Mary Jane Kelly was born in 1863 Limerick, Ireland. She moved to Wales because her father got a job in iron works. She married a man in 1879 called Davies (or Davis). He worked in a Mine. He was killed by a mine explosion in 1882. Between the years of 1882/83 she moved to Cardiff with her cousin, became a prostitute and became ill and nearly spent a year in infirmary. She arrived in London in 1884. Kelly moved to London.Kelly worked in a West End gay house. Kelly went to Paris for 2 weeks with a gentleman, but returned not liking France.
She was approximately 25 years old when she was killed. She was one of the White chapel murders and a victim to Jack the ripper. Everybody thought that she was very attractive. She was 5’ 7’’ and a bit stout. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. She lived in 13 Miller court was the back parlor 26 Dorset Street. Some people thought that she could speak Welsh.
John McCarthy the landlord of Miller court was sent a letter by Mary Jane Kelly’s mother in Ireland. She said “I never corresponded with her family”. The window was broke a few weeks ago before the murder of Mary Jane Kelly. By 1886 she was living in a different street (Colley's lodging house in Thrawl Street, Spitalfields).
Mary Jane Kelly died on the Friday 9th November 1888.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly!!
Mary Jane Kelly known as ‘Black Mary’ wasn’t like the other victims.
At 25 she was young an attractive, and as a prostitute would have better served the West End clients as opposed to working the streets of the East End.
Mary was born in Limerick, Ireland a then moved to Wales were she married collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. After that she turned to prostitution in Cardiff. Which then led her to moving to South London were she worked in a West End brothel.
‘Fair Emma’ lodged at various abodes around Dorset Street,
London the "Wicked Quarter Mile” and it was at Millers court were she was actually brutally murdered. She was buried She was buried at Waltham stow R.C. cemetery on 19th November.
I think that this murder was horrific she was just very unlucky.
At 25 she was young an attractive, and as a prostitute would have better served the West End clients as opposed to working the streets of the East End.
Mary was born in Limerick, Ireland a then moved to Wales were she married collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. After that she turned to prostitution in Cardiff. Which then led her to moving to South London were she worked in a West End brothel.
‘Fair Emma’ lodged at various abodes around Dorset Street,
London the "Wicked Quarter Mile” and it was at Millers court were she was actually brutally murdered. She was buried She was buried at Waltham stow R.C. cemetery on 19th November.
I think that this murder was horrific she was just very unlucky.
The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly!!
Mary Jane Kelly known as ‘Black Mary’ wasn’t like the other victims.
At 25 she was young an attractive, and as a prostitute would have better served the West End clients as opposed to working the streets of the East End.
Mary was born in Limerick, Ireland a then moved to Wales were she married collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. After that she turned to prostitution in Cardiff. Which then led her to moving to South London were she worked in a West End brothel.
‘Fair Emma’ lodged at various abodes around Dorset Street,
London the "Wicked Quarter Mile” and it was at Millers court were she was actually brutally murdered. She was buried She was buried at Waltham stow R.C. cemetery on 19th November.
I think that this murder was horrific she was just very unlucky.
At 25 she was young an attractive, and as a prostitute would have better served the West End clients as opposed to working the streets of the East End.
Mary was born in Limerick, Ireland a then moved to Wales were she married collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. After that she turned to prostitution in Cardiff. Which then led her to moving to South London were she worked in a West End brothel.
‘Fair Emma’ lodged at various abodes around Dorset Street,
London the "Wicked Quarter Mile” and it was at Millers court were she was actually brutally murdered. She was buried She was buried at Waltham stow R.C. cemetery on 19th November.
I think that this murder was horrific she was just very unlucky.
The Murder of Mary Jane Kelly!!
Mary Jane Kelly known as ‘Black Mary’ wasn’t like the other victims.
At 25 she was young an attractive, and as a prostitute would have better served the West End clients as opposed to working the streets of the East End.
