Chapter 26
OFFICE OF THE METROLPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONER
MONDAY OCTOBER 1ST, 1888
‘TWO MURDERS IN ONE NIGHT, COLLINGWOOD! TWO!’
‘Yes sir.’
‘Do you know that Her Majesty the Queen herself telephoned the Home Office this afternoon to express her outrage at the killings?’
‘No sir, I did not know that.’
‘Her Majesty no less! And Mister Henry Matthews, the Home Secretary, has already telephoned me to enquire what progress has been made in your so far futile enquiries and demanding to know what steps have been undertaken to prevent further such atrocities. All I could tell him was that despite all the extra patrols, despite all the extra vigilance, despite the area of his operation being confined to the limits of Whitechapel, despite all this, this fiend has been able to carry out four
