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On the morning of Friday, 31 August 1888, Mary Ann Nichols was found murdered in Buck’s Row. The next day (01 September) her husband identified her body in the morgue. That Saturday afternoon, Coroner Baxter conducted the first inquest. Among other police officers, Insp. Abberline was present at that inquest. On that same busy Saturday, Robert Anderson took over the position of Assistant Commissioner, but it seems highly unlikely whether he would have been in the office, picked out, consulted with and delegated Abberline to attend the inquest – all on a Saturday morning. Does anyone have any idea how Abberline came to be at the inquest? (He had not been stationed in the field since 1887.) Thanks in advance!