The savagery of the murder, the lack of obvious motive, and the closeness of the location (George Yard, Whitechapel) and date to those of the later Ripper murders led police to link them.
Drabets grusomhed, manglen på et åbenlyst motiv og den nærliggende beliggenhed (George Yard, Whitechapel) og dato gjorde, at politiet knyttede dem sammende med de senere Ripper-mord .