The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

INDEX

Adams, John Couch, 142

Adelphi theatre, 84

Albert, Prince, 217

All the Year Round, xxii, 125, 159, 267

Alloway, John, 4, 9–10, 12, 18

Alresford, 265

Annual Register, 106

aquaria, 273–4

Arabia, 96

Arundel, Lord, 264

Ascot, 56

Asmodeus, 158

Australia, 53, 263, 265, 291

William Kent in, 283–9

Constance Kent in, 288–90

Avon, river, 44

Axbridge, 164

Baily, Mr and Mrs, 151–2

Balaklava, 73

Baldwin, Mary, 122

ballads, broadside, 69, 251–2

banknotes, 69

baobab trees, 286

Barnes, Constance Amelia, 288

Barry, Sir Charles, 162

Bath, 137, 164, 167, 182, 198, 203, 207

Constance and William Kent's flight, 91–3, 95, 107, 143, 300–1

Greyhound Hotel, 91–2

police, 207–8

Bath Chronicle, 110

accounts of Road Hill case, 27–8, 34, 37, 60–1, 95, 97, 102, 111–12, 127, 130, 143, 159

and suspicion of Samuel Kent, 169–70

criticisms of Whicher, 174, 179

Bath Express, 93, 110, 116, 149, 169, 182

Battersea, 275

Baudelaire, Charles, 296

Baxter, Richard, 294

Baynton House, 73–4, 290, 293

Beckington, 4–5, 9, 19, 77–9, 137, 182, 236

Manor House school, 78, 143

Methodist chapel, 210

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 296

Beeton, Mrs Isabella, 74n, 296

Belgravia, 120

Benger, Thomas, 15–17, 22, 24, 29, 128, 237

Bennett, John, 52

Bennett, Thomas, 279

Bentham, Jeremy, 216

Berkshire, 82, 190

Bermondsey, 69, 105

Bethlehem asylum, 80

Bird, J.J., 137

Biss, river, 44

Blackall, Dr, 72

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 123

Blandford, 166

Bloemfontein, Bishop of, 280

Bloomsbury, 48–9

Bonwell, Rev. James, 55, 133, 181

Booth, John Wilkes, 253–4

Bow Street magistrates' court, 227–8, 234, 241, 254

Bowyer, Sir George, 173–4

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, Lady Audley's Secret, 217–18, 222, 225, 238, 243