Mary was born in Limerick, Ireland a then moved to Wales were she married collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. After that she turned to prostitution in Cardiff. Which then led her to moving to South London were she worked in a West End brothel.
‘Fair Emma’ lodged at various abodes around Dorset Street,
London the "Wicked Quarter Mile” and it was at Millers court were she was actually brutally murdered. She was buried She was buried at Waltham stow R.C. cemetery on 19th November.
I think that this murder was horrific she was just very unlucky.
At 25 she was young an attractive, and as a prostitute would have better served the West End clients as opposed to working the streets of the East End.
Mary was born in Limerick, Ireland a then moved to Wales were she married collier who was tragically killed in a pit disaster. After that she turned to prostitution in Cardiff. Which then led her to moving to South London were she worked in a West End brothel.
‘Fair Emma’ lodged at various abodes around Dorset Street,
London the "Wicked Quarter Mile” and it was at Millers court were she was actually brutally murdered. She was buried She was buried at Waltham stow R.C. cemetery on 19th November.
I think that this murder was horrific she was just very unlucky.
Who Was It?
Murder case
Who was it?
The mystery is still unsolved but here are some suspects that I think could have been Jack the ripper. Sir Melville Macnaghten was one of the people who tried to track down the suspect, he was a chief constable and he wrote a report about three of the people who he thought could have committed these murders. M.J Druitt was one of the suspects, he was a barrister turned teacher who committed suicide in 1888. Druitt committed suicide straight after the Kelly murder so he was one of the favourites for being Jack the ripper.
Severin klosowski poisoned girls so he was a suspect for being the killer. Aaron Kosminiski was also another suspect, he was a man that was insane and could well have been capable of commiting those murders.
Certified Copy of Death Certificate for Montague John DruittCourtesy Andrew Spallek
This is the death certificate of M. J Druitt who was a prime suspect for being this insane man who has made such breathtaking and mysterious murders.
We still don’t know who Jack the Ripper is but I am pretty sure that one day we will find out who the real Jack the Ripper was.
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Who was it?
The mystery is still unsolved but here are some suspects that I think could have been Jack the ripper. Sir Melville Macnaghten was one of the people who tried to track down the suspect, he was a chief constable and he wrote a report about three of the people who he thought could have committed these murders. M.J Druitt was one of the suspects, he was a barrister turned teacher who committed suicide in 1888. Druitt committed suicide straight after the Kelly murder so he was one of the favourites for being Jack the ripper.
Severin klosowski poisoned girls so he was a suspect for being the killer. Aaron Kosminiski was also another suspect, he was a man that was insane and could well have been capable of commiting those murders.
Certified Copy of Death Certificate for Montague John DruittCourtesy Andrew Spallek
This is the death certificate of M. J Druitt who was a prime suspect for being this insane man who has made such breathtaking and mysterious murders.
We still don’t know who Jack the Ripper is but I am pretty sure that one day we will find out who the real Jack the Ripper was.
By 8.a
Beryl's view!
The victims of Jack the Ripper was all known as prostitutes and heavy drinkers and they were all women so I think that Jack the Ripper didn’t like ladies as such. Films have been made, books have been published, newspapers have been sold....people have talked about and debated who really is responsible for these vicious and heinous crimes over 100 years ago. The truth is that we are nowhere near finding out who the culprit was than we were in 1888; perhaps we shall never know the truth. One thing is for certain though....the Jack the Ripper tale has lived for over 100 years and many newspapers/filmmakers/writers etc have made a lot of money out of the ghost of Jack the Ripper. I have saw a website that shows that the paparazzi have taken advantage of Jack the Ripper as they have made a website so you can talk to the ghost of Jack the Ripper the website is known as www.triumphpc.com/jack-the-ripper/.
Jack The Ripper's 1st Three Murders!!
