This is the infamous Mitre Square. A policeman,
PC Edward Watkins, patrolled the square at about 1.30AM and found it was
deserted. When he returned 15 minutes later, he found a mutilated corpse.Catharine Eddowes
This is the infamous Mitre Square. A policeman,
PC Edward Watkins, patrolled the square at about 1.30AM and found it was
deserted. When he returned 15 minutes later, he found a mutilated corpse.
At an inquest into Eddowes' death, he told the court
"I saw the body of a woman lying there on her back: her feet facing
the square, her clothes up above her waist. I saw her throat was cut and
her bowels protruding. The stomach 
was
ripped up."
LEFT:
The discovery of the body as portrayed
in the press.
RIGHT:
A mortuary photograph.