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AP Wolf
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Apwolf
Post Number: 1264
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 2:17 pm: |       |
I thought this a useful source:
IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 LH/X/97
Held at: Royal London Hospital
Title: Whitechapel Murders
Date(s): 1888-1971
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 0.5 linear metre
Name of creator(s): Larkins | Edward | fl 1888-1891 | Custom House official
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history: Edward Larkins, a Custom House official, became interested in the Whitechapel murders, and the identification of the murderer. He came to the conclusion that the most likely suspect was a student at the London Hospital Medical College, probably because of to the close proximity of the Hospital to the murder sites and the possibility that the murderer had some anatomical knowledge.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract: Papers relating to the Whitechapel Murders, comprising evidence collected by Edward Larkins of the Custom House on the possible identification of the Whitechapel Murderer ('Jack the Ripper'), 1888-1891, comprising statistical information, including copies of Custom House and Home Office documents, particularly relating to ship movements; copy letters from Larkins; letter from Larkins to Munro-Scott, Warden of the London Hospital Medical College, concerning his research into student records at the London Hospital, 1891; note by Munro-Scott concerning Larkin's research, 1890;
contemporary photograph of the 'Lusk letter', sent to Mr George Lusk, Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, with a portion of kidney, 1888; contemporary photograph of the 'Openshaw letter' and envelope, sent to Dr Openshaw, Pathological Curator of the London Hospital Museum, signed Jack the Ripper, 1888;
papers collected by Professor Francis Camps relating to the Whitechapel murders ('Jack the Ripper'), 1888-1971, namely papers concerning the Mitre Square murder (Catherine Eddowes), 1888, comprising plan and elevation of Mitre Square showing the position of the body; plan of the surrounding area; sketch of the body at the crime scene; mortuary sketches of the body; photographs of drawings of the body of Catherine Eddowes (victim of the Whitechapel Murderer) by Dr T Gordon Brown, 1898; press cuttings and reprints on the Whitechapel Murder 1888, 1971.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement: The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
Conditions governing access: Researchers wishing to consult the archives should first contact the Trust Archivist, the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, for an appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction: A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Finding aids: The papers are unlisted.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition: Transferred from the Medical College Library in 1987.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material: Papers relating to the Whitechapel Murders are also held by the Public Record Office including letters from individuals signed 'Jack the Ripper' (reference: MEPO 3).
Publication note: 'More About Jack the Ripper' Professor Francis Camps London Hospital Gazette Clinical and Scientific Supplement vol LXIX no 1 1966.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Sources: Public Record Office Online Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: June 2001
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Natalie Severn
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Severn
Post Number: 1047
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 2:33 pm: | |
Thanks for this AP.Its what I have often wondered about myself.I have also wondered whether it was someone who had access to a doctor who worked in the mortuary!-an attendant for example.
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Natalie Severn
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Severn
Post Number: 1048
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 3:47 pm: | |
Hi again AP,When I was gathering information for the painting I did with the Whitechapel Hospital in the background I was astonoshed by the proximity of the hospital.In fact when I then came to do the painting of Wood"s Buildings passage which is just two minutes from the site where Polly was found and just around a blind corner from Buck"s Row you could actually see the front of the hospital through the passage[which is very likely a passage way the killer took].There it was ,straight in front and all of it not more than two or three minutes from the murder site.No wonder so many have connected the hospital with the killer.That and some apparent "medical knowledge" when removing certain of the organs.But as you have pointed out regarding Thomas Cutbush this information that enabled him to remove for example a kidney in just a few minutes in the darkness of Mitre Square
could have been gathered from medical books or possibly a t=previous experience say dressing deer after a hunt.
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