Mary Ann Nichols
At around 3.40am on August 31st 1888, a carter named Charles Cross was walking along Bucks Row, and saw a bundle lying on the ground. Presuming it to be a tarpaulin, and thinking that it might prove useful, he went to look. But he stopped when he noticed that it was a woman lying on her back on the floor with her skirts pulled right up. A couple of seconds later he heard footsteps coming up behind him and he turned around and seen another man, Robert Paul. Nervously the two men approached the silent form and went down to check up on her. Her hands felt cross and they were quite cold. Meanwhile Paul was leaning over her to see if she was breathing. But when he touched her chest he felt it moved slightly. “I think she’s breathing” he told his companion, “but very little if she is.”
ANNIE CHAPMAN
"Dark Annie" met her death on a foggy night, alone, undernourished and suffering from brain and lung diseases which would soon have claimed her if Jack's Knife hadn't. Annie wandered the East End Streets penniless following the death of her husband in 1886. Cruelly treated by life, Annie had two daughters, one of which died in 1882, and a son who was crippled. Living off immoral earnings and selling matches and flowers, Annie was a street hardened rogue. She was buried in secret, at Manor Park on September 14th 1888, by her family.
ELIZABETH STRIDE "Long Liz" was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1843, named Elizabeth Gustafsdotter. After becoming a registered prostitute and giving birth to a still born girl, she moved to London in 1866 and married John Thomas Strise, a carpenter, supposedly living in Gower Street, London. The Strides allegedly kept a coffee shop prior to the breakdown of their marriage in 1882. Long Liz was to have had eight convictions for drunkenness before her fatal appointment with Jack the Ripper. Elizabeth Stride was buried in a pauper’s grave in the East London cemetery aged 44 years.
Mary Ann Nichols
At around 3.40am on August 31st 1888, a carter named Charles Cross was walking along Bucks Row, and saw a bundle lying on the ground. Presuming it to be a tarpaulin, and thinking that it might prove useful, he went to look. But he stopped when he noticed that it was a woman lying on her back on the floor with her skirts pulled right up. A couple of seconds later he heard footsteps coming up behind him and he turned around and seen another man, Robert Paul. Nervously the two men approached the silent form and went down to check up on her. Her hands felt cross and they were quite cold. Meanwhile Paul was leaning over her to see if she was breathing. But when he touched her chest he felt it moved slightly. “I think she’s breathing” he told his companion, “but very little if she is.”
ANNIE CHAPMAN
"Dark Annie" met her death on a foggy night, alone, undernourished and suffering from brain and lung diseases which would soon have claimed her if Jack's Knife hadn't. Annie wandered the East End Streets penniless following the death of her husband in 1886. Cruelly treated by life, Annie had two daughters, one of which died in 1882, and a son who was crippled. Living off immoral earnings and selling matches and flowers, Annie was a street hardened rogue. She was buried in secret, at Manor Park on September 14th 1888, by her family.
ELIZABETH STRIDE "Long Liz" was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1843, named Elizabeth Gustafsdotter. After becoming a registered prostitute and giving birth to a still born girl, she moved to London in 1866 and married John Thomas Strise, a carpenter, supposedly living in Gower Street, London. The Strides allegedly kept a coffee shop prior to the breakdown of their marriage in 1882. Long Liz was to have had eight convictions for drunkenness before her fatal appointment with Jack the Ripper. Elizabeth Stride was buried in a pauper’s grave in the East London cemetery aged 44 years.
Suspect- Prince Albert Victor
Prince Albert Victor Christian Edwards is one of the most famous suspects in the Jack the Ripper case by most reports, Victor was a "slow" child and grew up to be a rather dull adult. He had been given no proper education, and as a result he was interested in nothing. Some stories are different, one story says his intelligence was lower than expected which was one of the reasons why he required a tutor at Cambridge. He was partially deaf.
