Description
Stories:
- TBA
| Name | Born-Died | Description / Note |
| Victim | ||
| Gustafsdotter, Elizabeth (Stride) | 1843-1888 | Killed in the passage of Dutfield’s Yard, Berner St (now Henriques St) |
| Suspect | ||
| “Jack the Ripper” | ? | unidentified |
| Family of Victim | ||
| Carlsdotter, Beata | 1810-? | mother of Elizabeth Stride |
| Ericsson, Gustav | 1811-? | father of Elizabeth Stride |
| Stride, John Thomas | 1821-1884 | husband, carpenter and coffee shop owner in Poplar. |
| Law Enforcement & Lawyers | ||
| Baxter, Edwin Wynne | 1844-1920 | Coroner |
| Blackwell, Dr. | attended to the body at the mortuary with Dr. Kaye | |
| Fraser, James | Colonel, Commission of City of London. | |
| Johnston, Edward | 100 Commercial-Road, assistant to Dr. Blackwell. | |
| Kaye, Dr. | attended to the body at the mortuary with Dr. Backwell | |
| Kirby, Sir Alfred | J.P., commander of Tower Hamlets Battalion Royal Engineers | |
| Lamb, Henry | police constable, first on the scene | |
| Matthews, Henry | 1826-1913 | Home Secretary, 1st Viscount Llandaff |
| McWilliam, James | Inspector, City of London Police | |
| Montagu, Samuel | MP, offered reward | |
| Phillips, Dr. | first to attend to the body | |
| Reid, Mr. | detective inspector, H Division | |
| Smith, Maj. | city police | |
| Smith, William | police constable, testified at inquest | |
| Warren, Sir Charles | 1840-1927 | Police Commissioner |
| Witnesses & Other People | ||
| Arundell, John | identified the body | |
| Brown, James | witness, saw Elizabeth minutes before her death | |
| Coram, Thomas | 67, Plumber’s-road, Commercial-road | |
| Diemshitz, Lewis | 1862-? | steward of the International Workmen’s Educational Club, found body. |
| Eagle, Morris | 1864-? | member of the IWEC, walked through at 1 am |
| Gidleman | did not testify, but was at the club at the time of the murder. | |
| Harris, William J. | 1854-? | owner of the tobacco shop at 84 Commercial Road, corner of Berner Street |
| Kidney, Michael | 38 Dorset-street, Spitalfields – her last lover/partner | |
| Kozebrodski, Isaac | 1870-? | member of the IWEC, assisted to discovery the body |
| Krantz, Philip | witness, testified at inquest | |
| Lane, Catherine | lodger who helped identify “Long Liz” | |
| Lave, Joseph | member of the IWEC, walked in the area 20 min before body was discovered | |
| Malcolm, Mary | 50, Eagle St, Red Lion-Square, believed the body was her sister Elizabeth Watts | |
| Marshall, William | witness, saw Elizabeth with a man an hour before her death | |
| Mortimer, Mrs. | witness, resident at 36 Berner St, saw and heard nothing | |
| Ollson, Sven | witness, had known her 17 years | |
| Preston, Charles | identified the body, border at 32 Flower and Dean-street | |
| Spooner, Edward | 26, horse-keeper on Fairclough St, witness | |
| Tanner, Elizabeth | 32 Flower and Dean-street, deputy keeper of the lodging house where she stayed. | |
| West, William (Woolf Wess) | 1861-1946 | witness, 40 Berner St., printer, walked through at 12 midnight |
Documentation
Burial Records:
- City of London Cemetery & Crematorium: Newham, Greater London, England, UK
- Stride, John Thomas (1821-1884)
- East London Cemetery & Crematorium: Newham, Greater London, England, UK
- Stride, Elizabeth Gustafsdotter (1843-1888)
Census Records:
- 1871: Tower Hamlets, London – John and Elizabeth Stride
- 1881: Tower Hamlets, London – John and Elizabeth Stride
- 1891: Whitechapel, London – Morris Eagle
Crime Scene Location:
- Dutfield’s Yard, Berner Street: Whitechapel, Greater London, England, UK
Criminal Records:
- 1889: Calendar of Prisoners – Lewis Diemshitz & Isaac Kozebrodski
Husförhörslängd (Household Examination Records):
- 1842-1848: Stora Tumlehed, Torslanda, Göteborg och Bohus (Gothenburg and Bohus), Sverige (Sweden)
- 1848-1854: Stora Tumlehed, Torslanda, Göteborg och Bohus (Gothenburg and Bohus), Sverige (Sweden)
- 1855-1861: Stora Tumlehed, Torslanda, Göteborg och Bohus (Gothenburg and Bohus), Sverige (Sweden)
Letters:
- 1888 (Oct 1): From “Jack the Ripper” to the Central News Office; the “Saucy Jacky” postcard.
Newspaper Articles:
- The Daily Telegraph:
- 1881, Jul 2: “Attempted Suicide”
- 1888, Oct 2: “The Tragedies in Aldgate and Whitechapel”
- The Evening Post:
- 1889, Mar 20: “The Police and the Unemployed”
- The Morning Post:
- 1888, Oct 1: “The Tragedies at the East-End; Two More Women Murdered”
- 1888, Oct 2: “The East-End Murders; Inquest on Elizabeth Stride; Offer of Rewards”
- 1888, Oct 3: “The East-End Murders; Resumed Inquest”
- 1888, Oct 4: “The East-End Murders; Letter From Sir C. Warren”
- 1888, Oct 6: “The East-End Murders”
- 1888, Oct 24: “The East End Murders”
- The Times (London)
- 1888, Oct 24: “The East-End Murders”
Ship Manifests:
- 1866, Feb 7: “Elisabet Gustafsdotter”, born 27 Nov 1843 at Torslanda, Gothenburg, daughter of Gustaf Eriksson and Beata Carlsdotter. Departing from Gothenburg for London – Index of emigrants registered in Church Books in Sweden (1783-1991). On Ancestry.com
Vital Records:
