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Recent investigations also suggest there were two John Leary's severing at the same Garrison - making further investigation difficult.
Inspector Reid's second witness, a "tall, masculine-looking prostitute", visited Commercial Street Police Station on 9th August and said that she had been in the company of the deceased on Bank Holiday night.
Her name was Mary Ann Connelly - more commonly known as '''Pearly Poll'''. On 6th August Mary Connelly detailed how she and Martha had been drinking with two soldiers in Whitechapel from 10.00 to 11.45 in the evening. The soldiers were guardsmen, one a corporal, the other a private.
Mary Connelly said that the couples parted company and Martha left for George Yard with her soldier.
Mary Connelly went on to inspect two identity parades. Both were unsuccessful.