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5 days ago · Sir Melville Leslie Macnaghten (1853 - 1921) was the Assistant Chief Constable of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from June 1889 to December 1890, when he was promoted to Chief Constable; a position he held until 1903, when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner (CID) of the London Metropolitan Police.
3 days ago · See Awards. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE FRSA ( / ˈ ( j) uːstɪnɒf / (Y)OO-stin-off; born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker, and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career.
5 days ago · A little before 6am John Davis, an elderly resident of 29 Hanbury Street came downstairs, walked along the narrow passageway and opened the back door. The sight that met his eyes sent him reeling back in horror. Moments later two workmen walking along Hanbury Street were suddenly startled when, from the open door of number 29, a wild eyed old ...
5 days ago · THE FATHER OF MARY NICHOLS. Called To Identify His Daughter's Body. Edward Walker had not heard from his daughter, Mary Nichols, since receiving a letter from her at Easter, 1888, Then, he was contacted by the police and taken to the mortuary, where he had the awful task of identifying the body of the Buck's Row victim as that of his daughter.
5 days ago · ALICE MCKENZIE'S BODY IS FOUND. At 12.50am on 17th July 1889 Police Constable Walter Andrews found the body of local prostitute Alice McKenzie lying close to a lamp-post on a pavement in Castle Alley, just off Whitechapel High Street. Her skirt had been pulled up and there was blood over her thigh and abdomen which, it transpired was coming ...
5 days ago · Chapman was arrested, found guilty of murder and was executed on 7th April 1903. Following his conviction there were suggestions in the press that he might also have been responsible for the Whitechapel Murders. So a journalist from the Pall Mall Gazette sought the opinion of, the by then retired, Inspector Frederick George Abberline.
3 days ago · In October, 1890, Mary Pearcey murdered her lover's wife, Phoebe Hogg and her baby daughter. She was hanged for the crime at Newgate Prison on 23rd December, 1890. In 1939, author William Stewart proposed her as a contender for having been Jack the Ripper. One of the female contenders for the mantle of jack the Ripper is Mary Pearcey.
