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Story: Jack the Ripper Files: Mary Ann Nichols
[Link to original at Newspapers.com] – Page 8, Column 5
THE WHITEHCHAPEL MURDER
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FUNERAL OF THE VICTIM
The funeral of Mary Ann Nichols, who was murdered in Buck’s-row, early on Friday morning, took place yesterday. The time at which the cortege was to start was kept secret, and a ruse was resorted to in order to get the body out of the mortuary, where it has lain since the day of the murder. A pair-horsed closed hearse was observed making its way down Hanbury-street; and the crowds, which numbered some thousands, made way for it to go along Old Montague-street; but instead of so doing it passed on into the Whitechapel-road, and doubling back reached the mortuary by the back gate, which is situated in Chapman’s-court. No person was near other than the undertaker and his men, when the coffin, which bore a plate with the inscription, “Mary Ann Nichols, aged 42; died August 31, 1888,” was removed to the hearse and driven off to Hanbury-street, there to await the mourners. Meantime the news had spread that the body was in the hearse, and people flocked to see the coffin. At length the cortege started towards Ilford. The mourners were Mr. Edward Walker, the father of the deceased, and his grandson, together with two of the deceased’s children. The procession proceeded along Baker’s-row and past the corner of Buck’s-row, into the main road, where policeman were stationed every few yards. The houses in the neighborhood had the blinds drawn, and much sympathy was expressed for the relatives.
