A few things have been nagging me about the statements of Catherine's sister, Eliza (Frost) Gold. Kate seemed to be on rather bad terms with just about everyone in her family in 1888. Eliza seems to be somewhat of an exception. Eliza was a prostitute at one time and an alcoholic. Maybe she related better with Catherine?
The Coroner: You said your sister came to see you when you were ill, and that you had not seen her since. Was that three or four weeks ago?
Mrs. Gold: Yes.
[Coroner] So that your saying three or four months was a mistake? - Yes. I am so upset and confused. Witness commenced to cry again. As she could not write she had to affix her mark to the deposition.
So Catherine had taken care of her sister in Thrawl street three to four weeks prior to the inquest on October 4th. That would be about the time of Polly Nichols murder. Then about a week before the murder in Mitre Square, Annie Phillips is in Thrawl Street yelling up to the window asking her aunt (Eliza Gold) if she had seen her mother. Eliza doesn't know if the two ended up speaking on that occasion. One week prior to her murder was before the time she (Eddowes) left to hop pick. Annie hadn't spoken to her mother for two years (1886) and now she is travelling to Thrawl Street from Bermondsey to seek her out. In her statements at the inquest, Annie proclaimed she did not give her mother her address to avoid her begging for money. Now she is seeking her out?
The other thing I've wondered is, why did Catherine not try to stay at Eliza's house rather than find lodgings in Mile End? 6 Thrawl Street was practically on her back porch from Flower and Dean. She helped her sister when she was ill, no return favor?
The Coroner: You said your sister came to see you when you were ill, and that you had not seen her since. Was that three or four weeks ago?
Mrs. Gold: Yes.
[Coroner] So that your saying three or four months was a mistake? - Yes. I am so upset and confused. Witness commenced to cry again. As she could not write she had to affix her mark to the deposition.
So Catherine had taken care of her sister in Thrawl street three to four weeks prior to the inquest on October 4th. That would be about the time of Polly Nichols murder. Then about a week before the murder in Mitre Square, Annie Phillips is in Thrawl Street yelling up to the window asking her aunt (Eliza Gold) if she had seen her mother. Eliza doesn't know if the two ended up speaking on that occasion. One week prior to her murder was before the time she (Eddowes) left to hop pick. Annie hadn't spoken to her mother for two years (1886) and now she is travelling to Thrawl Street from Bermondsey to seek her out. In her statements at the inquest, Annie proclaimed she did not give her mother her address to avoid her begging for money. Now she is seeking her out?
The other thing I've wondered is, why did Catherine not try to stay at Eliza's house rather than find lodgings in Mile End? 6 Thrawl Street was practically on her back porch from Flower and Dean. She helped her sister when she was ill, no return favor?
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