Mary Jane Kelly, From Whitechapel?

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It’s possible, but not certain. I doubt Boekee and Morgenstern were still in Pennington Street in November, 1888. Their next door neighbours the Maywood’s (also apparently brothel keepers) at 1, Breezer’s Hill had moved out.

The dresses incident had been, what, three years previously? If the PA reporter had limited his investigations to Spitalfields and Breezer’s Hill, it’s possible that he didn’t make contact with anyone who’d known Mary/Boekee in 1885.

I’ve always considered the dresses story to be corroboration of the whole West End/French lady episode, but I’m now of the opinion that it ain’t necessarily so.

Yeah otherwise the reporter would have interviewed Boekee and or went to the brothel or mentioned the name, perhaps.

I think at the very least MJK worked in a West End brothel.