Mitre Square (Catherine Eddowes' Murder Site), London

Mitre Square, situated within the City of London, became a somber location deeply intertwined with the infamous Jack the Ripper case. It was here that Catherine Eddowes's lifeless body was discovered, just three-quarters of an hour after that of Elizabeth Stride was found in close proximity. The scene was nothing short of horrifying, as Eddowes bore the marks of savage brutality. Her throat had been viciously slashed from ear to ear, and her abdomen had been gruesomely torn open by a deep, jagged wound. Adding to the macabre tableau, her intestines had been placed over her right shoulder, and a detached section of intestine was positioned between her body and left arm.

The mutilations inficted upon Eddowes extended beyond her abdomen, as her left kidney and a significant portion of her uterus had been removed. Her face bore disfigurement, as her nose had been severed, her cheek slashed, and incisions measuring a quarter and half an inch vertically marked each of her eyelids; additionally, triangular incisions pointing towards her eyes were carved on each of her cheeks. Thorough examinations of her clothing later revealed that a section of her right ear's auricle and lobe had been severed as well. The police surgeon estimated that these gruesome mutilations would have taken at least five minutes to carry out.

Joseph Lawende, a local cigarette vendor, had traversed the square alongside two companions shortly before the homicide occurred. He recalled seeing a disheveled fair-haired man with a woman who might have been Eddowes. Regrettably, Lawende's associates couldn't corroborate his description. This dual occurrence, involving the murders of Stride and Eddowes, became known as the "double event".

A perplexing twist unfolded when a stained fragment of Eddowes's apron was found at the entrance to a Whitechapel tenement on Goulston Street at 2:55 a.m. Above the apron lay a chilling chalk inscription: "The Juwes are The men That Will not be Blamed for nothing". This message appeared to imply potential Jewish involvement in the crimes, although it remains uncertain whether the graffiti was left by the perpetrator or had no connection to the case. Such graffiti was not an uncommon sight in Whitechapel. To mitigate potential anti-Semitic tensions, Police Commissioner Charles Warren ordered the removal of the writing before daybreak.