The hunt forJack the Ripper and head of the Whitechapel Murders was headed by the City of London Police and the London Metropolitan Police. The London Metropolitan Police was made up of several inspectors and constables, who were in charge of finding the culprit for the Whitechapel Murders. They were, in effect, responsible for catching the world's most notorious serial killer - Jack the Ripper. But, who were these men? Who were the men who led the hunt for Jack the Ripper? Let's take a look. Who Were The Whitechapel Police Inspectors? The following men were the inspectors and constables of the Whitechapel murders: Chief Inspector Fredrick Abberline
Chief Inspector Fredrick Abberline, was the head of the London Metropolitan Police at the time of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888.
Sir Robert Anderson
Sir Robert Anderson was the assistant commissioner at the London Metropolitan Police during the ripper murders.
Walter Andrews Walter Andrews was an inspector in the Whitechapel murder case. Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold was a police officer involved in the Jack the Ripper case. Detective Constable Walter Dew Detective Constable Walter Dew was a detective during the Whitechapel murders. Sergeant George Godley George Godley was an inspector at the time of the Whitechapel murders. Inspector George Henry Inspector George Henry was an inspector during the time of the Whitechapel Murders. Chief Inspector John George Littlechild Chief Inspector John George Littlechild was an inspector during the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. Sir Melvine Macnaghten Sir Melvine Macnaghten was appointed assistant chief constable in 1889, several months after the last Whitechapel murder took place.
These are some of the top men who investigated the Whitechapel murders, and tried to catch the world's most notorious serial killer - Jack the Ripper.
Here is a list of the main inspectors, constables and polices officers who were involved in the case: Inspector Fredrick Abberline Sir Robert Anderson Inspectator Walter Andrews Superintendent Thomas Arnold Detective Constable Walter Dew Detective Sergeant George Godley PC James Harvey Inspector Joseph Henry Helson Chief Inspector John George Littlechild Sir Melvine Macnaghten James Monro Chief Inspector Henry Moore PC John Neil Inspector Edmund Reid Detectable Constable Robert Sagar Major Henry Smith PC William Smith Inspectator John Spratling Chief Inspector Donald Swanson Sergeant William Thick P.C. Ernest Thomson Sir Charles Warren PC Edward Watkins Sergent Stephen White and, Chief Constable Adolphus Fredrick Williamson These are the top men who were responsible for the Whitechapel Murders, and overviewing the investigation into the murders between 1888 and 1891. The Metropolitan Police covered and still covers, the wider London area, excluding the city of London. During the ripper murders, four of the Canonical Five victims, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride and Mary Jane Kelly, were all murdered within the Metropolitan Police district of London. Whereas, Catherine Eddowes, wasmurdered within the City of London police district. Therefore, the Whitechapel Murders had two different police forces investigating the Jack the Ripper murders. Did the police know who he was? Did the police know who Jack the Ripper was? These are the men that had the best insight into the case. They had first-hand knowledge of the Whitechapel murders. Those involved in the case had somewhat different ideas to who Jack the Ripper was. A failure for there to be a consensus among the police at the time is perhaps one reason why there are so many suspects. It could also be why the Ripper was never caught. But what did the top man think of it all, Inspector Fredrick Abberline? In aninterview with the Cassell’s Saturday Journal, Abberline spoke to a journalist about his thoughts on the case and on the ripper. This is what he said: “His friendly relations with the shady folk who crowd into the common lodging houses enabled him to pursue his investigations connected with the murders with the greatest certainty, and the facilities afforded him made it clear to his mind that the miscreant was not to be found lurking in a “dossers” kitchen. In fact, the desire of the East Enders to assist the police was so keen that the number of statements made – all of them requiring to be recorded and searched into – was so great that the officer almost broke down under the pressure.” He went on to say: “…his anxiety to bring the murderer to justice led him, after occupying the whole day in directing his staff, to pass his time in the streets until early morning, driving home fagged and weary at 5am. And it happened frequently, too, that just as he was going to bed, he would be summoned back to the East End by a telegraph, there to interrogate some lunatic or suspected person whom the inspector in charge would not take the responsibility of questioning.” Abberline said of the Jack the Ripper theories: “”Theories!” – we were lost almost in theories; there were so many of them.” In other words, the police were overwhelmed by the number of ripper suspects and the theories surrounding the mystery. Several years later, Fredrick Abberline gave an interview to the Pall Mall Gazette. In the interview he reaffirmed that the police were no more wise about the true identity of Jack the Ripper. Abberline said to the Gazetter that "Scotland Yard is really no wiser on the subject than it was fifteen years ago." However, he did go on to name a suspect, of who he thought Jack the Ripper was. He indecated that he thought that George Chapman, otherwise known as Klosowski, was Jack the Ripper. Abberline said about Klosowski that, "...I cannot help feeling that this is the man we struggled so hard to capture fifteen years ago." Abberline's full interview to the Pall Mall Gazette was as follows: ''I have been so struck with the remarkable coincidences in the two series of murders that I have not been able to think of anything else for several days past -- not, in fact, since the Attorney-General made his opening statement at the recent trial, and traced the antecedents of Chapman before he came to this country in 1888. Since then the idea has taken full possession of me, and everything fits in and dovetails so well that I cannot help feeling that this is the man we struggled so hard to capture fifteen years ago... As I say, there are a score of things which make one believe that Chapman is the man; and you must understand that we have never believed all those stories about Jack the Ripper being dead, or that he was a lunatic, or anything of that kind. For instance, the date of the arrival in England coincides with the beginning of the series of murders in Whitechapel; there is a coincidence also in the fact that the murders ceased in London when Chapman went to America, while similar murders began to be perpetrated in America after he landed there. The fact that he studied medicine and surgery in Russia before he came over here is well established, and it is curious to note that the first series of murders was the work of an expert surgeon, while the recent poisoning cases were proved to be done by a man with more than an elementary knowledge of medicine. The story told by Chapman's wife of the attempt to murder her with a long knife while in America is not to be ignored.''
In effect, Fredrick Abberline was convinced that George Chapman was responsible for some of the Whitechapel murders, and that he was Jack the Ripper. But, he also concedes that there were many theories to Jack the Ripper's identity and that there was no progression on the case by the turn of the century.
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