Chris Scott
08-12-2011, 08:21 AM
Emma Elizabeth Smith
Murdered 3 April 1888
Articles already in Casebook press articles:
Listed at http://www.casebook.org/victims/emmasmit.html
East London Advertiser 14 April
Eastern Post 7 April
Lloyds Weekly 8 April
Morning Advertiser 9 April
People 15 April
People 8 April
Times 9 April
Walthamstow and Leyton Guardian 14 April
Further articles:
Daily News 6 April
ANOTHER FATAL OUTRAGE IN WHITECHAPEL
Yesterday the authorities of the London Hospital informed the coroner of the death in that institution of Amme Elizabeth Smith, aged 45, a widow, lately living at 18 George Street, Spitalfields. It appears that the deceased was out on Bank Holiday, and when returning home along Whitechapel Road early on Tuesday morning she was et upon by some men and severely maltreated. The men made off, leaving the woman on the ground in a semi conscious condition, and have not yet been apprehended. She was taken home, and subsequently conveyed to the hospital, where she died.
This article also verbatim in:
Morning Post 6 April
York Herald 6 April
Newcastle Weekly Courant
6 April 1888
FATAL ATTACK ON A WOMAN
A widow named Emma Elizabeth Smith, aged 45, of Spitalfields, was returning home late on Easter Monday, and when in Whitechapel Road she was set upon and brutally maltreated by some men at present unknown. She was taken to the London Hospital, where she died yesterday morning from the injuries received.
Article verbatim in:
York Herald 7 April
Belfast News Letter
9 April
THE WHITECHAPEL OUTRAGE
INQUEST AND VERDICT
This afternoon Mr Wynne E Baxter, the East Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, touching the death of Emma Elizabeth Smith, aged 45 years, a widow, lately living at 18 George Street, Spitalfields, who is alleged to have died from injuries received at the hands of some persons unknown, who brutally assaulted her when returnring home along Whitechapel Road on Bank Holiday night. Chief Inspector West attended on behalf of the commissioners of police. Mary Russell, of 18 George Street, stated that that address was a common lodging house, and the deceased had been a lodger there for some months. Witness acted as deputy. The deceased got her living on the streets, and when she returned home one night she told witness that she had been thrown out of a window. When she had had drink, the deceased acted like a mad woman. On Bank Holiday the deceased left the house in the evening, apparently in good health. She returned home between four and five o'clock the next morning severly injured, and she said she had been shockingly treated by some men. Her face was bleeding, and she said that she was also injured about the lower part of the body. The witness took her at once to the hospital. Deceased further said that she was coming along Osborne Street, Whitechapel, when she was set upon and her money was taken from her. On the way to the hospital deceased pointed out the spot, and said she did not know the men nor could she describe them. Witness believed that the statements made by the deceased were to be relied upon.
By the Coroner - Deceased had often come home with black eyes that men had given her. She was not so drunk as not to know what she did.
Mr George Haslip, house surgeon, deposed that deceased was admitted suffering from severe injuries. She had been drinking, but was not intoxicated. She had a very serious rupture of a recent date, and also some bruises on her head. The right ear was torn and bleeding. She told witness that at 1.30 that morning she was going by Whitechapel Church when she saw some men coming, and she crossed the road to get our of their way, but they followed her. They assaulted her, robbed her of all the money she had, and then commenced to outrage her. She could not say if they used a knife. She could not describe them, except that one looked about nineteen. After her admission she slowly sank, and died at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning. Witness had made a post mortem examination, and found that the injuries had been caused by some blunt instrument, which had been used with great force. Deceased stated that she had not seen any of her friends for ten years. The coroner said that from the medical evidence it was clear that the woman had been barbarously murdered. Such a dastardly assault he had never heard of, and it was impossible to imagine a more brutal case. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown.
Bristol Mercury and Daily Post
9 April
At a coroner's inquest in Whitechapel, London, on Saturday, on the body of Emma Elizabeth Smith, who was brutally assaulted by a man on Good Friday, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some unknown person.
Huddersfield Daily Chronicle
9 April
THE SHOCKING MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL
At the inquest, at the London Hospital on Saturday, on Emma Elizabeth Smith, aged 45, who was waylaid, robbed, and barbarously murdered in Whitechapel, while returning home on Easter Monday evening, a verdict was given of wilful murder against some persons unknown. The evidence of the deceased and a medical witness showed that the former was set upon by a number of young ruffians who first robbed her, then outraged her, and ruptured the perineum by means of a blunt instrument, causing fatal instrument.