Fact-file:
FULL NAME- Prince Albert Victor Edwards
FATHER- Edward vll
MOTHER- Alexander of Denmark
BORN- 8 January 1864. Frogmore, Windsor
DIED- 14 January 1892. Sadringham House, Norfolk
Fact-file:
FULL NAME- Prince Albert Victor Edwards
FATHER- Edward vll
MOTHER- Alexander of Denmark
BORN- 8 January 1864. Frogmore, Windsor
DIED- 14 January 1892. Sadringham House, Norfolk
Victorian London: A Newspaper Account
White chapel and Spitalfields are always interesting neighborhoods and recent events have made them decidedly more interesting. They have afforded startling illustrations of the dreadful possibilities of life down in the unfathomable depths of these vast human warrens. At all times one who strolls through this quarter of town, especially by night, must feel that below his ken are the awful deeps of an ocean teeming with life, but enshrouded in impenetrable mystery. As he catches here and thru a glimpse of a face under the flickering, uncertain light of a lamp - the face perhaps of some woman, bloated by drink and distorted by passion - he may get a momentary shuddering sense of what humanity may sink to when life is lived apart from the sweet, health-giving influences of fields and flowers, of art and music and books and travel, of the stimulus of interesting enterprise, the gentle amenities of happy hours and intercourse with the educated and the cultured. A momentary sense of what human nature may become may here and there flash in upon one as he gazes out upon the dark waters, but it is only when the human monster actually rises for a moment to the surface and disappears again, leaving a victim dead and disemboweled, that one quite realizes that that momentary scene is a dread reality. Just for a few days the mass of the people of Spitalfields and White chapel themselves seemed to be realizing the awful possibilities of the nature that belonged to them. Thousands of them were really shocked and sobered, by the last tragedy especially. One could see in the people's faces, and could detect in their tones and answers, an indefinable something which told plainly that they had been horrified by a revelation. Mr. George Holland, whose remarkable work has been going on for so very many years in premises occupying an obscure position in George Yard, White chapel - where it will be remembered one of these unfortunate women was found with thirty or forty stabs - says that the sensation has affected his institution very greatly. He has some hundreds of young women connected with his place, and many of them have been afraid to stir out after dark. He is under some anxiety, too, lest ladies who have been wont to come down there on winter evenings to teach and entertain his young people, should be deterred by this latest addition to the evil reputation of White chapel, and he is earnestly pushing on alterations in his premises which will give him a frontage out in the main road. On the other hand, Mr. Carrington, whose great place stands out boldly on the Mile End highway a blaze of light and cheerfulness, thinks that people have more than ever thronged out of the dark and silent byways and back lanes into the broad pavement and into the glare of light thrown upon it by shops and public-houses and entertainments, and the innumerable hawkers and salesmen of one sort and another who line the “waste” along the Mile End Road. Since these outrages the dark places of White chapel and Spitalfields have undoubtedly been a little darker and stiller, and more depressing. Some streets have presented, even to those familiar with them, quite a desolate and deserted appearance after nightfall. But the nine-day’ wonder has passed, the effect of the shock has visibly subsided, and people are beginning to move freely again.
About the five (six) victims
About Jack the Rippers victims………..
When Jack the Ripper was around 1888-1901 there were loads of victims that some people thought he did but most historians only thought he did 5 (possibly six). His first victim (Mary Ann Nichols) only had a few cuts but as his murders progressed they got worse. By the time of the last victim (Mary Jane Kelly) there was hardly anything left of her. After that murder people think he left and never returned……..
The five main victims……..
There were five victims most people think Jack the Ripper killed there names were:
Mary Ann Nichols: 31st August 1888
Annie Chapman: 8th September 1888
Elizabeth Stride: 30th September 1888
Catherine Eddowes: 30th September 1888
Mary Jane Kelly: 9th November 1888
There was also a sixth one but many people think that she wasn’t killed by Jack the Ripper
Martha Tabram: 7th August 1888
There were loads of other victims but these were the five (possibly six) victims that they think Jack the Ripper killed.
My opinion
I have enjoyed finding out about this, I would like to find out who Jack the Ripper was
When Jack the Ripper was around 1888-1901 there were loads of victims that some people thought he did but most historians only thought he did 5 (possibly six). His first victim (Mary Ann Nichols) only had a few cuts but as his murders progressed they got worse. By the time of the last victim (Mary Jane Kelly) there was hardly anything left of her. After that murder people think he left and never returned……..
