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Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Saturday 22 September 1888
THE WHITE CHAPEL MURDERS RESUMED INQUESTS
Eliza Cooper deposed:
I lodge at 25, Dorset-street, Spitalfields. I have done so for the last five months. I knew the deceased. I had a quarrel with her the Tuesday before she was murdered. On the previous Saturday she brought Mr. Stanley into 25, Dorset-street. The deceased came into the kitchen, and asked the people there to give her some soap. They told her to ask "'Liza." She came to me, and I opened the locker and gave her some. She gave it to Stanley, who went outside and washed himself in the lavatory. When she came back I asked for the soap, but she did not return it. She said, "I will see you by-and-by." Mr Stanley gave her 2s., and paid for the bed for two nights. I saw no more of her that night. Stanley treated me. I saw her on the Wednesday. When I met her in the kitchen, I said, "Perhaps you will return my soap." We got quarreling, and we went out to the Ringers' public-house, and continued the quarrel. She slapped my face, and said, "Thank yourself lucky I did not do more." I struck her in the left eye, I believe, and then in the chest. I afterwards saw that the blow had marked her face.
-When was the last time you saw her alive? -On the Wednesday night in the Ringers.
-Was she wearing rings? - Yes, she was wearing three rings on the third finger of the left hand. They were all brass. She bought them from a black man.
-Had she ever a gold wedding ring to your knowledge? - No, not since I have known her. I have known her about 15 years. I know she associated with Stanley, "Harry the Hawker", and several others.
The Foreman of the Jury: Are there any of those with whom she associated missing? - I could not tell.
A Juryman: Was she on the same relations with the as she was with Stanley? - No, sir. She used to bring them casually into the lodging-house.
Elizabeth Long deposed:
I live in Church-row, Whitechapel. I am married to James Long, a cart-minder. On Saturday, the 8th September, about half-past five o'clock in the morning, I was passing down Hanbury-street from home on my way to Spitalfields Market. I know the time because I heard the brewers' clock strike half-past five just before I got up to them. I passed 29, Hanbury-street, on the right-hand side - the same side as the house. I saw a man and a woman standing on the pavement talking. His back was turned towards Brick-lane, and the woman's was towards the market. They were standing only a few yards nearer Brick-lane from 29, Hanbury-street. I saw the woman's face. I saw the deceased in the mortuary after death. I am sure the woman that I saw in Hanbury-street was the deceased. I did not see the man's face, but I noticed that he was dark. He was wearing a brown deerstalker hat. I think he had on a dark coat, though I am not certain. By his look he seemed to be a man over 40 years of age. He appeared to be a little taller than deceased. He looked like a foreigner. I should say he looked what I should call "shabby genteel." They were talking loudly. I overheard him say to her "Will you?" and she said "Yes."
THE WHITE CHAPEL MURDERS RESUMED INQUESTS
Eliza Cooper deposed:
I lodge at 25, Dorset-street, Spitalfields. I have done so for the last five months. I knew the deceased. I had a quarrel with her the Tuesday before she was murdered. On the previous Saturday she brought Mr. Stanley into 25, Dorset-street. The deceased came into the kitchen, and asked the people there to give her some soap. They told her to ask "'Liza." She came to me, and I opened the locker and gave her some. She gave it to Stanley, who went outside and washed himself in the lavatory. When she came back I asked for the soap, but she did not return it. She said, "I will see you by-and-by." Mr Stanley gave her 2s., and paid for the bed for two nights. I saw no more of her that night. Stanley treated me. I saw her on the Wednesday. When I met her in the kitchen, I said, "Perhaps you will return my soap." We got quarreling, and we went out to the Ringers' public-house, and continued the quarrel. She slapped my face, and said, "Thank yourself lucky I did not do more." I struck her in the left eye, I believe, and then in the chest. I afterwards saw that the blow had marked her face.
-When was the last time you saw her alive? -On the Wednesday night in the Ringers.
-Was she wearing rings? - Yes, she was wearing three rings on the third finger of the left hand. They were all brass. She bought them from a black man.
-Had she ever a gold wedding ring to your knowledge? - No, not since I have known her. I have known her about 15 years. I know she associated with Stanley, "Harry the Hawker", and several others.
The Foreman of the Jury: Are there any of those with whom she associated missing? - I could not tell.
A Juryman: Was she on the same relations with the as she was with Stanley? - No, sir. She used to bring them casually into the lodging-house.
Elizabeth Long deposed:
I live in Church-row, Whitechapel. I am married to James Long, a cart-minder. On Saturday, the 8th September, about half-past five o'clock in the morning, I was passing down Hanbury-street from home on my way to Spitalfields Market. I know the time because I heard the brewers' clock strike half-past five just before I got up to them. I passed 29, Hanbury-street, on the right-hand side - the same side as the house. I saw a man and a woman standing on the pavement talking. His back was turned towards Brick-lane, and the woman's was towards the market. They were standing only a few yards nearer Brick-lane from 29, Hanbury-street. I saw the woman's face. I saw the deceased in the mortuary after death. I am sure the woman that I saw in Hanbury-street was the deceased. I did not see the man's face, but I noticed that he was dark. He was wearing a brown deerstalker hat. I think he had on a dark coat, though I am not certain. By his look he seemed to be a man over 40 years of age. He appeared to be a little taller than deceased. He looked like a foreigner. I should say he looked what I should call "shabby genteel." They were talking loudly. I overheard him say to her "Will you?" and she said "Yes."
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