Mary Jane Kelly and Elizabeth Jackson.

Mary Jane Kelly and Elizabeth Jackson. Now there’s a puzzle. Not only did they share the same appearance, they were linked by the same name and a pair of second hand drawers. 

Mary was extraordinarily tall (5 ft 7 in) for the period. Men’s average height, at the outbreak of WW1, was 5 ft 6 in. She had reddish blonde hair, a fair complexion, and blue eyes. She was twenty five years of age (approximately).

Elizabeth Jackson was tall. She stood 5 ft 5 in. She had sandy blonde hair and a fair complexion. More than likely she had blue eyes. She was twenty five years of age. Six months after the slaughter of Mary Kelly in her room at 13 Millers Court -November 1888, Elizabeth Jackson was murdered -early June 1889. Her body parts were discovered at various locations around the Thames. Her torso was hidden in amongst shrubbery in Battersea Park. Her body was divided into twelve separate parts. Her head was never found. The name L. E. Fisher was written on the waistband of her undergarment and used to wrap a portion of her body.

Several newspaper sources referred to Mary Jane Kelly as ‘Lizzie Fisher’ when reporting her murder. The drawers bearing the name “L. E. Fisher” on the band were bought at a lodging house at Ipswich. They originally belonged to a domestic servant at Kirkley; near Lowestoft. Her mother sold the drawers as rags while staying near her daughter in November 1888. She was traced to Byker, near Newcastle, her father, who had marked the clothing, recognized his handwriting, to Bill Quay, on the Tyne.

Mary Jane Kelly was known as: Marie Jeanette Kelly, Mary Ann Kelly, Ginger, Fair Emma, Mary Janet Kelly and Lizzie Fisher.