Aurora Floyd, 222

Bradford–upon–Avon, 193, 198

Brighton, 227, 229, 241, 254, 258, 288

St Mary's Home (Hospital), 224, 227, 229, 241, 298

Aquarium, 273–4

Brisbane, 284, 289

Bristol, 91–2, 123, 125, 201

Clifton, 148

Bristol Daily Post, 27, 95, 112, 119, 143, 183, 185, 193–4, 198

Bristol Mercury, 195

British Museum, 48, 271, 273

Brontë, Charlotte, 82, 96

Jane Eyre, 72, 102

Brown, Hannah, 69

Brunei, Isambard Kingdom, xix

Buckingham Palace, 49

Buckinghamshire, 180

Bucknill, Charles, 244–5, 252, 256, 258

Burlington House, 286

Burne–Jones, Edward, 229

Burns, Robert, 176

Butcher, Chief Superintendent, 278

Buxted, 288

Cain and Abel, 112

Calne, 191

Camberwell, 44–5, 69, 171, 267, 278

Cambridge Zoological Museum, 271

cameras, see photography

Canada, 288

Carlyle, Thomas, 105

Cams, Dr, 38

Cavanagh, Timothy, 121, 163, 211

Cenci, Beatrice, 176

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, 51–2

Chandler, Raymond, 304

Charbury, 123

Charlie, Bonnie Prince, 293

Cheshire, 164

Chesterton, G.K., 272

children: criminal, 121–3

illegitimate, 136

and murder, 233, 244

Chile, 263

Chippenham, xix, xxiii, 180, 188, 232

Church of England, 181, 224, 229, 239, 241–2

Civil Service Gazette, 29

Clapton, 71

Clark, Henry, 137, 148–51, 153, 158, 220, 234

Cockburn, John, 262

Coleridge, John Duke, 248–50, 253, 266

Collins, Wilkie, 125, 190, 270

The Moonstone, xi, 75, 77–8, 87, 138, 168, 267–9, 301

The Woman in White, xxii, 41, 68, 81, 102, 105, 138, 159, 182

'The Diary of Anne Rodway', 70

'Mad Monkton', 80

No Name, 225

Armadale, 263

Colne, river, 252n

Conan Doyle, Arthur, 66n, 269, 276n, 30n

constables, 12

Convent de la Sagesse, 211

corals, 271–2, 285, 287

Cork, 248

Court of Arches, 133

Covent Garden, 227

Cowper, William, 176

Cox, Sarah, 3–4, 7–8, 12, 14, 31, 33, 63

denies guilt, 20

and nightdress, 26, 28, 32, 101, 138–40, 183

gives evidence, 28–9, 139

and examination of Constance Kent, 153

and examination of Gough, 185

and discovery of shift, 202

and Constance Kent's confession, 237

marriage, 237

Crawley, Rev. 118

Cresswell, Sir Cresswell, 263

Crichton–Browne, James, 244

Criminal Investigation Department, 277

crinolines, 140n

Cross, Richard, 279–80

Crowthorne, 83

Croydon, 265

Crystal Palace, 109

Cunningham, Sarah, 166

Daily Telegraph, 88, 170, 175, 227, 232, 234, 248–9

Dallimore, Eliza, 23–4, 28, 33–4, 35

and examination of Gough, 186–8

and discovery of shift, 202

Dallimore, PC William, 23, 35, 186, 196–7

Dalton, Mr, 164

'Dancing School', 66

Dann, Inspector, 172

Darwin, Charles, 86, 142, 216, 221, 271, 294

Davies, Rev. James, 241–2

de Quincey, Thomas, 55

Denbigh, 271

detective fiction, 52–3, 75, 88, 157, 168, 223, 267–9, 276, 303–4

see also Collins, Wilkie

Dickens, Charles

Poe, Edgar Allan

'sensation' novels

detectives: demeanour of, 52

and clues, 68–9, 138, 141–2

methods of, 82–9

hunches, 82–3

sagacity, 95–6

'sleuths', 96

and psychoanalysis, 103–4

and image on retina, 112

and confessions, 119–20

French, 125

solitude of, 139–40, 223

and astronomers, 142

social status, 146, 175

etymology, 157–8

tricks, 161n

public obsession with, 168

and rewards, 175

female amateurs, 187–8

press disillusion with, 190–1

private inquiry agents, 198, 263, 266

reliance on good fortune, 216

and testimony and proof, 216

impact of Road Hill case, 222–3

range of types, 277

corruption among, 277

Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette, 102, 110, 112, 175, 211

Devizes gaol, 119, 129–31, 147, 154, 235–6, 240, 247, 254

Devonshire, 71, 73, 93, 102, 296

magistrates, 252

Diary of an Ex–Detective, 139

Dickens, Charles, 79, 162, 267, and detectives, xx–xxii, 44, 50, 52, 83, 96, 120, 142, 198

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, xi, 272–3, 301

Bleak House, 1, 53, 84, 87, 105, 141, 157–8, 187–8, 218

'Hunted Down', 85

Great Expectations, 106

theory on Road Hill case, 190, 207, 272

death, 272

Dinan, 209, 211, 223, 288

dinosaurs, 286

Disraeli, Benjamin, 279

divorce courts, 198, 263

Dr Kahn's Museum, 106

doctors, and mental illness, 80–1

Doel, Emily, 4–5, 10, 128

dog, Newfoundland, 7–9, 12, 66, 107

Dorset, 166, 278

Drake, Sarah, 133–6, 138, 146

Dublin, 241

Dublin Review, 223

Ducker, Miss, 207

Dunn, William, 129–30, 148, 155

and Slack inquiry, 182–3

and Constance Kent's confession, 234–5

Durkin, Superintendent, 231

East Coulston, 32, 73

East Grinstead, St Swithun's church, 278

Ebury, Lord, 241

Eden, Emily, 168

Edgware Road, 69

Edinburgh, 69, 96, 222

Edinburgh Daily News, 270

Edlin, Peter, 148–57, 175, 254

Elephant & Castle, 252

Eliot, George, 270

Eliot, T.S., xi, 269

Elizabeth I, Queen, 176

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 38

Epsom, 54

Essex, 55, 72, 252n

Eton, 190, 229

Euston Square station, 135

Evans, Mrs, 263

Exeter, 72, 102

eyes, and detection, 112

Factory Act, 61

Farrer, Mr, 164

Female Detective, The, 161n

Field, Detective–Inspector Charley, 53–5, 69–70, 96, 162, 263, 277

Fielding, Henry, 96

Finsbury Square, 71

fishing, 5, 8, 61, 129

Flaubert, Gustave, 296

Foley, Superintendent John, 13, 43, 127, 154, 172, 177, 257

leads investigation, 20–2, 24–8, 31, 33–5, 80

works with Whicher, 59, 61–2, 64, 95, 118

and Samuel Kent's obstruction, 107–8, 184

and discovery of shift, 196–7, 202–3

and Road Hill auction, 209–10

death, 232

Folkestone, Lord, 236

Forrester, Andrew, 68, 97, 187–8, 216

France, 209

Franz, Johann Karl, 212–16

Freud, Sigmund, 85, 103, 259

Fricker, James, 4, 23, 194

Frith, William, xix

Frome, 33, 60, 101, 119, 148, 196, 198, 210, 235, 240

Frome, river, 33, 60, 63, 99, 159

Frome Times, 29, 106

and Samuel Kent's unpopularity, 61, 101

accounts of Road Hill case, 117, 119, 143, 157, 169

and criticisms of Whicher, 174

and Saunders' inquiry, 195, 198

and Constance Kent rumour, 207

Fulham gaol, 280

Gagg, John Edmund, 180–1, 232

Gaskell, Elizabeth, 68

Gay, Mr, 123n

Gee, William, 167

Gerstenberg, Wilhelm, 214

Gladstone, William, 280

Glamis, Lady, xix

Glasgow, 104, 252

Globe, 169

Gloucester, 185

Gloucester Terrace, 144

Gloucestershire, 137, 241

Goff, Charles, 51

Gollop, Harriet, 144–5, 235

Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de, 216

Good, Daniel, 50–1

Gough, Elizabeth, 3–4, 6–8, 14, 100, 124, 130

discovers child missing, 9–12, 87

testimony about blanket, 18, 20, 34, 128, 149, 184, 188

interviewed and searched, 22–4, 33

kisses corpse, 25–6, 31

gives evidence, 28–9, 116, 118, 139

and Constance Kent, 30–1, 35, 149

suspicion of, 34–5, 80, 86, 126–9, 145–6, 164–6, 169–70

apprehended, 34–7, 43

reexamined and released, 61–2

character, 129

and insanity, 137

as object of sexual fantasy, 146

leaves Kent family's employ, 181

re-arrested and examined, 183–8

continuing suspicion of, 189–90, 200–1, 242

and Constance Kent's confession, 235–7

fund established for, 253;