Murdered 3 April 1888
Articles already in Casebook press articles:
Listed at http://www.casebook.org/victims/emmasmit.html
East London Advertiser 14 April
Eastern Post 7 April
Lloyds Weekly 8 April
Morning Advertiser 9 April
People 15 April
People 8 April
Times 9 April
Walthamstow and Leyton Guardian 14 April
Further articles:
Daily News 6 April
ANOTHER FATAL OUTRAGE IN WHITECHAPEL
Yesterday the authorities of the London Hospital informed the coroner of the death in that institution of Amme Elizabeth Smith, aged 45, a widow, lately living at 18 George Street, Spitalfields. It appears that the deceased was out on Bank Holiday, and when returning home along Whitechapel Road early on Tuesday morning she was et upon by some men and severely maltreated. The men made off, leaving the woman on the ground in a semi conscious condition, and have not yet been apprehended. She was taken home, and subsequently conveyed to the hospital, where she died.
This article also verbatim in:
Morning Post 6 April
York Herald 6 April
Newcastle Weekly Courant
6 April 1888
FATAL ATTACK ON A WOMAN
A widow named Emma Elizabeth Smith, aged 45, of Spitalfields, was returning home late on Easter Monday, and when in Whitechapel Road she was set upon and brutally maltreated by some men at present unknown. She was taken to the London Hospital, where she died yesterday morning from the injuries received.
Article verbatim in:
York Herald 7 April
Belfast News Letter
9 April
THE WHITECHAPEL OUTRAGE
INQUEST AND VERDICT
This afternoon Mr Wynne E Baxter, the East Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, touching the death of Emma Elizabeth Smith, aged 45 years, a widow, lately living at 18 George Street, Spitalfields, who is alleged to have died from injuries received at the hands of some persons unknown, who brutally assaulted her when returnring home along Whitechapel Road on Bank Holiday night. Chief Inspector West attended on behalf of the commissioners of police. Mary Russell, of 18 George Street, stated that that address was a common lodging house, and the deceased had been a lodger there for some months. Witness acted as deputy. The deceased got her living on the streets, and when she returned home one night she told witness that she had been thrown out of a window. When she had had drink, the deceased acted like a mad woman. On Bank Holiday the deceased left the house in the evening, apparently in good health. She returned home between four and five o'clock the next morning severly injured, and she said she had been shockingly treated by some men. Her face was bleeding, and she said that she was also injured about the lower part of the body. The witness took her at once to the hospital. Deceased further said that she was coming along Osborne Street, Whitechapel, when she was set upon and her money was taken from her. On the way to the hospital deceased pointed out the spot, and said she did not know the men nor could she describe them. Witness believed that the statements made by the deceased were to be relied upon.
By the Coroner - Deceased had often come home with black eyes that men had given her. She was not so drunk as not to know what she did.
Mr George Haslip, house surgeon, deposed that deceased was admitted suffering from severe injuries. She had been drinking, but was not intoxicated. She had a very serious rupture of a recent date, and also some bruises on her head. The right ear was torn and bleeding. She told witness that at 1.30 that morning she was going by Whitechapel Church when she saw some men coming, and she crossed the road to get our of their way, but they followed her. They assaulted her, robbed her of all the money she had, and then commenced to outrage her. She could not say if they used a knife. She could not describe them, except that one looked about nineteen. After her admission she slowly sank, and died at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning. Witness had made a post mortem examination, and found that the injuries had been caused by some blunt instrument, which had been used with great force. Deceased stated that she had not seen any of her friends for ten years. The coroner said that from the medical evidence it was clear that the woman had been barbarously murdered. Such a dastardly assault he had never heard of, and it was impossible to imagine a more brutal case. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown.
Bristol Mercury and Daily Post
9 April
At a coroner's inquest in Whitechapel, London, on Saturday, on the body of Emma Elizabeth Smith, who was brutally assaulted by a man on Good Friday, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some unknown person.
Huddersfield Daily Chronicle
9 April
THE SHOCKING MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL
At the inquest, at the London Hospital on Saturday, on Emma Elizabeth Smith, aged 45, who was waylaid, robbed, and barbarously murdered in Whitechapel, while returning home on Easter Monday evening, a verdict was given of wilful murder against some persons unknown. The evidence of the deceased and a medical witness showed that the former was set upon by a number of young ruffians who first robbed her, then outraged her, and ruptured the perineum by means of a blunt instrument, causing fatal instrument.