Emma Elizabeth Smith

Emma Elizabeth Smith ( 1843 - 4 Afrilu 1888) ta kasance Landan aka kashe ta hanyar ban mamaki a ƙarshen karni na 19 a London. Kashewarta ita ce ta farko daga cikin kisan kiyashi na Whitechapel, kuma yana yiwuwa ta kasance wanda aka azabtar da shi daga mai kisan kiyashin da aka sani da Jack the Ripper, kodayake yawancin marubutan zamani suna ganin wannan ba zai yiwu ba.

 Rayuwa 
Rayuwar Smith kafin kisan ta a 1888 ta kasance mai ban mamaki. An tattara fayilolin 'yan sanda a lokacin binciken, amma mafi yawan waɗannan sun ɓace, a bayyane yake an ɗauke su, an ɓace su ko an watsar da su daga tarihin' yan sanda na Metropolitan kafin canja wurin takardu zuwa Ofishin Rubuce-rubucen Jama'a. A cikin bayanan da suka tsira, Sufeto Edmund Reid ya lura da "ɗan da 'yar da ke zaune a yankin Finsbury Park". Walter Dew, wani jami'in 'yan sanda da ke aiki tare da H Division, daga baya ya rubuta:

A lokacin mutuwarta a shekara ta 1888, Smith ta zauna a wani masauki a 18 George Street (tun lokacin da aka sake masa suna Lolesworth Street), Spitalfields, a Gabashin East End na London na kimanin watanni goma sha takwas, ta biya 4d don gado.

 Kisan kai 
Kafin a kai masa hari, ɗan'uwansa mazaunin, Margaret Hayes mai shekaru 54, ya ga Smith na ƙarshe, a titin George, a kusan 12:15 na safe a ranar Talata, 3 ga Afrilu 1888, ranar da ta biyo bayan hutun bankin Easter Litinin. A cewar Hayes, Smith yana tsaye kusa da Farrant Street, yana magana da wani mutum da ke sanye da tufafi masu duhu da fararen sutura. An yi imanin cewa an kai mata hari a mahaɗar Osborn Street da Brick Lane, Whitechapel, kimanin minti 75 bayan haka. Wurin wannan hari ya kasance kusan 300 yadudduka daga gidansa. Ta tsira daga harin kuma, kodayake ta ji rauni, ta sami damar komawa gidan zama. 

Bayan ta dawo gidan zama, Smith ta gaya wa mataimakin mai kula da ita, Mary Russell, cewa maza biyu ko uku ne suka kai mata hari, daya daga cikinsu matashi ne. Misis Russell da ɗaya daga cikin sauran masu masauki, Annie Lee, sun kai Smith Asibitin London, inda likitan gidan George Haslip ya kula da ita. Ta fada cikin coma kuma ta kamu da peritonitis;  ta mutu da karfe 9 na safe washegari.  Binciken likita da likitan tiyata, Dokta G. H. Hillier, ya bayyana cewa an saka wani abu mai laushi a cikin farjiyarta, ya fashe peritoneum. Ba a sanar da 'yan sanda game da lamarin ba har sai 6 ga Afrilu lokacin da aka gaya musu cewa za a gudanar da bincike washegari. Binciken da aka yi a asibitin, wanda mai bincike Gabashin Middlesex, Wynne Edwin Baxter, ya halarci Russell, Hillier, da babban mai binciken yankin na Ofishin 'yan sanda na Metropolitan, H Division Whitechapel: John West. Kotun binciken ta mayar da hukuncin kisan kai da mutum ko mutanen da ba a sani ba. 

Babban Sufeto West ya sanya binciken a hannun Sufeto Edmund Reid na H Division.  Reid ya lura a cikin rahotonsa cewa tufafinta "a cikin irin wannan datti wanda ba zai yiwu a faɗi ba idan wani ɓangare na shi ya fashe". Walter Dew daga baya ya bayyana binciken:

Smith bai bayar da bayanin mutanen da suka kai mata hari ba kuma babu shaidu da suka zo ko kuma an same su. Binciken ya zama mara amfani kuma ba a taɓa kama mai kisan kai ko masu kisan kai ba.

 Kisan kai na Whitechapel 
An lissafa shari'ar a matsayin ta farko daga cikin kisan gilla goma sha ɗaya na Whitechapel a cikin fayilolin 'yan sanda na Metropolitan. Kodayake wasu daga cikin manema labarai sun danganta mutuwarta da kisan gillar da aka yi daga baya, wanda aka zargi da wani mai kisan gilla da aka sani da "Jack the Ripper", kisan da aka yi ba zai iya danganta shi da kisan da ya biyo baya ba.[undefined][2] Baya ga Walter Dew, wanda ya ce ya yi tunanin cewa Smith shine wanda aka fara azabtar da Ripper, 'yan sanda sun yi zargin cewa aikin da ba shi da alaƙa da ƙungiyar masu aikata laifuka. [3][undefined] Smith ko dai ya ki ko kuma bai iya bayyana masu kai mata hari a kowane nau'i na daki-daki ba, watakila saboda tana tsoron ramuwar gayya. Sau da yawa ƙungiyoyi ne ke kula da karuwanci, kuma 'yan kasuwa na iya kai wa Smith hari a matsayin horo don rashin biyayya ga su, ko kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsoratar da su.[1]￼

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