Newapaper coverage of the inquest.

[Fiver]

Here's The Guardian · Tuesday, September 04, 1888.

Points I found of interest were:

It mentions that Inspector Helson and Abberline, as well as Detective Sergeant Enright of Scotland Yard attended the inquest. The reporter seems to have gotten some opinions from Abberline and Helson.

Nichols was considered to be the third victim. Presumably Martha Tabram was one of the other two.

Three night watchman were on duty nearby, but heard nothing.

[Fiver]

And here's The Morning Post · Tuesday, September 04, 1888

And here the Inspector's name is listed as Helston.

Its shows that Charles Cross/Lechmere was identified by PC "Maizen" before Cross testified. Even back then the police had to deal with people claiming to be witnesses for the attention.

[Elamarna]

Hi Fiver,
I have over 150( actually lost count ) in my book on Bucks Row, London, regionals and overseas.
So I am going to take a keen interest in this thread.

Steve

[barnflatwyngarde]

"Even back then the police had to deal with people claiming to be witnesses for the attention."

Absolutely Fiver!

I had a friend who was a DI with Strathclyde Police. He was working on a child murder, and they were struggling to get any meaningful evidence.

Over a beer he told me that he was dreading going into work on Monday because the Police were setting up a mobile incident room in an attempt to encourage the public to supply any information which would help trace the killer.

He said that whenever the police took this step, it meant that they were really struggling, and resulted in lots of evidence coming in from lots of "weirdos", all of which had to be followed up, and very rarely resulted in any meaningful information.