The Daily Telegraph on Catherine Eddowes On Friday, October 5, 1888, the Daily Telegraph wrote about an inquest at the Coroner’s Court on Thursday in the City of London for the death of Catherine Eddowes/ Conway/ Kelly . She was found dead on the previous Sunday with her throat severed, organs removed and body manipulated. Catherine was found on the ground in Mitre-court while an officer was making his rounds. This newspaper article is the conversation that occurred in court on day one. The first person called for evidence was Eliza Gold. She says “I recognize the deceased as my poor sister.” She mentioned how she has not seen her sister in four or five months and that last she knew, she was living with Mr. Kelly. Gold then says that it has only been three to four weeks and the reason for her confusion is because she is emotionally distraught. John Kelly was the next person to speak. He has “been living with her for seven years” at a lodging house on Flower and Dean street. He claims that he last saw her was at two o’clock on Saturday after she was released from the casual ward and they went to pawn boots. Kelly said that they parted on good terms because she said she was going to try to find her daughter in Bermondsey. He then says that he had heard that Catherine was locked up for having too …show more content…
much to drink and the coroner questioned why he never called to ask about her whereabouts. The deputy of the lodging house that Catherine and Mr.
Kelly had been staying at was the next to be heard. His name was Frederick William Wilkinson and he mentions that he had known the couple for about seven years because they were regulars. Wilkinson said “they had a quarrel now and then, but not violent,” and that the two were not very big drinkers. He says the last time he saw them together, they were eating breakfast on Saturday and “Kate [Catherine] was wearing an apron,” but it was nothing out of the ordinary. Also, when asked about his lodging-house, Wilkinson could not say if anyone came in and took a bed early on Sunday morning but there were six strangers
there. Edward Watkin, the City Police officer that was on duty that Saturday night, was the next to speak. He was patrolling that area from ten o’clock on Saturday night to one o’clock that Sunday morning. He mentioned that nothing was different that night until he saw the body laying there which he then ran to the warehouse across the street and reported it. Inspector Collard of the City Police then came in to say he got the report and immediately called the doctor and went to Mitre-square. He mentioned that no money was found on her but a piece of cloth was found on Goulston Street that matched her apron. He then searched and found no sign of anything and no sign of her struggling. Called next was Dr. Frederick Gordon Brown, who was the doctor at the scene. He found Catherine’s face was disfigured and her “throat was cut across... body had been mutilated.” Dr. Brown said the body was warm when he reached it and no blood was around. On Sunday, for the post mortem examination, he found that “the uterus was cut away… the left kidney was also cut out” and they were nowhere to be found. Dr. Brown said that someone with knowledge and practice would have had to do this to know where these organs were to cut them so cleanly. This inquest ended with Mr. Crawford, the City solicitor, offering an award from the Lord Mayor before dismissing. However, this had to be an act of Jack the Ripper considering how Catherine was manipulated and because she was considered to be ‘walking the streets at night’ or a prostitute.
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On April 28, 2004, after closing on his dream house, William McGuire was brutally murdered. His body was severed into three pieces, placed into three matching Kenneth Cole suitcases and then dumped in the Chesapeake Bay. The investigation of his murder would span three years, involve two different investigative teams and end in the conviction of his wife, Melanie McGuire, based on circumstantial evidence (Glatt, 2008).
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The murder of Lorraine Kelly and Mary Pryor still haunts the town of North Bergen because their disappearance was strange and rapid. This case has been closed due to the lack of evidence but was reopened again after forty years for the purpose of acquiring justice and answers to the death of both teenage girls. The last person to have seen and spoken to Mary Pryor was her sister Nancy Pryor when she was told by her sister that she would be back by eight o’ clock the latest. For the purpose of hiding her and her families’ identity, after the murder occurred she moved out of Hudson County and didn’t divulge her married name or current locality of residence because of the frantic fear that the murderer may plan an attack to her and or family. Prior to their killing both teenagers used to reside at 76st and were active hitchhikers. Both victims were found in a wooded area in Bergen County known as Montvale, and it was evident that they were beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled by force. As a result, when the bodies were found they were in an early state of decomposition which allowed the medical examiners to see visible evidence on the body such as sperm and marks.
In the weeks following the discovery of Christine's body, the police revealed several strong suspects but no direct evidence linking anybody. Shortly thereafter they began to focus on Morin, solely because of his "strange behaviour" (Chisholm, 1995). Police became even more suspicious when Morin failed to attend the funeral - he thought he had to be invited (Chisholm, 1995). This series of circumstantial evidence became further plagued with errors and tainted testimony as his trials wore on. Right from the start there exist a prejudice towards Morin. Police convinced the Jessop's to perjure themselves so that evidence would stick. When brought in for questioning, the interrogation was audio taped for corroboration. The tape ran out after forty-five minutes and Fitzpatrick and Shephard testified that in the remaining ninety minutes Morin confessed to the killing and repeatedly made guilty comments (King, 1998).