marriage, 262

Gough, Sarah, 136

Governess Life, 145–6

Gray, Amy, 267, 276

Gray's Inn Road, 49

Gream, Katharine, 227, 232, 234–5, 238–9, 253, 262

Great Barrier Reef, 285, 287

Great Exhibition, 109

Great Western Railway, xix, xxiii

Green, Elizabeth (née Harding), 56, 262

Greenacre, James, 69

Greenhill, Joseph, 14

Grey, Sir George, 240, 253

Griffiths, Major Arthur, 277–9

Groser, Albert, 86, 181

Guildford, 165

Hall, Ann, 13, 19

Halliday, Mary, 212–15

Hamburg, 212

Hampshire, 265, 286–7

Handcock, Chief Superintendent John, 123, 201

Hanover Square, 167

hansom cabs, 48

Harcourt, Sir William Vernon, 280–1

Hardy, Thomas, 296

Harris, Mrs, 232

Harris, Superintendent, 232, 234

Hatch, Rev., 122–3

Hatherill, Louisa, 124, 153, 241, 248

Havana, 74, 290

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 176

Hayward, W.S., 187

Heenan, John, 124

Henry, Sir Thomas, 227–32

Herbert, Frederick, 97

Heritage, Ann, 13, 20

Heritage, PC Henry, 13, 21, 108

Hobart, 283, 288

Holborn, 46, 48–9, 57, 79, 119, 121–3

Holcombe, James, 4–5, 8–10, 12–13, 26, 101

Holcombe, Mary, 15, 24

Holley, Hester, 5, 28, 31, 33, 129, 138–9, 153, 167, 171, 237

Holley, Martha, 28, 31–2, 237

Holliwell, James, 267

Holliwell, Sarah, 161, 267, 276

Holloway, 240

Holmes, Sherlock, see Conan Doyle, Arthur

Holywell Street, 161–3, 225, 267

Home Office, 33, 39, 51, 74n, 166, 270

homes and families, Victorian, 37–8, 99, 109–11, 156–7, 220

Hood, Edwin Paxton, 242

Horsemonger Lane gaol, 181

House of Commons, 173, 225, 241

House-hold Words, xxi, 146

Hughes, William, 208

Hull, 214

Hunter Place station house, 47, 57

Hutchinson, Jonathan, 296–7

Huxley, Thomas, 271, 286

Hyde Park, 106

Indian Mutiny, 267

insanity, 80, 172–3

and McNaghten rule, 136

in Lady Audley's Secret, 218

women and, 243–4

and syphilis, 297

Ireland, 180, 211, 248

Isle of Wight, 106, 278

Isleworth, 36, 129, 181, 183, 190, 235

'Jack the Ripper', 277

James, Henry, 104, 219, 270, 278

The Turn of the Screw, xi–xii, 205, 301

The Princess Casamassima, 261

What Maisie Knew, 295

Janin, Jules, 158

Jersey, 69

Johnson, Samuel, 176

Johnston, Mrs, 134–5

Kenealy, Edward, 266

Kensington Gardens, 49

Kent, Acland Saville, 159, 270, 283–4, 288

Kent, Constance Emily, 3, 5, 7

learns of missing brother, 11, 87

and nightdress, 21, 26, 28, 67–8, 80, 87, 118–19, 129, 137–42, 153, 168, 176–7, 180, 186, 200, 237–9, 257 259

gives evidence, 29–30, 107

and Gough, 31, 35

and insanity, 33, 80, 94, 102, 125, 137, 143, 243–5, 258, 300

her bedroom, 64, 67

birth, 72

and stepmother, 73–4, 243–4, 251, 254–9, 280, 291–6, 302

schooling, 78, 292, 294–5

and Whicher's suspicions, 86–7, 94–5, 103–5, 115–6, 137–42, 170, 201

and William, 87, 91–5, 101, 107, 124–5, 232 244 251 288–9, 294–5, 299–302

flight to Bath, 91–3, 95, 107, 143, 300–1

and Saville, 93–4, 107, 118, 143, 149–50, 152, 156

and Madeleine Smith trial, 104–5, 107

arrested, 115–20, 223

strength, 124, 126

in gaol, 129–31

examined, 147–55, 177

freed on bail, 155–6

continuing suspicion of, 158, 189, 200, 220

and examination of Gough, 185–6

offers of marriage, 189

rumours concerning, 207, 209

attends French finishing school, 209, 211, 223

kindness to children, 211

depicted in Lady Audley's Secret, 217–18

enters convent, 224

confession of murder, 227–40, 298–302

trial, 240, 247–50

murder motive, 243–4, 251, 254–9, 280, 299, 302

sentence commuted, 252–3

her account of the murder, 254–9

imprisoned, 261–2, 278–81

petitions for release, 273, 279–81, 291

mosaics, 278, 288

failing health, 279–80

released from gaol, 281, 288

life in Australia, 288–90

death, 290

and Sydney letter, 291–6, 301

Kent, Edward, 71, 73–4

and Saville's paternity, 74–5

daguerrotype, 290

account in Sydney letter, 292

Kent, Elizabeth, 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 101

and nightdress, 26, 138–9

birth, 71

and father's remarriage, 73–4

and examination of Gough, 184–6

moves to London, 271

death, 288

account in Sydney letter, 292

Kent, Elizabeth (née Bennett), 273, 275

Kent, Ellen, 72

Kent, Eveline, 3, 6–7, 9–10, 17, 26, 150, 181, 186, 270

paternity, 75

life in Australia, 283, 288–9

Kent, Florence Saville, 211, 271, 283, 288–9

Kent, Francis Saville, see Kent, Saville

Kent, Henry Saville, 72

Kent, John Saville, 72

Kent, Julia, 72

Kent, Mary (née Pratt), 3, 6–8, 26, 31, 108

learns of missing child, 10–14

learns of murder, 18–20

her suspicions, 34

pregnancy and labour, 36, 62, 159, 170

as governess, 72–3, 291–6

marriage, 73, 127

and younger and older children, 73–4, 87, 94–5, 124–5, 240

stillborn child, 73, 75

and Saville's paternity, 74–5

and first Mrs Kent's death, 102

and Madeleine Smith trial, 104–5

suspects Constance, 129

and Gollop's evidence, 144–5

suspicion of, 166, 170

and examination of Gough, 184, 186

defends husband, 190

further pregnancy, 209

and Constance's trial, 247

failing health and death, 270, 297–8

account in Sydney letter, 291–6

and syphilis, 297–8

Kent, Mary Amelia Saville, 3, 6, 11, 26, 181, 270

birth, 74

attempted interview, 183

and examination of Gough, 185

life in Australia, 283, 289n

receives legacy, 288

her daughter Olive, 289–90

Kent, Mary Ann, 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 101

and nightdress, 24, 26, 28, 32, 129, 138–9

interviewed, 36

birth, 71

and father's remarriage, 73–4, 240

and examination of Gough, 184

and Saunders' inquiry, 195

and Constance's trial, 247–8

moves to London, 271

death, 288

account in Sydney letter, 292

Kent, Mary Ann (ne'e Livesey), 275, 285

Kent, Mary Ann (ne'e Windus), 5, 32, 35, 64, 94

marriage, 71

and insanity, 71–2, 80, 102, 144–5, 252, 292, 295, 297–8

death, 73–4, 295, 297

portrait, 290

and syphilis, 297

Kent, Samuel, 3–8

employment as factory inspector, 4–5, 43, 61, 71, 74, 200–1, 211, 270

unpopularity, 5, 61, 127, 200, 211

learns of missing child and murder, 10–13, 15. 18–22, 24–6, 184

flight to Trowbridge, 12–13, 20–2, 34, 126–7, 184

testimony concerning blanket, 20, 34

represented at inquest, 22, 27

newspaper subscriptions, 29, 65

and nightdress, 32

suspicion of, 34–5, 80, 112, 116, 126, 145, 166, 169–70, 190, 199–201

suspects cottagers, 61

first marriage, 71–3

moves to Devonshire, 71, 296

remarriage, 73–4

and Edward, 73–5

and younger and older children, 74, 87, 94, 124–5, 240

financial position, 74, 167, 209

describes house grounds, 99

and developing suspicions, 100, 102–4

and first wife's death, 102

obstructs police, 107–9, 184

character, 127

and suspicion of Constance, 129–30, 300

and Gollop's evidence, 145

and examination of Constance, 147–9, 154, 156

and examination of Gough, 184, 186

and discovery of shift, 197, 202

seeks retirement, 208–9, 270

moves to Wales, 211

and publication of Stapleton's book, 220–1

visits Constance in France, 223

and Constance's confession, 233–4, 236

and Constance's trial, 247

death, 254n, 273

account in Sydney letter, 291–6

and syphilis, 296–8

Kent, Saville (Francis Saville), 3, 5–8

absence discovered, 9–14

body found, 15–17

characterised as tell–tale, 23, 34, 145, 187

post–mortem, 24–5, 29, 79, 303

coroner's inquest, 27–31, 37, 220

burial, 31–2

rumours concerning murder, 60–1

paternity, 74–5

Constance and, 93–4, 107, 118, 149–50, 152, 156

bedsocks incident, 103, 129

speculation over death, 170–1

body exhumed, 179

Constance's account of his murder, 254–9

Kent, Thomas, 71

Kent, William Saville (later Saville–Kent), 3, 5, 7, 11–12, 19, 26

rumours concerning, 22

gives evidence, 29–30

appears as mourner, 32

fifteenth birthday, 34

his bedroom, 63–4

birth, 72

ninth birthday, 73

and Constance, 87, 91–5, 101, 107, 124–5, 143, 153, 232, 244, 251, 288–9, 294–5, 299–302

