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London Metropolitan Police
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"Sir Charles Warren's Resignation" An article clipping from "The Essex County Standard", a conservative Tory newspaper, which hints that the resignation of London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) Chief Commissioner Warren in November 1888 could have been related to the unsolved case of Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper.
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"Latest Details of the Whitechapel Murders" The front page of one of the earliest British tabloids, reporting on the lack of evidence available in the Jack the Ripper case after a few weeks of investigation.
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"Whitechapel, 1888" A political cartoon from the satirical magazine "Punch", criticizing the lack of police presence in the Whitechapel district.
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"The London Murder Scare" The front page of one of the earliest British tabloids, "The Illustrated Police News", reporting on Scotland Yard's lack of progress in solving the Whitechapel murders case.