By the 1960s, the Ripper had become the symbol of a predatory aristocracy. edit: This was submitted on 1/1/1970? lol

Witnesses who thought they saw her with a man earlier that night gave differing descriptions.

At the inquest, one witness described seeing her with a dark-haired man of "shabby-genteel" appearance at about 5:30 a.m. the day her body was discovered.

A man seen earlier with her was arrested by the police. He was discharged from court for lack of evidence.

The surviving police files on the Whitechapel murders allow a detailed view of investigative procedure in the Victorian era.

Real deprivation fed public perceptions that Whitechapel was a notorious den of immorality.