings George Yard Buildings] in the early hours of 7th August 1888.

=== 6 River Terrace, East Greenwich ===

6 River Terrace, East Greenwich was the address of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Henry_Samuel_Tabram Henry Samuel Tabram] at the time of his wife's death. 

=== 4 Star Place, Commercial Road ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=4_Star_Place_-_Commercial_Road 4 Star Place - Commercial Road] [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Henry_Turner Henry Turner] had resided at 4 star place during the last few weeks of Martha's life.

=== Working Lads’ Institute, Whitechapel ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram's] Inquest was held at the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Working_Lads_Institute#Working_Lads.E2.80.99_Institute.2C_Whitechapel_Road Working Lads’ Institute], Whitechapel Road on 9th August 1888.

=== 22 Doveton Street - Bethnal Green ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Charles_Cross Charles Cross], a carman resided at [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=22_Doveton_Street_-_Bethnal_Green 22 Doveton Street - Bethnal Green]. Charles Cross found the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols].

=== 30 Foster Street ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Robert_Paul Robert Paul] resided at 30 Foster Street. Along with [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Charles_Cross Charles Cross], Paul found the body of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols].

=== 152 Whitechapel Road ===

At the time of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Nichols Mary Ann Nichols'] murder [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Dr_Rees_Ralph_Llewellyn Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn] was residing [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=152_Whitechapel_Road at this address]. He was fetched from here on the morning of 4th August 1888 to attend to Mary's body.

== Other ==

=== The St Jude’s Vigilance Committee ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_St_Judes_Vigilance_Committee The St Jude’s Vigilance Committee] was formed following the murder of [http://www.crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram].