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== Inspector Edmund Reid - H Division - Whitechapel ==

'''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:

* There were no witnesses
* Martha Tabram was not known to any of the George Yard tenants
* There was no obvious motive
* There was no immediate suspect
* None of the tenants heard the murder take place

An Inspector, [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Inspector_Ernest_Ellisdon Ernest Ellisdon], reported in the days after the murder that there was no blood on the stairs leading to the landing - meaning that Martha Tabram was most likely killed in the position she was found.

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.