Prostitute Mary Ann Nichols (neeWalker, and known locally as Polly),
aged 43, became the first canonical
victim of the Victorian serial killer
known as Jack the Ripper.
She was murdered at around 3.40
am, on Friday August 31st, in Buck's
Row (now Durward Street), located
in Whitechapel, East London.
Nichols was discovered by carman,
Charles Cross, and she was buried
at the City of London cemetery on
September 6th.
In 2012, Cross (aka Lechmere) was
proposed as a Ripper suspect by
Swedish researcher Christier Holmgren
(see Channel 5's The Missing Evidence).
The Assistant Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police (CID), James Monro
resigned his post today, and ultimately
replaced Sir Charles Warren. New
Commissioner Robert Anderson assigned Donald Swanson to head the
case. The Autumn of Terror had begun.
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