Original sentence: Another correspondent claimed that in Stockwell, Brixton, Camberwell and Vauxhall several people had died of fright, and others had had fits; meanwhile, another reported that the trickster had been repeatedly seen in Lewisham and Blackheath, but that the police were too frightened of him to act.Many people, including Admiral Sir Edward Codrington decided to join the search.No one responsible was ever caught.One writer said several young women in Hammersmith had been frightened into "dangerous fits", and some "severely wounded by a sort of claws the miscreant wore on his hands".The quantity of letters that poured into the Mansion House suggests that the stories were common knowledge in suburban London by that time
Edited sentence: Another correspondent affirmed that in Stockwell, Brixton, Camberwell and Vauxhall several people had died of fright, and others had had fits; meanwhile, another reported that the trickster had been repeatedly seen in Lewisham and Blackheath, but that the police were too frightened of him to act.Furthermore, he seemed to have grown bolder, and his attacks multiplied.Many people, including Admiral Sir Edward Codrington decided to join the search, but he was never caught.One writer said he had ascertained that several young women in Hammersmith had been frightened into "dangerous fits", and some "severely wounded by a sort of claws the miscreant wore on his hands".The quantity of letters that poured into the Mansion House suggests that the activities of Spring Heeled Jack were common knowledge in suburban London by that time