Joseph Lawende was a Polish-born British cigarette maker and salesman who is believed to have witnessed serial killer Jack the Ripper in the company of his fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes, approximat
Joseph Lawende (upper right), pictured at the wedding of his daughter Rose in 1899
Catherine Eddowes was the fourth of the canonical five victims of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, who is believed to have killed and mutilated at least five women in the White
Joseph Lawende
…Polish-born British cigarette maker and salesman who is believed to have witnessed serial killer Jack the Ripper in the company of his fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes, approximately nine minutes before the discovery of her body on 30 September 1888. Lawende provided a detailed description of the Ripper to investigators…
13 October Penny Illustrated Paper portrait of Catherine Eddowes
Mitre Square. The body of Catherine Eddowes was discovered close to the fence seen at the centre of this image on 30 September 1888
Eddowes's body, photographed prior to her post-mortem at the Golden Lane mortuary
Mortuary photograph of Eddowes after her post-mortem