Mike Covell’s Blogg

September 4^th 1888

With no new clues, and no suspects the press of the day were still discussing the murder of Mary Ann Nichols.  Statements from police officers and medical men were published, and telegrams announced activity in the district, but still there was no viable explanation for the murder. 

Some press reports were eager to link every and any crime in London to the case, and on September 4^th 1888, the Western Mail, were quiet eager to report that two crimes in London had allegedly been committed on females. 

The first report covered the alleged attack on a woman outside Foresters Music Hall, the second covered the poisoning and robbery of a lady near Clapham Common.   

The press were in a frenzy, and it wouldn’t be long before suspects and victims would start to fill the columns.