Jack's gruesome exploits were headline news - British broadsheets and tabloids ranging from the now long-established Daily Telegraph and News of the World to the lesser known Pall Mall Gazette and The Graphic pored over every detail of the Ripper's violent crimes...
The killing spree of Jack the Ripper was believed to be too much for the Whitechapel CID and Scotland Yard became involved, sending in reinforcements. However, this still did not result in the killer's arrest.