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

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 ( nee 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