Harriet Lane, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Harriet Lane n.

[proper name Harriet Lane, the victim and wife of the murderer Henry Wainwright, executed 1875; coincidentally the USS Harriet Lane, launched 1857, was commanded by one Jonathan Wainwright, who was killed on board her during the US Civil War; the ship, however, was named for the niece of President James Buchanan]

Australian chopped meat.

1875		in J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era (1909) 150/2: Harriet Lane in Peoples’, 1875 Australian canned meat–because it had the appearance of chopped-up meat; and Harriet Lane was chopped up by one Wainwright.
1887		Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: We also have a dish which bears the somewhat ghastly title of ‘Harriet Lane,’ known as Irish stew.
1920		P.L. Waldron Afloat and Ashore 155: The very food consumed [...] and wonderfully concocted messes of whatever edible ingredients are procurable, described as ‘dandyfunk,’ ‘dog’s body,’ ‘Harriet Lane,’ ‘bubble and squeak’.
1925		(con. WWI) Fraser & Gibbons Soldier and Sailor Words 92: In the Mercantile Marine, in a similar way, the names ‘Harriet Lane’ and ‘Jane Shaw’ were given to the tinned meat rations, Harriet Lane being derived from the name of the ill-fated Whitechapel woman murdered by Wainwright in 1874, her body being chopped up. Tinned meat came into the mercantile seaman’s dietary about that time.
1984		V. Darroch On Coast 75: Harriet Lane: A gruesome name for bully beef (tinned).