This is when I had known that the criminal justice system had mad various errors with this case. For instance the only evidence that the police had, had at the time was a description of the suspect, from the victim’s husband whose adrenaline level was very high. In my opinion when a traumatic thing just occurred I think it would of been best to of asked the eye witness what the suspect had looked like multiple times and giving a good length time period between when I asked. As well as when they arrested Brenton, the first mistake I noticed was how they claimed they found/captured the murderer of Mary Ann Stevens right away. The second mistake I noticed was how they asked the victim’s husband if Brenton Butler was the one who had pulled the trigger killing his wife. Now usually from what I’ve seen when police want someone to be identified the police do a couple things: 1. Capture Multiple people and 2. Have them stand in a police station while the witness picks out who he/she suspects was the suspect. Now the police did not do that, they captured one suspect and had him sit in the back of a cop car while the eye witness, which in this case was Mary Ann’s husband, judge from a distance to see if that was the boy who killed his wife. Additionally when they made that arrest my immediate question was why did the forensic team in which ever unit test Brenton Butler hands and clothes for gun
In an article featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on January 30, 1987, titled " A Woman's Wintry Death Leads to a Long Dead Friend ", the body of Frances Dawson Hamilton, 70, was discovered by police after she had frozen to death in her home. Even more shocking was the discovery of a second body, that of Bernard J. Kelly, 84, in an upstairs bedroom. Kelly had apparently been dead for about two years, based on the last sighting by neighbors. The body was found in a twin bed, clothed in long johns and socks and draped with rosary beads and palm fronds. There were also two boxes of Valentine's Day candy beside the body. Hamilton had apparently been sleeping beside Kelly as a second bed had been pushed up alongside his deathbed. (1. Kirsner, 119) (2. Pothier)
"TRANSCRIPT OF INQUEST HELD ON THE BODY OF ELIZABETH SHORT."VioletArojo. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2014.
Civil rights activist, Daisy Bates was at the core of the school desegregation catastrophe in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957. Bates used her position as president of a local Arkansas branch of the NAACP to strategically destroy the segregated school system. Her civil rights work involved changing the policies of the Arkansas Public School System that promoted segregation of school students, which in turn denied equality of educational resources and qualitative instruction to Arkansas’ Negro students. This fight for civil rights for students of color caused a fundamental shift in how the state educated its students both Black and White. Her plan halted the nation to expose the segregation in the Arkansas school district. Bates advocated for Black children to attend public schools that had been segregated arguing that the school system needed to be desegregated. As a result of argument, Bates became the mentor to nine African-American students, who enrolled in
In Tammy Marquardt’s case, evidence related to Kenneth’s death was both suppressed and falsified by Dr. Charles Smith. “Kenneth suffered from a number of serious health issues including asthma, pneumonia and epilepsy. The latter condition caused frequent and extremely severe seizures which saw Kenneth hospitalized several times over the course of his short life” (AIDWYC, 2013). The many medical issues and diagnosed epilepsy were not considered as a possible lead to the baby’s death- it was cemented in the minds of the jury that his mother was to blame, not his health. “Dr. Smith played a vital role in [the] trial and presented evidence that convinced the jury that Kenneth was a homocide victim, through smothering or strangulation”
...he seemed to be unfazed by it unless you had a part in the death, which Grace obviously did. Her lack of consistency in recounting what had happened casts doubt upon her honesty and character. How can it be believed when Grace changes her story to fit her needs? They cannot, and therefore she is guilty.
That is when he met Kelly. They decided to go on a date. On his way to the date, Adam went by the houses he did drugs at. His mind told him that he needed to go back. And so he did. This was his first relapse. Kelly was still supportive of him. He showed her the houses that he would be in if he was missing and she could go there and find him. It kept happening, but she still had faith in him and she never gave up on him. Kelly was always there for Adam. Adam’s parents even told her to stay away from him. Yet, she still stayed with him and supported him. When he went to BUDS, Kelly was with him through the whole thing just like she was with him through all the drugs. Every morning she woke up earlier than he did to cook him breakfast and then drive him to training so he could sleep. When he came home from a day of brutal training, she cooked him dinner and ran him a bubble bath. While Adam was in BUDS they had a son. Kelly took care of their baby and Adam. When Adam was in Afghanistan, of course she took care of both kids by herself. She always sent Adam emails telling him how much she missed him. Adam would send her emails and tell her to buy the little kids of the villages shoes. And she did. She cared so much about Adam and helped him through so much. She was there for him when he went back to the crack houses, at BUDS, and while he was a SEAL. She was his saving grace. Kelly was definitely Adam’s biggest hero.
One of Kelly’s first noble deeds represents Kelly’s true self. Though being young, Kelly has already been well praised as a hero due to his magnanimous deed, thus hinting his future role. Realising that the police force is a heinous force to be reckoned with, Kelly wanted to band up together with others and save the public whenever a chance would come by. One of his first heroic deeds included his rescue of Dick Shelton who was plunging to his death. Another example of Kelly’s bravery is when, Kelly selflessly broke up a fight between two hawkers in his own hometown. He was put in jail due to the absolute power and unrighteous behaviour the police had owned in those days. Depicted as a local hero whilst being young, Kelly lives up to his admired deeds. Although he had his fair share of misdeeds such as being the horse stealing business, he was still better known as a kind-hearted bloke who couldn’t do anything except lend a helpful
They get to know each other and soon Katie becomes very attached to him and his two children. Katie and Alex begin to fall harder and harder in love. Katie begins to work and help Alex with his Country Store. Alex was previously an investigator for the army. He soon figures out that Katie is acting like she is very scared and nervous about falling in love. He unravels the idea that maybe she was beat on by her ex-husband. Katie is very undecided about what she should do because of her terrifying, heartbreaking, and haunting past. Katie’s ex-husband Kevin, is an investigator for the Boston Police Department. He has been searching to get the identity of Katie but Katie changed her name to Erin. Kevin travels over to Southport to try and find Katie but Katie has some sneaky ways to make it more difficult to find her. Katie dyes her hair and also lives out in the middle of no where. Kevin comes into Alex’s store and then sees Katie for the first time in years. Lator that evening he pours gas all over the Country Store, and then lights it on fire. Kevin was gonna shoot Katie but ended up shooting
“Henchard’s Will: ‘That Elizabeth Jane Farfrae be not told of my death, or made to grieve on a account of me. And that I be not buried in consecrated ground. And that no sexton be asked to toll the bell. SL And that nobody’s wish to see my dead body.’”