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Items extracted from MEPO 3/3153. Whitechapel Murders: 'Jack the Ripper'. Letter...
Catalogue reference: EXT 11/143
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EXT 11/143
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1888 -1889
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Items extracted from MEPO 3/3153. Whitechapel Murders:
'Jack the Ripper'. Letter signed 'Jack the Ripper', dated 25 September 1888, addressed to The Central News Ltd, and covering letter from Central News; folio nos 1-4.
Letter from Home Office, 10 November 1888, and subsequent Metropolitan Police Office press notice seeking information as to the murderer of Mary Janet (or Marie Jeanette) Kelly; folio nos 5-9.
Report of post mortem examination of Mary Janet Kelly, dated 16 November 1888; folio nos 10-19.
CID report dated 24 Sept 1889, and extract from Evening Standard of that date relating to inquest on the human remains found 10 September 1889; folio nos 20-22.
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Archives and libraries
- Crime
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