The kidney removal of Catherine Eddowes.

[Trevor Marriott]

Whitechapel had a death rate of 50 per 1000 or 3 times the rate of anyplace else in London. That means medical schools were likely already getting cadavers from whitechapel in mass. Many could not afford a burial. To think there was an additional market for organs of no value seems very far fetched. The only people removing organs by 1888 were surgeons. Again i would ask why would an organ thief take a kidney when he could have more easily taken the pancreas or spleen. Makes little sense to me.

Perhaps there was no demand for the other organs you mentioned

This an extract penned by Prof Hurren who has conducted an extensive study into Victorian Body dealers and their activities and has published several books on the topic

"The dealing in bodies and body parts involved a complex supply chain starting with undertakers, mortuary attendants, infirmary porters, and nurses who would all alert a body dealer of a death and then they would be paid by the body dealer for that information, or in the case of a mortuary attendant allowing access to a mortuary to simply remove body parts from a dead body, as body parts were more lucrative acquisitions than a whole body"

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[FrankO]

Agree Frank. I dont believe any killer just starts mutilating women without thinking about it first. There is usually a starting point im guessing. Tabram looks like a probe to me. Whether a sailor already stabbed her in the heart or not and he came upon her is impossible to tell.

Indeed, Patrick. I'm convinced that, whoever he was, he was trying to act out his morbid fantasy when he killed & mutilated Nichols, Chapman, Eddowes and Kelly and I think Kelly looked the closest to this fantasy. My idea is that the Ripper went out with murder & mutilation on his mind the nights he killed these four poor women. Tabram may have been a probe, although I think that if she was killed by the Ripper, it was more likely a spur-of-the-moment murder, meaning that he wasn't prepared for it. She did or said something and he lost it.

Nichols and Stride were interruptions. Nichols may have been an issue with cold feet. Hard to tell but the escalations were done, in my opinion, for more than just lust. This killer was also trying to prove something. If it was someone like Jacob Levy, for ecample, it would be that he was still a Master of his trade as a butcher. But just a guess.

I'm not so sure about Stride, but, yes, she may have been an interrupted Ripper murder. My view of the Ripper is that his main driving force was rage against women while at the same time curiousity for their bodies, meaning that he wasn't out to prove anything and didn't have a public in mind when he did 'his thing'. But that's just how I see it.

[Trevor Marriott]

Your theory has been disproven Trevor. The only desperation is you inventing organ thieves. The theory is a joke. And a dead joke. Give up Trevor.

Just to show you and others on here the problems the killer would have encountered in removing the organs at the crime scene they say one pic is worth a thousand words so i am going to post 2 pics taken by myself at the post mortem of a deceased female,

The second pic shows an open abdomen held open by retractors and the uterus and the fallopian tubes are highlighted in white. The killer would have not have had the benefit of retractors to hold the abdomen open, the next problem the killer would have encountered is being able to locate and then take hold of the organs, which would be slippery and wet with blood, and in the case of Chapman be able to remove the uterus and the fallopian tubes still attached undamaged in almost total darkness,

The first pic shows a kidney encased in the renal fat that surrounds it, and shows again the degree of difficulty in first being able to locate the kidney as it is located to the rear of the abdominal cavity in almost total darkness

These pics in my opinion, show conclusively that the killer did not remove the organs from these victims at the crime scenes

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[Doctored Whatsit]

JtR never attempted to make a neat post mortem type incision, and ease the abdomen apart with retractors. The police surgeons make it quite clear that he cut open the abdomen in the manner of someone accustomed to removing the innards with one sweep of the knife. He then roughly hurled the intestines to one side, out of the way etc. There is no evidence that he was after one specific item, as he seems to have ripped the body open, in the manner of a butcher/slaughterer and then taken a trophy organ.

Comparing this behaviour with the neatness and precision of a police surgeon at a post mortem is like comparing night with day.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Whitechapel had a death rate of 50 per 1000 or 3 times the rate of anyplace else in London. That means medical schools were likely already getting cadavers from whitechapel in mass. Many could not afford a burial. To think there was an additional market for organs of no value seems very far fetched. The only people removing organs by 1888 were surgeons. Again i would ask why would an organ thief take a kidney when he could have more easily taken the pancreas or spleen. Makes little sense to me.

