2.  August 30, 1888 -- Fire breaks out at the Shadwell Dry Dock and burns until late the next morning.  August 31, 1888 -- Polly Nichols killed in Bucks Row  September 8, 1888 -- Annie Chapman killed in Hanbury Street.  September 30, 1888 -- Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes killed at 1:00 and 1:45 am, respectively.  November 9, 1888 -- Mary Kelly killed in Miller's Court.

3.  Lived in the Lambeth, St Giles, Strand, and Mitcham workhouse (last at Lambeth)  Father, ex-husband, blacksmith boyfriend,  Heavy drinker  Found a job as a domestic servant  Last night, not enough money to find lodging  Last seen alive in a drunken condition, 2:30AM  Murdered in Bucks Row, Whitechapel

4.  Found on her back—others had walked by  Even the policeman assumed it was just an “unfortunate” passed out  Throat was cut twice, left to right, through the spinal cord  Abdomen jaggedly cut open in several places  Thumb-size bruise on her lower right jaw  Not heavily covered in the newspapers

5.  Why did passers-by ignore the body of Mary Nichols?  Why did the police take little notice of the murder?  What early conclusions can you draw about the first “Whitechapel Murder”?

6.  Suffered from Tuberculosis and Syphilis  Heavy drinker  Husband (dead) and 2x boyfriends (Sivvey & Stanley)  Prostitute  Lives at a lodging house for 300 people  Sighted with “a customer” before being found dead.

7.  Read Source 7, page 51  What similarities or differences are there between the two murders?  What reasons do critics have for believing the letter was written by some crank instead of the murderer?  Why did Jack the Ripper wait so long to send the letter?  What evidence is there that he will kill again?

8.  Prostitute  Husband, boyfriend  Heavy drinker  Lives at a lodging house  Leaves early in the morning and is found dead later

9.  Husband, boyfriend  Drinking problem  Sept 29: She is arrested for being drunk and disorderly (imitating a fire engine) and put in the cells.  Sept 30: released and found dead 10 minutes from the station

10.  Read Source 8, Page 52

11.  Husband (dead), boyfriend  Prostitute, brothel and, later, streets  Drinking problem  November 8: seen singing in the street, completely drunk  November 9: found mutilated on her bed

12.  Read page 53, and complete questions 1-3.