Author: Richard Jones

The Morning Chronicle, on Saturday, 11th July 1857, published the following story abut a police officer’s visit to an illicit drinking den in Spitalfields:- SUNDAY IN SPITALFIELDS A NICE POINT OF LAW Mr. James Lawrence, landlord of the […]

The Dunfermline Saturday Press, on Saturday, 18th August 1866, took issue with claims that had been made that London was a city that could be justifiably proud of its sanitary system. WHITECHAPEL IN 1866 A visit to Whitechapel […]

The Dundee Courier, on Monday, 25th June 1866, published the following article which looked at the awful conditions inside the workhouse:- INSIDE A WORKHOUSE EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS Mr Ernest Hart, accompanied by Mr Farnall, paid a visit to Whitechapel […]

The Newcastle Evening Chronicle, on Monday, 10th September 1888 published the following article:- THE WORD FROM SUNDERLAND “Sunderland is competing with Whitechapel in tales of mystery. A few weeks ago a cabinetmaker named Lee was found dead under […]

Throughout the day of Saturday the 8th of September, 1888, news was emerging from Whitechapel that another murder, that of Annie Chapman, had occurred in Hanbury Street. Word had also got out that a leather apron had been […]

As more an more new technology became available to to assist the police in the fight against crime, the newspapers began singing the praises of the latest scientific breakthroughs that would, so it was hoped, make the fight […]

The Hackney and Kingsland Gazette, in its edition of Wednesday, 3rd October 1888, published an editorial that defended the officers of the Metropolitan Police against accusations of incompetence:- THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS PUBLIC HORROR The intense excitement caused throughout […]

Phew, we’re now into the autumn of the year. How time flies. And it’s time for our autumnal quiz on the Whitechapel murders and the history surrounding them. If you are a seasoned quiz taker, the you probably […]

One of the problems with the structure of the Metropolitan Police that was highlighted by the newspapers in September, 1888, as the Whitechapel murders began causing consternation throughout society, was the fact that the higher echelons of the […]

In April, 1902, a case was heard at Southwark Police Court in which it was alleged that a lady by the name of Matilda Gillmer had fraudulently obtained the sum of £700 from the landlord of the Crown […]