Martha Tabram mortuary photo - enhanced

[Mitch Rowe]

Mitch,

Who said anything about Martha stealing money? You seem to have made an assumption and now wonder why the photo doesn't match your assumption.

In any case, if what we were told by Perly Poll has any basis in fact, she had been drinking immoderately that night. Further, she had one serious sub-cranial head injury that may have rendered her semi-concious if not fully unconscious so a lack of a struggle or defensive wounds may well be understandable.

Don.

I dont know anything about cranial wounds could you please inform me?

The stealing money was an assumption made by others. If Marthas body falls some-one heard it. If she was hit on the head then it was probably a soldier.

[Sam Flynn]

I dont know anything about cranial wounds could you please inform me?

Killeen's inquest deposition, cited by Sugden: "Upon opening the head he [Killeen] had found an effusion of blood between the scalp and the bone. The brain was pale, but healthy...".

[Chava]

Thanks Chris for doing that! Her tongue is swollen and protruding slightly between her teeth. Strangled first? There isn't a mark on her face or neck that I could see.

[ChrisGeorge]

Superb work, as usual, Chris.

Can we discuss something here? I'm in two minds. I have a feeling it's possible we view this image the wrong way and she's actually flat on a board, not upright.

PHILIP

Hello Philip

We are probably misled because we have in mind the image of Catherine Eddowes pinned up against the wall (apparently) and think of the other mortuary photographs the same way. Although it makes sense for the bodies to be laying flat. The other aspect though is that you would presumably the photograph upright to give some semblence of how the women looked in life.

Chris

[Shelley]

That looks like a board to me behind Tabram's head, given the creases in the ( what looks like a blanket) cloth it looks as she is placed lying down, had she been upright there wouldn't be any creases in the cloth.

[Jdombrowski89]

Excellent job Chris,

Are those some of the stab wounds on her right cheek?

Regards,
Justin