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Inquest: Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols, Daily Telegraph, Monday, September 3, 1888, Page 3. http://www.casebook.org/official_documents/inquests/inquest_nichols.html.

Inquest: Annie Chapman. Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, September 11, 1888, Page 3. http://www.casebook.org/official_documents/inquests/inquest_chapman.html.

Inquest: Catherine Eddowes. Daily Telegraph, Friday, October 5, 1888, Page 3. http://www.casebook.org/official_documents/inquests/inquest_eddowes.html.

Inquest: Elizabeth Stride. Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, October 2, 1888, Page 3. http://www.casebook.org/official_documents/inquests/inquest_stride.html.

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Letter from Thomas Bond comparing the murder of Marie Jeanette Kelly (Mary Jane Kelly) with four of the previous murders, and an assessment of the murderer (copy of same in MEPO 3/140, ff 220—223) http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6222011.

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