flight to Bath, 91–3, 95, 107, 143, 300–1

suspicion of, 124–5, 169–70

cries over murder, 130

schooling, 137, 167, 209

and examination of Gough, 185–6

visits Constance in France, 223

and Constance's trial, 247–8

appeal on his behalf, 253

moves to London, 271

microscopy and marine biology, 271–5, 278, 298

and father's death, 273

marriage, 273

second marriage, 275, 285–6

publishes Manual of the Infusoria, 275

life in Australia, 283–7, 288–9

publishes Great Barrier Reef 285

publishes Naturalist in Australia, 286

cultures pearls, 287

death, 287

account in Sydney letter, 292

and Whicher's theory, 299–302

Kent, 51

Kerslake, Sarah, 3–4, 6, 8, 12, 20, 26, 33, 171, 185, 202

Ketch, Jack, 175

King's College, 271

King's Cross, 47, 49

Kingswood, 212–18, 224 232

Knightsbridge, 189

knives, 9–10, 21, 67, 164, 171, 237, 301

Krohn, Adolphe, 212, 214–15

Lambeth, 162, 224

Lancashire, 164

Land's End, 74

Langham House, 210n

Lansdowne, Charles, 195

Larkin, George, 166

Lausanne, 207

Lavater, John Caspar, 85

Lavender Hill, 275, 288

Laverton, 79

Lawrence, Emily, 55–6, 84, 120

Ledyard, Thomas, 62

Leeds, 214

Lemon, Mark, 79

Leonardo da Vinci, 55

Leverrier, Urban Jean Joseph, 142

Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 38, 158, 165, 174, 182, 200, 209, 240

