I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only wate a whil longer.
signed.
Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk.
It was sent in a small paper box, along with a piece of human kidney. The latest victim was Catherine Eddowew, she was killed on September 30, one of her kidneys was removed. At her inquest it was stated that she had Bight's Disease, medical reports by Dr. Openshaw found the kidney to be very similar to the one that was removed from Catherine, though his findings were inconclusive either way.
Over the course of two months the Ripper murdered at least five known prostitutes. All of the women were known to be inebriated and within a one mile radius of the east end of London. Because of the lower class area that the murders took place it was difficult to determine the credibility of the some of the witnesses that came forward.
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The first victim of the Ripper was Mary Ann Nichols. On August 31, 1888 Mary Ann Nichols was found murdered across from Essex Wharf in a gateway between a school and some cottages. She was said to be drunk and walking the streets with two men by a witness who saw her earlier in the evening. The following is from the Times:.
"Another murder of the foulest kind was committed in the neighborhood of Whitechapel in the early hours of yesterday morning, but by whom and with what motive is at present a complete mystery. At a quarter to 4 o'clock Police-constable Neill, 97J, when in Buck's-row, Whitechapel, came upon the body of a woman lying on a part of the footway, and on stooping to raise her up in the belief that she was drunk he discovered that her throat was cut almost from ear to ear. She was dead but still warm. He procured assistance and at once sent to the station and for a doctor.
Dr. Llewellyn, of Whitechapel-road, whose surgery is not above 300 yards from the spot where the woman lay, was aroused, and, at the solicitation of a constable, dressed and went at once to the scene? He inspected the body at the place where it was found and pronounced the woman dead.