Me neither Patrick. There are so many points against this theory.

[Herlock Sholmes]

When are you going to read and digest and stop asking questions and making false statements that have been answered many times in posts by me. I posted this only yesterday, which you readily accepted as coming from Prof Hurren and clearly shows how organs were stolen from mortuaries by "organ thieves" as you refer to them and shows they were real and not invented by me as you suggest

"The dealing in bodies and body parts involved a complex supply chain starting with undertakers, mortuary attendants, infirmary porters, and nurses who would all alert a body dealer of a death and then they would be paid by the body dealer for that information, or in the case of a mortuary attendant allowing access to a mortuary to simply remove body parts from a dead body, as body parts were more lucrative acquisitions than a whole body"

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You can’t read. It’s as simple as that.

When Professor Hurren talks about ‘body parts’ she’s talking about amputated limb and not internal organs. She says so in her piece. So yes, you have invented the concept of organ thieves to manufacture a theory.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Just to show you and others on here the problems the killer would have encountered in removing the organs at the crime scene they say one pic is worth a thousand words so i am going to post 2 pics taken by myself at the post mortem of a deceased female,

The second pic shows an open abdomen held open by retractors and the uterus and the fallopian tubes are highlighted in white. The killer would have not have had the benefit of retractors to hold the abdomen open, the next problem the killer would have encountered is being able to locate and then take hold of the organs, which would be slippery and wet with blood, and in the case of Chapman be able to remove the uterus and the fallopian tubes still attached undamaged in almost total darkness,

The first pic shows a kidney encased in the renal fat that surrounds it, and shows again the degree of difficulty in first being able to locate the kidney as it is located to the rear of the abdominal cavity in almost total darkness

These pics in my opinion, show conclusively that the killer did not remove the organs from these victims at the crime scenes

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Clueless.

Check the dictionary. Difficult and Impossible aren’t synonymous.

Questions that you have avoided around 20 times.

1. Do you have a time, arrived at by a consensus of medical experts, as to the minimum time that the killer would have required?

2. Do you know the maximum time that the killer had available to him in Mitre Square.

3. Do you know the level of medical/anatomical knowledge and knife skills that the killer had?


The only honest answer to all 3 of these questions is ‘no.’

Anyone that doesn’t say ‘no’ isn’t being honest.


Therefore it’s a 100% proven fact that no one can legitimately claim that the killer couldn’t have had time. Anyone that claims to the contrary isn’t being honest.

We can all see which side you take. You have emerged from this point with zero credit Trevor. You won’t find a single person to back you up on this particular point because you couldn’t be more obviously wrong and I really can’t see it being down to misunderstanding. It’s very obviously deliberate. You should attempt to try to at least recapture some credibility by accepting this obvious point.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Let’s have a few proper quotes from Professor Hurren’s article shall we…as opposed to Trevor’s imaginary version of what she said.

“Once then the number of medical students increased six-fold during the Victorian period, there was an urgent need for more dead bodies to dissect.”

So the requirement at the time was for bodies to dissect.

“The East-End became then a body-broking business by the 1880s, and typically most dealers worked from three types of premises that feature along Dorset Street.”

So there was a body-broking business. No mention of organs.

. “Body dealers also on a regular basis purchased the dead at the back doors of doss, brothels and lodging houses, making a quick profit for the owner.”

So they purchased bodies.

“It was also the case that limbs which had to be amputated following operative surgery entered the chain of dissection supply. Body parts were in fact highly profitable transactions.”

She is clearly talking about amputated limbs when she talks of body parts. As I said numerous times but you kept ignoring.

“Each torso was also opened from the neck to the navel. In a frenzied but highly skilled attack the womb was cut open above the upper vagina area. This exposed the pectoral muscles. The organs were taken out undamaged, including the womb itself.”

Well waddya know Trevor? Who does Professor Hurren think removed the organs……the killer.

Give it up Trevor.

