Martha Tabram was a Whitechapel Murder victim. The Whitechapel Murders took place on the 3rd of April 1888, until the 13th of February 1891. The Whitechapel Murders took place over this period of time in the Whitechapel district of Victorian London. Whitechapel was one of the most impoverished and crime ridden areas of Victorian Britain. It was an area of Victorian Britain which was rife with violence, poverty, workhouses, homelessness, prostitution and in 1888, murder. The most notorious murderer from Victorian Whitechapel was Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who was active in the area of Whitechapel from August 1888 until November 1888. It's possible that he could have been active in the area from 1888 until 1891, as the Whitechapel Murder file stretches from that period of time. The Whitechapel Murder file documents a series of eleven murders from 1888 up until 1891. Those named in the Whitechapel files were all women. Most of them were prostitutes and the others were probably prostitutes. Then, there is one person on the file whose full body wasn't recovered, it was just the woman's torso that was found. The eleven women named in the Whitechapel Murder files are as follows, in the order, they were murdered (1) Emma Elizabeth Smith, (2) Martha Tabram, (3) Mary Ann Nichols, who was also referred to as Polly Nichols, (4) Annie Chapman, (5) Elizabeth Stride) (6) Catherine Eddowes, (7) Mary Jane Kelly, (8) Rose Mylett, (9) Alice McKenzie), (10) Frances Coles and (11) The torso of a woman who remains unidentified. It's contested how many of these women were killed at the hands of Jack the Ripper. It's mostly agreed upon that Jack the Ripper had five victims. These five victims are known as the Canonical Five. Their names are as follows (1) Mary Ann Nichols/Polly Nichols, (2) Annie Chapman, (3) Elizabeth Stride, (4) Catherine Eddowes and (5) Mary Jane Kelly. Most experts agree that these five women were the unfortunate victims of Jack the Ripper. However, even the experts aren't sure how many women Jack the Ripper killed. Or even if there were more victims than we currently know about.
Martha Tabram
Martha Tabram is perhaps the most contested victim, with some believing that she was a victim of the Ripper's, while others believing that she wasn't a victim of Ripper's. What Happened To Martha Tabram? Martha Tabram was killed in the early morning hours of the 7th of August 1888, which was a Tuesday. Martha's body was seen at 3.30am at George Yard Buildings by a man called Alfred Crow. However, he didn't realise at the time that she was murdered, as it was still dark. Instead, he thought Martha was a homeless person sleeping on the ground. This was a common occurrence in Whitechapel, therefore, he ignored what he thought he saw and went up to the first floor of the building to go to sleep. Just an hour fifteen minutes later, at 4.45am that morning, another man was walking through the stairway. This man was called John Reeves, he noticed Martha's dead body, because, at that time, it was light. The day light not only exposed Martha's dead body, but Reeves also saw the pool of blood which was surrounding her. Leaving him to realise what had happened to her, he went off to get a policeman. John Reeves returned to the site with PC Barret sometime later. When Was Martha Murdered? Martha was most likely murdered sometime between 2.00am and 2.45am, as that was the time frame given at the autopsy report. At 3.30am a resident at George Yard Buildings, Elizabeth Mahoney, was going into George Yard Buildings and didn't see anything suspicious. By 3.00am, is when Alfred Crow unknowingly discovered Martha Tabram's body. Where Was She Beforehand? On the evening of the August 6th, 1888, Martha Tabram and her friend Mary Ann Connelly (also known as Pearly Poll), were seen in numerous pubs throughout the evening in Whitechapel that night. It was a bank holiday on the 6th of August 1888. They were also seen in the company of soldiers. The soldiers were the last ones to be seen with Martha Tabram. By 11.45pm, Martha and her friend Mary Ann Connelly parted ways. Who Killed Martha Tabram? It seems uncertain as to who killed Martha Tabram. Though, there are likely three candidates that could have killed her, (1) Either one of the soldiers, or a soldier that she was last seen with, (2) Someone that we don't know about, or (3) Jack the Ripper. Could Martha Tabram be the early work of Jack the Ripper's? Was Martha a victim of Jack the Ripper's? It's possible. But, we will never know for certain whether or not she was a victim of Jack the Ripper's, due to the obscurity of the Ripper himself. What Did The Autopsy Reveal? The autopsy revealed several things about Martha Tabram's killing. It revealed that she stabbed multiple times, a total of 39 times. 6 times in the stomach area. Once in the heart. 5 times in the liver area. Twice in the spleen. And five times on the left lung and twice on the right lung. Concluding Thoughts If Martha Tabram was killed by one of the soldiers that she was seen with that night, why did the soldier wait that long to kill her? Martha parted way with her friend at 11.45pm but was murdered around two, maybe nearly three hours later, why would one of the soldiers wait that long? It could have been that something happened between them, or, is it an indication that she wasn't murdered by the soldier(s), but, was a victim, possibly the first victim, of Jack the Ripper's?
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