Age: 45
Sex: female
Date: 15 Nov 1900
Place: River Thames, Whitehall Stairs, London
Mrs J Koehler was found dead in the River Thames near Whitehall Stairs.
She had recently come over from Hamburg on 27 October 1900, travelling on the steamship Ophelia to London. Her papers shown to German officials showed that she had been the widow of a police inspector and had been in receipt of a pension and that her purpose in coming to England was to find her sister.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Map of Early Modern London
see Echo (London) - Thursday 15 November 1900
see Unsolved 1900