[Lewis C]

Questions that you have avoided around 20 times.

1. Do you have a time, arrived at by a consensus of medical experts, as to the minimum time that the killer would have required?

2. Do you know the maximum time that the killer had available to him in Mitre Square.

3. Do you know the level of medical/anatomical knowledge and knife skills that the killer had?


The only honest answer to all 3 of these questions is ‘no.’

Anyone that doesn’t say ‘no’ isn’t being honest.


Therefore it’s a 100% proven fact that no one can legitimately claim that the killer couldn’t have had time. Anyone that claims to the contrary isn’t being honest.

Hi Herlock,

I think that your second question can be answered. According to your timeline in a different thread, Watkins didn't see a body in Mitre Square at about 1:30, but then found the body at about 1:44. So that would mean that the maximum time the killer had would be about 14 minutes. Since the times are approximations, you could add a couple of minutes to that, but then to account for the killer entering the Square after Watkins left and leaving before he returned, you'd subtract a couple of minutes, so you still end up with about 14 minutes for the maximum amount of time that the killer had.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Herlock,

I think that your second question can be answered. According to your timeline in a different thread, Watkins didn't see a body in Mitre Square at about 1:30, but then found the body at about 1:44. So that would mean that the maximum time the killer had would be about 14 minutes. Since the times are approximations, you could add a couple of minutes to that, but then to account for the killer entering the Square after Watkins left and leaving before he returned, you'd subtract a couple of minutes, so you still end up with about 14 minutes for the maximum amount of time that the killer had.

Hi Lewis,

I certainly think that we can get pretty close. In the past I made the mistake of allowing for added time at one passing without considering that it would have been the same at the other. Although we can’t be certain of the accuracy of Lawende’s time. At the end of the day though we know that the killer took organs so he certainly had time to do what he did; no matter how difficult. The doctors at the time had no doubts on the matter.

[Trevor Marriott]

Let’s have a few proper quotes from Professor Hurren’s article shall we…as opposed to Trevor’s imaginary version of what she said

It was a quote from her and I resent your suggestion that I made it up, again signs of desperation by you and in a previous post you accepted it

So the requirement at the time was for bodies to dissect. a]

and body parts

So there was a body-broking business. No mention of organs.
Body broking business involves organs as well

She is clearly talking about amputated limbs when she talks of body parts. As I said numerous times but you kept ignoring.

Thats your take on what she says and your take is biased. I Doubt an amputated limb could be described as an organ

Well waddya know Trevor? Who does Professor Hurren think removed the organs……the killer.

She can only give an opinon based on what she read, she has no formal medical experience this is proven by the statement you refer to whereby she states the organs were removed undamaged, which is true in the case of Chapman but not true in the case of Eddowes

Give it up Trevor.

Give it up Herlock

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[GBinOz]

JtR never attempted to make a neat post mortem type incision, and ease the abdomen apart with retractors. The police surgeons make it quite clear that he cut open the abdomen in the manner of someone accustomed to removing the innards with one sweep of the knife. He then roughly hurled the intestines to one side, out of the way etc. There is no evidence that he was after one specific item, as he seems to have ripped the body open, in the manner of a butcher/slaughterer and then taken a trophy organ.

Comparing this behaviour with the neatness and precision of a police surgeon at a post mortem is like comparing night with day.

Hi Doc,

The placing of the still attached intestines on the shoulder is a medical procedure rather than a butchering technique, the latter being a complete removal. The "one sweep of the knife" was a description in the Chapman case, and does resemble a butchering technique. With Eddowes, the incision was made around the navel and the descending colon was removed and placed next to the body to enable access to the kidney. The uterus was removed without even a nick to the bladder, a demanding task even in a modern theatre.

IMO the Chapman evisceration resembled the technique of a butcher, but in Eddowes case there was some initial frenzy followed by dissection technique. The removal of Kelly's heart from the pericardium via the abdominal cavity was also a dissection room technique.

Cheers, George

[GBinOz]

Clueless.

Check the dictionary. Difficult and Impossible aren’t synonymous.

Questions that you have avoided around 20 times.

