The Attention of the White Chapel Murders

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The Attention of the White Chapel Murders

In 1888 the Jack the Ripper murders caused chaos in the town of

Whitechapel. Nothing like this had ever happened before. People wanted

to know who was dissecting women on the streets.

The murdered women Polly Nicholls, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine

Eddowes, Mary Kelly and Annie Chapman were all prostitutes looking for

work in the Whitechapel area at the times they were murdered.

The first supposed victim of Jack the Ripper was Martha Tabram even

though her murder on the 6th of August was not as brutal as the ones

committed later on; it is thought the murder was the beginning of Jack

the Ripper. Martha Tabram was found dead in George Yard in

Whitechapel. She had been stabbed a total of 39 times in the body,

neck and private parts. This made the people of Whitechapel become on

edge. They were scared.

Twenty five days after Martha Tabram was murdered, at about 4am a

resident of Whitechapel was walking through Bucks row when he saw a

woman lying on the floor with her skirts around her waist. He thought

she was drunk and called another man to help wake her up and get her

to her feet, but they could not wake her so they went to the police

station. Before they got back a policeman saw they woman and using the

light of his lantern he saw her throat was slit and she was covered in

blood. Dr Rees Llewellyn was called to the scene, he said the wound to

the neck had killed her and she had been dead no longer than 30

minutes. When her clothes were removed it appeared there were several

wounds to her abdomen which were caused by a long bladed knife. These

were done whilst the woman was dead. She worked as a prostitute.

The next murder was on the 8th of September just after 6am. The victim

was Annie Chapman, another prostitute. The body was discovered by John

Davis. He saw that the woman's skirts were pulled up, he got help

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