Lewisham, 73

Lincoln, Abraham, 254

Llangollen, 211, 234, 273

Loder, Mary Ann, 265

London, crime in, 45, 96

rookeries, 121, 157

London and Westminster Bank, 53

London Bridge station, 265

London Review, 233

London Standard, 233, 236, 241

London Zoological Gardens, 54, 286

Long Bay, 289

Longhope, 137, 209

Lucknow, siege of, 267

Ludlow, Henry Gaisford Gibbs, 115, 118, 150–2, 155

continuing suspicion of Constance Kent, 158, 176

and Constance Kent's confession, 234–5, 237–40

Lyceum theatre, 84

McLeod, Mary, 252

McLevy, James, 83–4, 96, 158, 222–3

McNaghten, Daniel, 136

Madame Tussaud's, 54, 210, 253, 254n

madness, see insanity

Maitland, 289

Mall, The, 53

Mallam, Benjamin, 32, 119, 240

Manchester, 164, 168, 283

Aquarium, 274

Manchester Examiner, 143, 189

Manchester Guardian, 273

Manning, Frederick and Maria, 69, 105, 181–2

Mansel, Henry, 219, 221

market gardens, 44–5, 275–6

Martin, Richard, 97

Martineau, Harriet, 46–7

Mary Queen of Scots, 210

Maugham, Lieutenant-Colonel, 167

Maurice, Mary, 146

Mayne, Sir Richard, 120, 144, 158, 176, 254, 256

dispatches Whicher, 38–9

and Whicher, 50, 55, 163

receives Whicher's reports, 64n, 65, 8in, 87, 115, 125–6, 176–7, 299

and letter–writers, 163, 166–7

and Saunders' inquiry, 199

loses confidence in Whicher, 211

and Franz case, 213, 215

and Constance Kent's confession, 235

Melbourne, 284, 289

Meredith, Captain, 118, 143, 148, 234

Meredith, Louisa Anne, 286

Merryweather, Mr, 276

Merstham, St Katharine's church, 278

Metropolitan Police, xi, 38, 198, 225

established, 45–6

detective force established, 50–2

headquarters, 163

criticised in press, 223

Metropolitan Tabernacle, 252

microscopy, 271, 285, 298

Mile End, 164

Milford-on-Sea, 287

Millbank, 161–2, 267

Millbank prison, 162, 261, 278–9, 288

Millet, Stephen, 18, 29

Minot, Mr, 164

Moody, Emma, 93–4, 124, 137

and examination of Constance Kent, 149–52, 156

and Constance Kent's trial, 241, 248

Moon, Joe, 8

Morgan, James, 12–15, 17–18, 31

Morning Post, 37–8, 123, 164, 170, 200

Morning Star, 29, 65, 137, 174, 195, 232

Morris, William, 229

Moutot, Louisa, xix, 84

Muller, Franz, 235

Napoleon III, 55

Natural History Museum, 285

Neptune, discovery of, 142

New York, 235

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 174

News of the World, 140n, 171–2, 182, 249, 259

newspapers, 106

conduct of, 157

speculation about Road Hill case, 168–70, 175

disillusion, 190–1

and Constance Kent's confession, 232–3, 236, 245

sympathy for Constance Kent, 252

and Constance Kent's explanation, 258–9

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 296

Nightingale, Florence, 110

Norris, Inspector, 93

North Leverton, 133, 135

North London Railway case, 235

North Wilts Bank, 253

Northamptonshire, 214

Northern Daily Express, 176

North-Western Railway Police, 180

Notting Hill, 276

Nottinghamshire, 133, 135

Nutt, Jane, 28

Nutt, William, 14–18, 24, 28, 116, 118, 149, 171

suspicion of, 127–9, 164–5, 169

his brother, 167

Observer, 264

Old Bailey, 173

Oldbury-on-the-Hill, 124, 241

Oliphant, Margaret, 222

Oliver, Daniel, 4, 9, 18

Once a Week, 191

Orton, Arthur (the Tichborne Claimant), 265–7

Oswestry, 234

Oxford, xxi, 53, 180, 229

Oxford Movement, 224

Oxford Street, 106

Paddington station, xix–xx, xxiii, 136, 161, 181, 188, 232

Palmer, Sir Roger, 50

Palmerston, Lord, 182

Paris, 55, 69

Park Lane, 50

Parkhurst prison, 278

Parramatta, 289

Parsons, Joshua, 6, 19–21, 78–80, 177, 240, 257

and post-mortem, 24–5, 79–80, 167

and coroner's inquest, 29, 31

and Constance Kent's insanity, 33, 80, 102

his suspicions, 79–80

and examination of Constance Kent, 152–3

defends Samuel Kent, 190

and discovery of shift, 197

and Constance Kent's confession, 235

Parsons, Letitia, 79

Parsons, Samuel, 78

Peacock, Rev. Edward, 14, 19, 61, 127, 184

and coroner's inquest, 27, 29, 31

Pearce, James, 55, 120

pearls, 286–7

Pearman, Mr, 210

Peck, PC, 213–14

Peel, Sir Robert, 136

Pegler, PC, 69

Penny Illustrated Paper, 261

Perth, 285, 289

photography, xx, 285

phrenology, 88

physiognomy, 84–6

Pimlico, 161, 225, 235

Piper, Charlotte, see Whicher, Charlotte

Plummer, Eugenia, 122–3

Plummer, Stephanie, 122

Plymouth, 69

Poe, Edgar Allan, xxii, 88, 174, 188, 190, 216, 269

'Murders in the rue Morgue', xi, 53, 138, 142, 168

'The Tell–Tale Heart', 85

'The Man of the Crowd', 208

police: nicknames, 45–6, 52

uniforms, 46

personality and temperament, 46–7

beats, 47–8, 52

standards of conduct, 48

social status, 146, 266

procedures, 157

see also detectives

Police Gazette, 276

Pollaky, Ignatius, 198, 263

Portland, St Peter's church, 278

Portland Vase, 71

Portsmouth, 180–1

Potter, John, 276

Pratt, Mary, see Kent, Mary (née Pratt)

press, see newspapers

Prichard, James, 244

Pritchard, Dr Edward, 252–3

Pugin, Augustus, 229

Punch, 79, 223

Pusey, Edmund, 224

Quance, Mrs, 194

Queensland, 284–5

Queenstown, 180

racial degeneration, 221

railways, xx, 43, 69, 219

stations, xix

first murder on, 235

Reading, 74, 88

Regent Street, 50

Regent's Park, 288

Reigate, 212–13, 215

'retrospective prophecy', 271

Reynolds magazine, 223

Rhode, John, 291, 298

Ribton, Mr, 187–8

Road: Kent family's unpopularity, 5, 61, 101, 127

'cottage corner', 5, 63–4

George inn, 12, 60

Christ Church, 14, 59, 63, 183, 189

Red Lion inn, 27–8, 60, 139

Temperance Hall, 28, 30, 34, 36, 61, 81, 115–16, 137, 147–55, 159, 177, 193–6

villagers' suspicions, 30–1, 60, 116, 119, 156, 191

situation and inhabitants, 59–60

unrest and disorder, 189

Saunders' inquiry, 193–9

Kent family leaves, 209

change of name to Rode, 210n

in Stapleton's account, 220–1

Road Hill House: privy, 15–16, 63, 65–7, 81–2, 91, 95, 126, 147, 209;

layout and plans, 62–4, 99–101, 109–10;

