We've already looked at 5 things whih happened in Whitechapel in December, 1888, now we are going to look at 5 more things in this article. By December, 1888, the ripper terror still gripped the heart of the Whitechapel. The people of the Whitechapel area in London, still lived in fear of Jack the Ripper. At the time, the people of Whitechapel did not know at this point that they had seen the last of Jack the Ripper's murders. For all they new, Jack the Ripper was still at large. And he could strike again at any moment. As contemporaries, it is easy to forget this. It's easy for forget that December, 1888, was still the height of the ripper fear. We too often think that that fear stopped with the last murder of Mary Jane Kelly, which occured on November 9th, 1888. Therefore, Whitechapel in December 1888, was still very eventful. Let us now see five more things which happened in December, 1888 in Whitechapel.
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1. Rose Mylett Murdered
Rose Mylett was murdered on the 20th of December, 1888. Even though Rose Mylett is not considered to by a Canonical Five victim, her death raised suspicion and fear that Jack the Ripper had struck again. Was Rose Mylett a victim of Jack the Ripper? Rose was found in the same area that the other victims were found - in the Whitechapel district. Her body was found near Commercial Road. Commercial Road is near to the location that Elizabeth Stride was found. The location of Rose Mylett's found body is not the only thing which makes her a potential victim of Jack the Ripper. She also was a prostitue. And was discribed as being 'very drunk'. on the night of her murder. The timing of her death also leads her to be a potential victim of the ripper. Mylett was last seen alive with two men, at 2.30am in the morning of the 20th of December, 1888. However, her body was found murdered at 4.15am that same morning. Her body was still warm - meaning that she wasn't long dead. The timing of her death fits with all of the other ripper victims, but police did rule out her being a victim of Jack the Ripper. Mainly because there was evidence that she was strangled to death. The rippers second victim, Annie Chapman, also showed signs of being strangled.
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2. David Cohen transfer David Cohen was transfered to an asylum called, The Colney Hatch Asylum, on the 21st of December, 1888. He was previously arrested on the 7th of December, 1888. Cohen was arrested by police, after he was walking around the streets of Whitechapel - seemingly insane. At first Cohen was transfered to the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary - after he was arrested by police. But he wasn't deemed mentally well enough to be in a workhouse. Which led to him being moved to an assylum. 3. David Cohen classed dangerous This was not the first time that David ohen would be moved. He was moved again by authority figures on the 28th of December, 1888. This time he wasn't moved to a different location, or asylum, he was moved to be seperated from fellow patients at the asylum. Because he was dangerous and physically ill. This has led to David Cohen as being viewed as a ripper suspect. 4. Sir Macnaughten's father dies Sir Melville Macnaughten's father dies on Christmas Eve, 1888. Macnaughten was not part of the Whitechapel police unit at this point. However, he would later on. And he would become an influential figure in the ripper case. He joined the Whitechapel police force in 1889, to study the ripper murders. It is not this that he is most remembered for, though. Manaughten is most remembered for his Macnaughten Memoranda. In his memoranda, he names three men who he believes to have been Jack the Ripper. The problem with the Macnaughten Memoranda though, is that it is full of weak evidence. Or, non-existent evidence. 5. Walter Andrews In December 1888, Inspector Walter Andrews was sent to New York, to investigate a possible ripper suspect. Inspector Walter Andrews should not be confussed with PC Walter Andrews, who was another man. We do not know that much about Inspector Walter Andrews. However, we do know that he was sent to New York to investigate ripper suspect Francis Tumblety. Francis Tumblety was a primary suspect by police. He is still regarded as a ripper suspect to this day.
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