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'''Inspector Edmund Reid''' was known as the ‘'''Local Inspector'''’. Inspector Reid was Head of CID in the Metropolitan Police’s '''H or Whitechapel Division'''. Reid took charge of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Martha_Tabram#Martha_Tabram Martha Tabram] murder investigation.
The Martha Tabram investigation was always going to be a tough one:
The [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=George_Yard_Buildings dwellings] were managed by superintendent [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Francis_Hewitt Francis Hewitt], who occupied an apartment with his wife. Francis Hewitt was reported to have told reporters that 'we never heard a cry'. During the previous evening Mrs Hewitt was said to have heard a cry of 'Murder' - something she said happens rather frequently in the area.
Whilst on his rounds on the night of Martha Tabram's murder [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PC_Thomas_Barrett_226H PC Thomas Barrett 226H] had questioned a '''soldier''' loitering in George Yard, making him a witness.
Recent investigations also suggest there were two John Leary's severing at the same Garrison - making further investigation difficult.
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Inspector Reid's second witness, a "tall, masculine-looking prostitute", visited Commercial Street Police Station on 9th August and said that she had been in the company of the deceased on Bank Holiday night.