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When considering whether it was possible for Elizabeth Stride to hang on to the packet of cashous whilst being assaulted by BS man the following might be of interest.
Evening Express 27th June 1893
HORRIBLE MURDER IN LONDON. A WOMAN'S THROAT CUT. SIMILARITY TO THE RIPPER SCARE. AN ARREST. Another mysterious murder with its usual accompaniment the escape of the murderer has to be added to the growing total of Metropolitan tragedies. In some respects, indeed, the news which sent a thrill of horror through Rotherhithe early on Sunday morning resembles those fiendish crimes that have made Whitechapel a byword and reproach to the annals of criminal history. The victim is a woman living apart from her husband the time of the murder was the early hours of the morning; and the wound was the same ghastly gash which characterised the Ripper atrocities. to the spot near the Rotherhithe New-road, where the murder was committed, is a public-house called the Sir Garnet Wolseley, at the bad: of which are two streets known as Westlake street and Silverlock street. A few minutes after the public-house had closed on Saturday night three screams were heard. DISCOVERY OF THE CRIME. One account says no heed was taken of them, as they were regarded merely as the outcome of a street disturbance. Another report describes them as piercing," and states that so loud were they that the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses rushed out greatly alarmed, and at once commenced a search of the locality. One of the searchers noticed a dark object lying outside No. 51, Silverlock street, and, on going towards it, discovered a woman lying prostrate in a pool of blood. On the arrival of a constable with a bull's-eye lantern a horrible sight was revealed. It was seen that the woman's head was as nearly as possible severed from the trunk, while her clothing was saturated with blood, streams of which were dearly visible on the pavement. The woman was at once recognised as a character well known in the locality, going by the name of Jenny Hicks. She is supposed to be about 45 years of age.When found she was clutching a latchkey in her right hand, while wedged between the fingers was a sixpenny piece and a cork.
Evening Express 27th June 1893
HORRIBLE MURDER IN LONDON. A WOMAN'S THROAT CUT. SIMILARITY TO THE RIPPER SCARE. AN ARREST. Another mysterious murder with its usual accompaniment the escape of the murderer has to be added to the growing total of Metropolitan tragedies. In some respects, indeed, the news which sent a thrill of horror through Rotherhithe early on Sunday morning resembles those fiendish crimes that have made Whitechapel a byword and reproach to the annals of criminal history. The victim is a woman living apart from her husband the time of the murder was the early hours of the morning; and the wound was the same ghastly gash which characterised the Ripper atrocities. to the spot near the Rotherhithe New-road, where the murder was committed, is a public-house called the Sir Garnet Wolseley, at the bad: of which are two streets known as Westlake street and Silverlock street. A few minutes after the public-house had closed on Saturday night three screams were heard. DISCOVERY OF THE CRIME. One account says no heed was taken of them, as they were regarded merely as the outcome of a street disturbance. Another report describes them as piercing," and states that so loud were they that the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses rushed out greatly alarmed, and at once commenced a search of the locality. One of the searchers noticed a dark object lying outside No. 51, Silverlock street, and, on going towards it, discovered a woman lying prostrate in a pool of blood. On the arrival of a constable with a bull's-eye lantern a horrible sight was revealed. It was seen that the woman's head was as nearly as possible severed from the trunk, while her clothing was saturated with blood, streams of which were dearly visible on the pavement. The woman was at once recognised as a character well known in the locality, going by the name of Jenny Hicks. She is supposed to be about 45 years of age.When found she was clutching a latchkey in her right hand, while wedged between the fingers was a sixpenny piece and a cork.
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