1. Do you have a time, arrived at by a consensus of medical experts, as to the minimum time that the killer would have required?

2. Do you know the maximum time that the killer had available to him in Mitre Square.

3. Do you know the level of medical/anatomical knowledge and knife skills that the killer had?


The only honest answer to all 3 of these questions is ‘no.’

Anyone that doesn’t say ‘no’ isn’t being honest.


Therefore it’s a 100% proven fact that no one can legitimately claim that the killer couldn’t have had time. Anyone that claims to the contrary isn’t being honest.

We can all see which side you take. You have emerged from this point with zero credit Trevor. You won’t find a single person to back you up on this particular point because you couldn’t be more obviously wrong and I really can’t see it being down to misunderstanding. It’s very obviously deliberate. You should attempt to try to at least recapture some credibility by accepting this obvious point.

With all due respect my friend, your logical progression does not conform to scientific principles. You pose your questions, answer them yourself and ascribe a 100% outcome based entirely on your opinions.

To ascribe some alternatives:

1. My research suggests a minimum time required of 15 minutes. Phillips (who was there and was the most experience police surgeon of his time) quoted this time in the Chapman case, and there was more done to Eddowes than to Chapman. Bond's "expert" came up with a time of 5 minutes, but it was not stipulated whether he was talking about just the organ extractions or the whole procedure, or under what conditions he conducted his experiment. Was it conducted in a theatre with full lighting? Bear in mind that he still managed to nick the bladder. The experiment would have been conducted on a cadaver so the blood in the abdominal cavity would not have been comparable.

2. There is no need to involve Lawende and friends to deduce a time available of 14 minutes, +/- 2 minutes. Police beat time was considered more reliable that that of casual observers. Of course, this excludes the possibility of Watkins skiving.

3. The killer(s) exhibited both butchering and dissection room knowledge and experience, the latter more so in the case of Eddowes (and Kelly). This is obvious from the injuries and techniques recorded at the autopsies. To say that the killer(s) had time to visit these injuries upon their victims because that is what happened is a logical fallacy.

The Time Conundrum is a focal point of this mystery. If some of the popular suspects with no butchering or dissection room experience are to retain their positions on the suspect list, then an alternative theory, such as that presented by Trevor, is required. If the killer(s) took the organs, then the suspects without said skills need to be eliminated.

JMO.

[Doctored Whatsit]

Hi Doc,

The placing of the still attached intestines on the shoulder is a medical procedure rather than a butchering technique, the latter being a complete removal. The "one sweep of the knife" was a description in the Chapman case, and does resemble a butchering technique. With Eddowes, the incision was made around the navel and the descending colon was removed and placed next to the body to enable access to the kidney. The uterus was removed without even a nick to the bladder, a demanding task even in a modern theatre.

IMO the Chapman evisceration resembled the technique of a butcher, but in Eddowes case there was some initial frenzy followed by dissection technique. The removal of Kelly's heart from the pericardium via the abdominal cavity was also a dissection room technique.

Cheers, George

Hi George,

I understand your observations, but Brown was content to say just that Eddowes' killer was someone who knew where to find the kidney, and Bond saw no evidence of specific knowledge or skill in the mutilation of Kelly. We cannot tell whether JtR "placed" the intestines, or pulled them out and pushed them out of his way. I am inclined to think that the neat uterus removal may have been pot luck. So we are all just expressing opinions. I am generally going with the police surgeons at the time, you are considering other opinions in addition - no problem!

[Fiver]

So why do we not see any attempt to remove organs from Stride,Tabram, McKenzie and Coles....

Tabram - the Ripper hadn't worked up to that level of mutilation yet.
Stride - lack of time to snatch organs or she wasn't a Ripper victim.
McKenzie - the thrill was gone or the killer's health was failing or she wasn't a Ripper victim.
Coles - clearly not a Ripper victim

...I will tell you why, because the abdomens of these victims were not opened up sufficiently for the body dealers to remove organs.

So your hypothetical organ thieves were too poor to afford a knife? They could only steal organs if someone else had opened up the body cavity?