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Emma Elizabeth Smith ( c. 1843 – 4 April 1888) was a murder victim of mysterious origins in late-19th century London. Her killing was the first of the Whitechapel murders, and it is possible she was a victim of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, though this is considered unlikely by most modern authors.
6 days ago · EMMA ELIZABETH SMITH. On the Monday evening, at the common lodging house at 18 George Street, Spitalfields, at which she had been a resident for eighteen months, Emma Elizabeth Smith, a 45-year-old-widow, readied herself for a night out.
Emma Elizabeth Smith. Contemporary report on the murder of Emma Smith. Born c.1843. Although forty-five years of age, a mother or two, a widower and a prostitute, Emma Smith is generally looked upon as something of a mystery.
On Tuesday 3 April 1888, following the Easter Monday bank holiday, 45-year-old prostitute Emma Elizabeth Smith was assaulted and robbed at the junction of Osborn Street and Brick Lane, Whitechapel, in the early hours of the morning.
5 days ago · The Emma Elizabeth Smith newspaper archive features reports from the newspapers in April 1888 that dealt with what, as it transpired, was the first crime in the Whitechapel Murders sequence.
4 days ago · At the inquest at the London Hospital, to-day, on Emma Elisabeth Smith, aged 45, widow, who was waylaid, robbed, and barbarously murdered in Whitechapel while returning home late on Easter Monday evening, a verdict of wilful murder against some persons unknown was returned.
The Strange Case of Emma Smith. At around 9.00am on the morning of 4th April 1888, Emma Elizabeth Smith passed away in the London Hospital. There were no family members present as the life of Emma Smith was somewhat of a mystery, but no more so than the circumstances of her death.
