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PC Watkins is quoted as saying:
<blockquote>"I saw her throat was cut and her bowels protruding."</blockquote>
He went on to say that the woman's stomach had been:
<blockquote>"... ripped up, she was lying in a pool of blood"</blockquote>
PC Watkins ran across the square to the Kearley and Tonge warehouse and upon finding the night watchman, George Morris, said: “For God’s sake, mate, come to my assistance!”
George Morris asked what the matter was, to which PC Watkins said:
<blockquote>"Oh, dear, here is another woman cut to pieces."</blockquote>
PC Watkins sent George Morris to get help. Morris found PC James Harvey in Aldgate High Street and informed him of the murder. PC Harvey enlisted the help of another police constable who was close by and they returned to Mitre Square.
Dr Frederick Gordon Brown, together with an assistant, arrived at 2.18am and performed an on-site examination of the body. Katherine Eddowes was in a similar position to the other women who had been recently murdered. She was on her back, with her legs apart, and her right leg was bent at the knee. Her clothes were pulled up, exposing the abdomen and the genitals. The upper part of her dress was torn open.
At 2.55am PC Alfred Long discovered important evidence in Goulston Street, which is just east of Mitre Square. The street usually held an outdoor market where Jewish merchants sold food and clothing. It was considered the "commercial centre of the Jewish East End".
Researchers have also noted that the bloody apron piece was found along the direct route from Mitre Square to Aaron Kosminski's residence.
== Body position and wounds ==
* Katherine Eddowes' throat had been deeply cut
* There was a long incision from the abdomen to the rectum, which cut through the vagina
* Her intestines, "smeared with some feculent matter" had been removed and placed over her right shoulder
* There were also cuts through her eyelids, cheeks, lips, nose and one earlobe
* Both the left kidney and the uterus had been removed and apparently taken by the killer
== The 'Saucy Jack' postcard ==