Was Tabram stabbed through her clothing?

[Wickerman]

It's been a while since we talked over the mutilations of Tabram, I don't think she was a Ripper victim, but thats just me.
Stabbed through her clothes?
Do you mean like in the upper chest?
I can't remember the source at the moment but, she was stabbed in the chest, through her clothes. Around the heart were several smaller stab wounds almost circular in pattern, but in the middle stabbed once with a stout long bladed knife, possibly a dagger which was similar to a bayonet of the time.
There were other stab wounds in and around the neck.

[AmeliaV]

Long time Ripperologist, first time poster.


Martha Tabram was stabbed 39 times. Can anyone confirm where she was stabbed through her clothes?


We know from the Mitre Square photos and the Mitre Square sketch that for Kelly and Eddowes their clothing was ripped or pulled aside so Jack could complete his mutilations.

We know from the inquests of Chapman and Nichols that the clothing was pulled up to do the same:

John Davies - "The clothes were up to her groins."

Robert Paul - "The clothes were disarranged, and he helped to pull them down."


But with Tabram it doesn't seem so clear. There is a note about the clothes at the inquest:

John S. Reeves - "The deceased's clothes were disarranged, as though she had had a struggle with some one."


Like it was for Nichols, the term "disarranged" was used, but unlike Nichols there is no hint that the clothes were disarranged "up" the body. Also, the wounds on Nichols were in her abdomen, which could be administered after lifting her dress. Tabram was stabbed 39 times, as high up the body as the heart. If she'd been unclothed all the way up, there'd be words like "ripped" or "unbuttoned" or "untied" used in the inquest, right?

Can anyone help? Did Victorians use the term "disarranged" to cover any amount of clothing removal?