Annie's scarf

[Sam Flynn]

Thanks, Jon

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that list of possessions culled from various newspaper reports, primarily (but not entirely) from Inspector Chandler's inquest testimony as reported in more than one newspaper? As such, he was responding, in piecemeal fashion, to various questions raised at the inquest; he was never asked to recite a structured inventory, and neither did he. As such, the list can't be considered definitive, so we can't really be sure whether Chapman's scarf was missing or not.

[Jon Guy]

Taken over from the Goulston Street Graffito threadThis could be the shortest thread ever, but... was her scarf really missing?

Hi Sam

Timothy Donovan: I recognise the handkerchief produced as one which the deceased used to wear. She was wearing it three corner wise round her neck with a black woollen sort of scarf underneath. It was tied in front in a knot.
The Standard 14th Sept 1888

and a list of Annie's Clothes and Possessions showing no scarf:
Long black figured coat that came down to her knees.
Black skirt
Brown bodice
Another bodice
2 petticoats
A large pocket worn under the skirt and tied about the waist with strings (empty when found)
Lace up boots
Red and white striped woolen stockings
Neckerchief, white with a wide red border (folded tri-corner and knotted at the front of her neck. she is wearing the scarf in this manner when she leaves Crossingham's)
Had three recently acquired brass rings on her middle finger (missing after the murder)
Scrap of muslin
One small tooth comb
One comb in a paper case
Scrap of envelope she had taken form the mantelpiece of the kitchen containing two pills. It bears the seal of the Sussex Regiment. It is postal stamped "London, 28,Aug., 1888" inscribed is a partial address consisting of the letter M, the number 2 as if the beginning of an address and an S.

[Sam Flynn]

Taken over from the Goulston Street Graffito thread

Taken in isolation this will always be a debatable point but, knowing Chapman's scarf was missing from her body

This could be the shortest thread ever, but... was her scarf really missing?