How useful are sources D and E in helping you to understand why the ripper was able to avoid capture?
When the ripper murders occurred not a lot of clues were left behind and there were no immediate trails which would have led the police to the capture of Jack the Ripper. However there was one eyewitness who presented her testimony to the police and public. Elizabeth Long (from source D) had seen a man talking to Annie Chapman before she was killed. Even though Elizabeth Long saw a man talking to Annie Chapman she did not see the man attacking her. She is not very certain about her own details as she states in her testimony: “as far as I could tell”, “I cannot be sure” and “as well as I could make out”.
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