Monday 30 September 2024

Date With History: 1888

Berner St. circa 1908
The Whitechapel Murders
escalated as the killer, now
known as Jack the Ripper (he
was christened in the 'Dear
 Boss' letter just three days
before), attacked two more
 prostitutes on the same night.

The first victim of the 'Double
Event' was Elizabeth Stride,
murdered at about 1 am, on
Sunday September 30th, in
Dutfield's Yard, on Berner 
(now Henriques) Street.

Less than an hour later,
Catherine Eddowes became
the fourth canonical victim of the Ripper. She was slain in Mitre Square, Aldgate, within the City of
London itself, at around 1.45 am.

Mitre Square reconstructed
for CSI: Whitechapel (2012)
Then at about 3 am, PC Alfred
Long discovered two clues in
nearby Wentworth Dwellings
on Goulston Street. A bloodied
portion of Eddowes' apron lay
 in a stairwell, and above it,
written in chalk on the wall,
was this message: "the Juwes
are the men that will not be
blamed for nothing." The true
 import of this 'graffito' is still
unclear - compounded by Met
police Commissioner Charles
Warren's insistence on having
it erased.

 

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