The lavish funeral given Catherine Eddowes in this movie seems to contradict the extreme poverty in which she lived, but is historically accurate. The cathedral is filled, and a long procession of mourners files in to the services. Bagpipers in uniform play, and a very expensive hearse is seen covered with flowers. Although neither Eddowes nor John Kelly, her common-law husband of seven years, had any resources, the funeral expenses were paid by Mr. G. Hawke, an undertaker, for reasons that are not clear.

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