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

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, Therese, 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, Eugene, 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 (nee 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