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== Post-Mortem ==
On Saturday 1st September 1888 Dr Llewellyn carried out a post-mortem examination.
Dr Llewellyn concluded:
* There was bruising about the face<br>
* A bruise running along the lower part of the jaw<br>
* There were two incisions in the throat - one encircled the throat<br>
* One cut had severed both carotid arteries and all the tissues down to the vertebrae. Both incisions had been made from left to right<br>
* Further severe cuts in the lower part of the abdomen<br>
* Two or three inches from the left side was a long, very deep and jagged wound which had cut through the tissues<br>
* Several incisions ran across the abdomen. On the right side were three or four similar cuts running downwards. The abdominal injuries had been inflicted with a knife used violently and downwards<br>
D Llewellyn initially thought the murderer to be left handed. He also stated that the murderer "must have had some rough anatomical knowledge, for he seemed to have attacked all the vital parts". Llewellyn thought the injuries could have been inflicted in just four or five minutes.