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Case File: Brown, Carrie née Montgomery (1891)
Description Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim Brown, Carrie née Montgomery 1834-1891 aka “Old Shakespeare”, prostitute Suspects Francis, George “Frenchy No. 1” x “might pass for Greek or Italian; rather tall, thin, and dark. Does not tally very well with the man described by Mary Minister called Nicolo”. Later determined to only be a witness… Continue reading
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Case File: Tabram, Martha née White (1888)
Martha Tabram is widely considered, but still hotly debated, to be the first victim of the infamous “Jack the Ripper”. Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim Tabram, Martha née White aka Turner 1849-1888 x Suspects “Jack the Ripper” ? unidentified Family of Victim Tabram, Berta née Seifert 1878-? daughter-in-law; after Martha’s death Tabram, Charles Henry… Continue reading
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Case File: Breitwieser, Charles Albert (1907)
One day in 1907, a man walks into a bar on a routine work round and is thrown into a coma, never to awake again. He was “the best man in the world”, according to his wife and young son. Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim Breitwieser, Charles Albert 1876-1907 bludgeoned with a billiards que… Continue reading
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Case File: Conroy, Kate née Grundt (1896)
Killed by her husband in their basement apartment. Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim Conroy, Catharine Grundt/Grant “Kate” 1870-1896 Wife and Mother Suspects Conroy, Francis Charles “Frank” 1855-1897 Husband and Father, killed his wife Family of Victim Conroy, Ethel 1891-? 2nd daughter of Frank and Kate Conroy Conroy, Margaret Grant 1890-? 1st daughter of Frank… Continue reading
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Case File: Halliday, Paul (1893)
Description Name Born-Died Description / Note Victim Halliday, Paul 1823-1893 x Suspects McNally, Lizzie 1860-1918 x Family of Victim Ellen x first wife Halliday, James born 1859 4th son Halliday, John 1851-1891 2nd son and also a victim Halliday, Mary born 1854 1st daughter Halliday, Margaret E. born 1864 2nd daughter Halliday, Paul Jr 1857-1919… Continue reading
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Case File: Haley, Lucy née Conn (1930)
Lucy was born in 1886 in Knox County, Missouri to George Conn and Anna Easter but seems to have grown up in the town of Kahoka in Clark County, Missouri. She was the fourth of six children, her siblings being Docia “Dossie” (1879), Cora (1881), John Isaac (1883), Robey George (1888), and Eunice (1893). In… Continue reading
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Case File: Keith, Waddell Wadsworth Jr (1953)
I originally started to look into Waddell Keith as a potential suspect in the death of Theodore W. Haley. However, upon further research I found that he was not involved. Waddell was born in Cook County, Illinois, the son of Waddell Wadsworth Keith Sr and Leota Vivian Snowdine. Waddell seems to have had some difficult… Continue reading
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Case File: Haley, Theodore W. (1944)
Theodore W. Haley was born in Keokuk, Iowa on 27 Feb 1912, the son of William Jennings Haley and Lucy Conn. At the time of his birth his mother was still married to her first husband, Pearl Franklin Webster. It is possible that Pearl was Theodore’s father, and in fact his name was given as… Continue reading
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Case File: Nichols, Mary Ann – née Walker (1888)
This episode marks the beginning of our Jack the Ripper Files. Periodic future episodes will be dedicated to each of the victims and suspects of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders that took place in Whitechapel, London in 1888. In this first episode in the collection we will focus on the first of the “Canonical… Continue reading