Kent family arrive, 74

'Miss Constance's garden', 183, 292

auction, 209–10

renamed Langham House, 210n

Robin Goodfellow magazine, 217

Robinson, Detective-Sergeant, 212–13, 232

Rode, 21 on

Rodway, Rowland, 21–2, 27, 33, 86, 109, 240

suspects Constance Kent, 129

defends Samuel Kent, 200

endorses Stapleton's book, 220

and Constance Kent's confession, 234, 236, 241, 243–4

and Constance Kent's trial, 247–8, 252

Roman Catholic Church, 239, 266

Romney, George, 176

Roper, Sergeant, 180

Rous, Mr, 265

Rowan, Colonel Charles, 50

Royal Aquarium, 275

Royal College of Surgeons, 271

Russell, William ('Waters'), 52, 83, 96, 103, 148, 216

St Giles, 48–9, 63, 121–2

St John's Wood, 212

St Paul's Cathedral, 278, 288

Sala, George Augustus, 52

Salisbury, 247, 261

Fisherton gaol, 247, 253

Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 242, 245

Sandown Fort, 106

Sangways, Emma, 267, 276

Saturday Review, 190, 199, 223, 243

Saunders, Thomas, 193–9,

Savage, George Henry, 80

Saxony, 212–13

Sayers, Tom, 124

Schubert, Franz, 296

Scotland Yard: detective headquarters, 51, 163

boarding house, 120–1, 163

letters to, 163–8,173

under Williamson, 276–8

Scott, Miss, 78, 143

sea-horses, 274–5

'sensation' novels, 218–22, 269

servants, female, 145–6

Shakespeare, William, 176

Sheffield, 140n

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 176

Shepherd's Bush, 275

Sberborne Journal, 146

Shoreditch, 106

Sidmouth, 71–2

Silcox, Anna, 24

Slack, E.F., 182–3

Smith, Madeleine, 104–5,

Snow, John, 79

Soho Square, 79

Somerset and Wilts Journal, 106

accounts of Road Hill case 30, 34–5, 67, 81, 95, 109, 127, 189

demands detective, 38

description of Road Hill House, 100–1

and Whicher's suspicions, 124, 175, 189

and Constance Kent's examination, 148–9

and Gagg's arrest, 180

and Cough's resignation, 181

petitions Home Office, 182

and Saunders' inquiry, 195

and Constance Kent's confession, 233, 236–7, 239

Somersetshire, 59, 73, 79, 113, 144, 164, 209, 21on, 211

police, 12, 108

somnambulism, 137, 242, 269

South Pacific, 287

Southampton, 69

Southwark, 164, 262

Southwick, 13, 19, 21

Sparks, Emma, 103, 119, 129, 145

Spitalfields, 50

Spurgeon, Rev. Charles, 252

Stamford Hill, 71

Stancomb, William and John, 115

Stapleton, Joseph, 21–2, 30, 33, 240, 243n, 300

and post-mortem, 24–5, 79–80, 303

account of Road Hill case, 21, 60–1 63, 71, 73–5, 86, 92–3, 142, 157–8, 167, 203, 207–8, 303

and villagers' suspicions, 30, 60

and Constance Kent's insanity, 102

defence of Samuel Kent, 190, 208, 221

and discovery of shift, 197

and factory inspection, 200

The Great Crime of 1860 published, 220–1

and Constance Kent's confession, 234

establishes fund for Gough, 253

and syphilis, 297

steamships, 69, 235

Steeple Ashton, 237

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 174, 223

Stepney, 69

Stevens, William, 240

Stoke Newington, 56, 273

Stoke-on-Trent, 88

Stokes, Ann, 36

Stokes, Charles, 35, 148, 194

Strand, 120

Such Things Are, 221

Suffolk, Earl of, 55

Surrey, 181, 212, 214, 278

Sussex, 278, 288

Sutton, 213–14

'swell mob', xx, 54, 82–4

Sydney, 289–90

letter from, 291–6, 298, 301

Sylvester, George, 27

syphilis, congenital, 296–7

Taine, Hippolyte, 109

Tanner, Detective-Sergeant Richard ('Dick'), 56, 120, 144, 235

Tasmania, 283–5, 288

Tatt, Mr, 54

Taylor, Sarah, 50

Taylor, Tom, 97

teeth, Hutchinsonian, 296–8

telegrams, 219

telegraph, electric, xx, 69, 106, 120, 180

Tellisford, 194

Thames, river, 162–3, 261

Theseus, 68, 70

Thomas, Detective-Sergeant, 234

Thomson, John, 105

Thornton, Detective-Sergeant (later Inspector) Stephen, 50–1, 55, 69–70, 122, 224

