Originally posted by Amanda Sumner
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'I have told you about the eyes of Marie Kelly, wide-open and staring in death. To someone, those eyes suggested a possible clue.
There was at the time a wide-spread superstition that the retina of a murdered person's eyes would, if photographed, give a picture of the last person upon whom the victim looked.
I do not for a moment think that the police ever seriously expected the photograph of the murderer to materialize, but it was decided to try the experiment.
Several photographs of the eyes were taken by expert photographers with the latest type cameras.
The result was negative.'
Unfortunately, although Dew detailed his experiences at the crime scene, he does not make it absolutely clear where the retinal images were recorded. Whether they were recorded at Miller’s Court or the mortuary, they certainly appear to have been recorded.
Originally posted by Amanda Sumner
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