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Date of Incident |
August 31 1888 |
| Location of Incident | Bucks Row |
| Type of Incident | Murder |
Incident Victim
| Name | Mary Anne Nichols (nee Walker) |
| aka | Polly Nichols |
| DOB | August 26 1845 | DOA | August 31 1888 |
| Height | 5' 2" | Weight | unknown |
| Hair | Brown | Eyes | Brown |
| Complextion | Dark | Sex | Female |
| Single | Married X(sep1881) | Divorced | Widow |
| Spouses Name | William Nichols | Employed | Perkins,Bacon&Co.,Whitefriars Road |
| Loc. of marriage | St. Brides Parish Church | Clergy | Vicar Charles Marshall |
| Witnesses | Seth George Havelly | & | Sarah Good |
| Children | Edward John 1866, Percy George 1868, Alice Esther 1870, Eliza Sarah 1877, Henry Alfred 1879 |
Previous Police Record
4/24/82-1/18/83--Lambeth Workhouse1/18/83-1/20/83--Lambeth Infirmary
1/20/83-3/24/83--Lambeth Workhouse
10/25/87--St. Giles Workhouse, Endell Street.
10/26/87-12/2/87--Strand Workhouse, Edmonton
12/2/87-12/19/87--Lambeth Workhouse
On 12/2/87 It is said that she was caught "sleeping rough (in the open)" in Trafalgar Square. She was found to be destitute and with no means of sustenance and was sent on to Lambeth Workhouse.12/19/87-12/29/87--Lambeth Workhouse
1/4/88-4/16/88--Mitcham Workhouse, Holborn and Holborn Infirmary.
4/16/88-5/12/88--Lambeth Workhouse
Details of Incident
| First Officer On Scene | P.C. John Neil 97J London Metropolitan Police |
| Officers Statement | Yesterday morning I was proceeding down Bucks Row, Whitechapel, going
towards Brady Street. There was not a soul about. I had been round there half an hour previously, and I saw no one then. I was on the right-hand side of the street, when I noticed a figure lying in the street. It was dark at the time, though there was a street lamp shining at the end of the row. I went across and found the deceased lying outside a gateway, her head towards the east. The gateway was closed. It was about nine or ten feet high, and led to some stables. There were houses from the gateway eastward, and the School Board school occupies the westward. On the opposite side of the road is Essex Wharf. Deceased was lying lengthways along the street, her left hand touching the gate. I examined the body by the aid of my lamp, and noticed blood oozing from a wound in the throat. She was lying on her back, with her clothes disarranged. I felt her arm, which was quite warm from the joints upwards. Her eyes were wide open. Her bonnet was off and lying at her side, close to the left hand. I heard a constable passing Brady Street, so I called him. I did not whistle. I said to him, "Run at once for Dr. Llewellyn," and, seeing another constable in Bakers Row, I sent him for the ambulance. The doctor arrived in a very short time. I had, in the meantime, rung the bell at Essex Wharf, and asked if any disturbance had been heard. The reply was "No." Sergeant Kirby came after. The doctor looked at the woman and then said, "Move her to the mortuary. She is dead, and I will make a further examination of her." We placed her on the ambulance, and moved her there. Inspector Spratley came to the mortuary, and while taking a description of the deceased turned up her clothes, and found that she was disembowelled. This had not been noticed by any of them before. On the body was found a piece of comb and a bit of looking-glass. No money was found, but an unmarked white handkerchief was found in her pocket. The victim was wearing:
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