What did Scotland Yard do with the piece of apron from C.Eddowes?

[Monty]

Its not Eddowes shawl though.

Its a table cloth pretending to be Eddowes shall.

Monty

[coburg]

What kind of tests are being run and who is running them?

[Adam Went]

Fingerprints are of no use if there are no existing prints to match them to, even if the apron was still in existence. I know they were doing tests on Eddowes' shawl not so long ago, one would have thought the apron and shawl would have stayed together, being from the same victim? Whatever the case, it is sad that it's another piece of evidence gone missing.

Cheers,
Adam.

[sdreid]

Could the apron have gone up in the blitz?

[YankeeSergeant]

Finger printing

Hi there, NOV9's friend

The piece of Catherine Eddowes' apron is apparently no longer in the possession of the police, unfortunately. Yes, I know, another lost piece of evidence.

Chris

It's doubtful that any useable fingerprints would have helped. As you rightly point out, fingerprinting was not in use in 1888. In fact though France was experimenting with the bertillon system this too had not crossed to England. O.K. theoretically if the piece of apron were still extant, you could get fingerprints. I say theoretically because you have several people touching and examining this evidence without gloves. Catherine Eddowes, PC Long, Superintendent McWilliam and Jack the Ripper. In the intervening years several clerks etc probably handled it as well. It is doubtful we have prints that can be reliably placed for Jack.There are no extent prints that can be attributed to Eddowes. That Jack the Ripper may have been buckled later on for another crime and printed is possible but there would still be no way to positively link him to Eddowes in a way that would actually stand up in front of a Queen's Bench .

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi there, NOV9's friend

The piece of Catherine Eddowes' apron is apparently no longer in the possession of the police, unfortunately. Yes, I know, another lost piece of evidence.

Chris

[NOV9]

Is it still on file or did they destroy it?

If it still exist then Jack would have his fingerprints all over it in blood.
Sense they did not have the knowledge of finger printing then but now they do.
Finger printing was discovered back then when he was trolling, but England did not use it then.
And if Jack were in a Prison in a country that did use finger printing he may be on record.

Any takers here?

Nov substitute.

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