The five main victims……..
There were five victims most people think Jack the Ripper killed there names were:
Mary Ann Nichols: 31st August 1888
Annie Chapman: 8th September 1888
Elizabeth Stride: 30th September 1888
Catherine Eddowes: 30th September 1888
Mary Jane Kelly: 9th November 1888
There was also a sixth one but many people think that she wasn’t killed by Jack the Ripper
Martha Tabram: 7th August 1888
There were loads of other victims but these were the five (possibly six) victims that they think Jack the Ripper killed.
My opinion
I have enjoyed finding out about this, I would like to find out who Jack the Ripper was
Two Suspects:- Walter Sickert & James Maybrick
Walter Sickert
Walter Sickert had been creatively implicated in the Ripper crimes as early as the 1970s, with the release of the now infamous "Royal Conspiracy" theory. But it wasn't until the early 1990s, with the release of Jean Overton Fuller's Sickert and the Ripper Crimes, that the unusual artist became a Ripper suspect in his own right. More recently, Patricia Cornwell has claimed to have found DNA evidence linking Sickert to at least one "Ripper letter".
James Maybrick
The 'Maybrick Diary' which emerged in the early 1990s has sparked a great deal of controversy among certain Ripper circles. Is it a hoax? In all likelihood, yes, it is. Still, the debate continues, the experts argue, and to many, the issue remains hotly contested.
Walter Sickert had been creatively implicated in the Ripper crimes as early as the 1970s, with the release of the now infamous "Royal Conspiracy" theory. But it wasn't until the early 1990s, with the release of Jean Overton Fuller's Sickert and the Ripper Crimes, that the unusual artist became a Ripper suspect in his own right. More recently, Patricia Cornwell has claimed to have found DNA evidence linking Sickert to at least one "Ripper letter".
James Maybrick
The 'Maybrick Diary' which emerged in the early 1990s has sparked a great deal of controversy among certain Ripper circles. Is it a hoax? In all likelihood, yes, it is. Still, the debate continues, the experts argue, and to many, the issue remains hotly contested.
LONG LIZ MURDER CASE
ELIZABETH STRIDE
“Long Liz” was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1843, named Elizabeth Gustafsdotter. After becoming a registered prostitute and giving birth to a still born girl, she moved to London in 1866 and married john Thomas strise a carpenter supposedly living in dower street, London. The strides allegedly kept a coffee shop prior to the breakdown of their marriage in 1882. long liz was have had eight convictions for drunkenness before her fatal appointment with jack the ripper. Elizabeth stride was buried on a paupers grave in east London cemetery aged 44 years.
The victim was dead for a couple of hours so by the time the body was found it had already rigor mortis. The skin had abrasions (cut) so the police knew that their was a chance of it being the same serial killer.
D.O.B : 27.11.1843
BORN : Torslanda, Sweden
I found out all this information by scripts and internet I have been investigating the case on Elizabeth Stride who was a prostitute which I think means she put her self at risk from Jack the Ripper who had supposedly killed her.
“Long Liz” was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1843, named Elizabeth Gustafsdotter. After becoming a registered prostitute and giving birth to a still born girl, she moved to London in 1866 and married john Thomas strise a carpenter supposedly living in dower street, London. The strides allegedly kept a coffee shop prior to the breakdown of their marriage in 1882. long liz was have had eight convictions for drunkenness before her fatal appointment with jack the ripper. Elizabeth stride was buried on a paupers grave in east London cemetery aged 44 years.
The victim was dead for a couple of hours so by the time the body was found it had already rigor mortis. The skin had abrasions (cut) so the police knew that their was a chance of it being the same serial killer.
D.O.B : 27.11.1843
BORN : Torslanda, Sweden
I found out all this information by scripts and internet I have been investigating the case on Elizabeth Stride who was a prostitute which I think means she put her self at risk from Jack the Ripper who had supposedly killed her.