Thursday Island, 287

Tichborne, Dowager Lady, 263–4

Tichborne, Sir Roger, 263–4

Tichborne Claimant (Arthur Orton), 263–7

Tietjens, Thérèse, 212, 215

Times, The, 7, 29, 65, 104, 121–2

accounts of Road Hill case, 38, 116, 130, 148, 188–9

and detectives, 51, 53, 95

and McNaghten rule, 136

advertisements, 161n

and Youngman case, 172–3

Groser's letter, 181

and Saunders' inquiry, 198–9

and Franz case, 215

and Constance Kent's confession, 228, 233

and Whicher's retirement, 236

Stapleton's letter, 253

and Constance Kent's explanation, 259, 299

and William Kent, 274, 286

Tommas (cat), 121

Torres Strait, 287

Trafalgar Square, 51, 53

trains, see railways

trams, 275

Trollope, Anthony, 162

Trowbridge, xix, xxiii, 32, 60, 120, 125

Samuel Kent's flight, 12–13, 20–2, 34, 126–7, 184

police station, 35–6, 137, 180, 232

trade and prosperity, 43–4

Kent family's unpopularity, 61, 101, 200

Hilperton Road district, 115

police court, 183–8, 234, 237

Constance Kent returns, 231–2

Trowbridge and North Wilts Advertiser, 28, 106, 119, 125, 143

Turberwell, Sarah Ann, 210n

Turner, J.M.W., xxiii

United States of America, 112

Upper Harley Street, 133–6

Upper Seymour Street, 136

Uranus, orbit of, 142

Urch, PC Alfred, 8, 12–15, 17–18, 24, 108, 196

van Gogh, Vincent, 296

veils, 148

Victoria, Queen, 49, 82, 117n, 217, 253

Victoria (Australia), 284

Victoria station, 162, 227

Vidocq, Eugène, 125, 175

Virginia, 254

Waddington, Horatio, 33, 165–6

Wagner, Rev. Arthur Douglas, 224, 227, 229–31, 234–5, 238–42, 252–4, 262

refusal to testify, 239–42, 253

petitions for Constance Kent, 252, 280

and Constance Kent's release, 288

Wales, 211, 233, 273, 298

Walker, Superintendent, 224

Walton-in-Gordano, 73, 144

Walworth, 171–3, 181

Wandsworth, St Peter's Hospital, 288

Wandsworth gaol, 122

Wapping, 166, 264–5

Ware, James Redding, 242

Warminster, 88, 93, 137, 151, 198

Warsaw, 224–5

Waters, see Russell, William

Watts, Sergeant James, 196–7, 202, 237

Weller, Louisa, 49

Wellington College, 82

West, Edward, 18

West Indies, 74

Westbury, 115, 198

Western Australia, 284–5

Western Daily Press, 15, 32, 95, 117, 119, 146, 155, 175, 189, 191

Western Morning News, 130

Westminster, 162–3, 275, 278

Westminster Abbey, 49, 262

Westminster bridge, 162

Weston-super-Mare, 209

Whicher, Charlotte (née Piper), 161n, 262, 267, 276

Whicher, Detective-Inspector Jonathan ('Jack'), xi–xx

reputation, xix–xxii, 56

and 'swell mob', xx, 54, 82–4

summoned to Wiltshire, xxiii, 39, 43–4, 59, 61–2

family background, 44–5

joins police, 45–8, 56, 69

first arrest, 49–50, 119

joins detective force, 50–2

methods, 53–5

promoted inspector, 55

and Bonwell case, 55, , 181

possible first marriage, 56–7, 262

and missing nightdress, 67–8, 87, 118–19, 137–42, 146, 154, 168, 173, 177, 201, 239

and Manning case, 69–70

and Kent family, 70, 75, 87, 127

suspicion of Constance Kent, 86–7, 94–5, 103–5, 125–6, 137–42, 170, 177, 201, 203, 245

sagacity, 95–6, 254

and shape-shifters, 97

arrests Constance Kent, 115–20

and Sarah Drake case, 133–5

and Wiltshire police, 142, 156, 177, 179–80, 202–3, 238

and examination of Constance Kent, 147–56

returns to London, 158–9, 161

retains evidence, 158–9, 238

residence, 161, 225, 262

and letterwriters, 165–7, 173

and Youngman case, 171–3

criticised, 173–6, 201, 223

final report to Mayne, 176–7

and arrest of Gagg, 181

and suspicion of Gough, 189–90

and Saunders' inquiry, 198–9

letter to Handcock, 201–2

and discovery of shift, 202–3, 238

impact of Road Hill case, 211

and Franz case, 212–17

depicted in Lady Audley's Secret, 218

single state, 223, 225

Warsaw assignment, 224–5

retires from police, 225, 232, 236

and Constance Kent's confession, 235–6, 238

and Constance Kent's trial, 247

marriage, 262

private investigations, 262–3

and Tichbome case, 263–7

death and obituary, 276

final theory on Road Hill case, 299–300

Whicher, Eliza, 45

Whicher, James, 45

Whicher, Mary Ann, 162, 225, 247

Whicher, Rebecca, 45

Whicher, Richard, 45, 278

Whicher, Sarah, 45

Whitechapel, 212, 215, 267, 277

Whitehall, 163

Whitehall Place, 47, 276

Whitworth, Detective-Sergeant William, 106, 125

Who Committed the Road Murder?, 168

Willes, Sir James, 248–50, 252–3

Williams, George, xix

Williams, Mary, 78, 143

Williamson, Detective-Sergeant (later Inspector and Chief Superintendent) Adolphus ('Dolly'): assists Whicher, 56

residence, 120–1, 163

joins Road Hill investigation, 125–6, 137, 142, 148

returns to London, 158

and Youngman case, 171–2

impact of Road Hill case, 211–12

promoted inspector, 224

takes charge of Road Hill case, 231–2, 234–6, 240

and Constance Kent's trial, 247

sagacity, 254

and Constance Kent's motive, 256

legacy from Whicher, 276

appointed Chief Superintendent, 276–8

death, 278

Wills, William Henry, xxi–xxii, 68, 70, 84

Wilmot, Sir John Eardley, 165–6, 254, 291

Wiltshire, 59, 73, 97, 283, 293

freak weather, 113, 191

Constance Kent returns, 231–2

Wiltshire magistrates, 33–4, 36, 38, 61–2, 107, 173

and arrest of Constance Kent, 115–19

and examination of Constance Kent, 147–55

continuing suspicion of Constance Kent, 158, 176

and arrest of Gagg, 180–1

request Slack inquiry, 182

and Saunders' inquiry and discovery of shift, 193, 202–3

and Constance Kent's confession, 231, 234–5, 237

urge reward for detectives, 254

Wiltshire police, 13, 37, 108, 126, 234

Whicher and, 142, 156, 177, 179–80, 202–3, 238

exhume Saville Kent's body, 179

and discovery of shift, 202–3, 238

and Constance Kent's trial, 248

Windsor, 136, 264

Windus, Mary Ann, see Kent, Mary Ann (née Windus)

Winslow, Forbes Benignus, 146

Woking gaol, 278, 280

Wolfe, Superintendent Francis, 62, 64, 100, 143, 148

and arrest of Constance Kent, 116, 119

and exhumation, 179

and Gough, 183, 185–6, 189

Wolverton, 180

women, and murder, 233, 243–4

wool trade, 43–4, 71

Wort, William, 225, 247

Wynter, Andrew, 47, 82–3

Yonge, Charlotte, 221

Yorkshire, 211

Youngman, William, 172–3, 181–2

Zuccari, Federico, 210