Kate Summerscale - The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher - A Shocking Murder And The Undoing Of A Great Victorian Detective

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 ( nee 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