Monday, 14 May 2007
The Problem With Jack
When I first heard about Jack the Ripper I knew that he was a serial killer, but after a week or so I found some evidence to back up the facts about the case Jack the Ripper.
We have researched that Jack the ripper is a cruel, horrific murderer.
His murders got more violent as they went on, from cuts and stabs, to mutilation and disembowelment.
The problem of this case is no one knows what happened and why it happened, his identity and his profile is unwritten.
Mary Anne Nicholas was one of the victims who was killed on Friday 31st August 1888; another victim was Annie Chapman she was killed on Saturday 8th September 1888.
The main thing which these victims have in common is they were all grouped as the Whitechapel murders.
In my opinion these murders were out of order helpless people who had there lives taken away from the by one attack.
From looking at the evidence in class there either not enough or more than enough so I have no conclusion about the murder Jack the Ripper.
We have researched that Jack the ripper is a cruel, horrific murderer.
His murders got more violent as they went on, from cuts and stabs, to mutilation and disembowelment.
The problem of this case is no one knows what happened and why it happened, his identity and his profile is unwritten.
Mary Anne Nicholas was one of the victims who was killed on Friday 31st August 1888; another victim was Annie Chapman she was killed on Saturday 8th September 1888.
The main thing which these victims have in common is they were all grouped as the Whitechapel murders.
In my opinion these murders were out of order helpless people who had there lives taken away from the by one attack.
From looking at the evidence in class there either not enough or more than enough so I have no conclusion about the murder Jack the Ripper.
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
The first Sign
In History, we have been given the task of investigating the case of Jack the Ripper, and the Murders of 1888-1891 Whitechapel, London.
The name 'Jack the Ripper' was not given to him until a letter was sent to the police, saying that he would murder another victim very soon, signed Jack the Ripper, hence the name. However, most historians think of this letter as a fake, sent by someone trying to waste police time, although someone was murdered soon after.
However, this letter was not the first sign, that a murder would happen and 4-5 more after that, no the letter was sent after a couple of murders, after the police had relesed the information about a actual 'Serial killer'.
However, between 1888-1891 there were over ten murders that Jack was Blamed for, but historians belive that that he comitted only 5 of them and possibly a 6th one.
Martha Tabram (possibly not killed by Jack) Tue 7 Aug 1888
Mary Ann Nicholes Fri 31 Aug 1888
Annie Chapman Sat 8 Sept 1888
Elizabeth Stride Sun 30 Sept 1888
Catherine Eddows Sun 30 Sept 1888
Mary Jane Kelly Fri 9 Nov 1888
His murders got more violent as they went on, from cuts and stab wounds, to Muttilation and disembowlment.
It is belived that he dissapered after the Murder of Mary Jane Kelly.
No one Knows who he was for sure...
The name 'Jack the Ripper' was not given to him until a letter was sent to the police, saying that he would murder another victim very soon, signed Jack the Ripper, hence the name. However, most historians think of this letter as a fake, sent by someone trying to waste police time, although someone was murdered soon after.
However, this letter was not the first sign, that a murder would happen and 4-5 more after that, no the letter was sent after a couple of murders, after the police had relesed the information about a actual 'Serial killer'.
However, between 1888-1891 there were over ten murders that Jack was Blamed for, but historians belive that that he comitted only 5 of them and possibly a 6th one.
Martha Tabram (possibly not killed by Jack) Tue 7 Aug 1888
Mary Ann Nicholes Fri 31 Aug 1888
Annie Chapman Sat 8 Sept 1888
Elizabeth Stride Sun 30 Sept 1888
Catherine Eddows Sun 30 Sept 1888
Mary Jane Kelly Fri 9 Nov 1888
His murders got more violent as they went on, from cuts and stab wounds, to Muttilation and disembowlment.
It is belived that he dissapered after the Murder of Mary Jane Kelly.
No one Knows who he was for sure...
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