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
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
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
Beckington, 4-5, 9, 19, 77-9, 137, 182, 236
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
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
Brighton, 227, 229, 241, 254, 258, 288
St Mary's Home (Hospital), 224, 227, 229, 241, 298
Aquarium, 273-4
Clifton, 148
Bristol Daily Post, 27, 95, 112, 119, 143, 183, 185, 193-4, 198
Bristol Mercury, 195
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
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
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
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
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
and astronomers, 142
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
dinosaurs, 286
Disraeli, Benjamin, 279
Dr Kahn's Museum, 106
doctors, and mental illness, 80-1
dog, Newfoundland, 7-9, 12, 66, 107
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 Grinstead, St Swithun's church, 278
Ebury, Lord, 241
Eden, Emily, 168
Edgware Road, 69
Edinburgh Daily News, 270
Edlin, Peter, 148-57, 175, 254
Elephant & Castle, 252
Eliot, George, 270
Elizabeth I, Queen, 176
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 38
Epsom, 54
Euston Square station, 135
Evans, Mrs, 263
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
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
Frith, William, xix
Frome, 33, 60, 101, 119, 148, 196, 198, 210, 235, 240
Frome, river, 33, 60, 63, 99, 159
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
Gaskell, Elizabeth, 68
Gay, Mr, 123n
Gee, William, 167
Gerstenberg, Wilhelm, 214
Gladstone, William, 280
Glamis, Lady, xix
Globe, 169
Gloucester, 185
Gloucester Terrace, 144
Goff, Charles, 51
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
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
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's Inn Road, 49
Gream, Katharine, 227, 232, 234-5, 238-9, 253, 262
Great Exhibition, 109
Great Western Railway, xix, xxiii
Green, Elizabeth (nee Harding), 56, 262
Greenacre, James, 69
Greenhill, Joseph, 14
Griffiths, Major Arthur, 277-9
Guildford, 165
Halliday, Mary, 212-15
Hamburg, 212
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
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 176
Hayward, W.S., 187
Heenan, John, 124
Henry, Sir Thomas, 227-32
Herbert, Frederick, 97
Heritage, PC Henry, 13, 21, 108
Holborn, 46, 48-9, 57, 79, 119, 121-3
Holcombe, James, 4-5, 8-10, 12-13, 26, 101
Holley, Hester, 5, 28, 31, 33, 129, 138-9, 153, 167, 171, 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
Hughes, William, 208
Hull, 214
Hunter Place station house, 47, 57
Hutchinson, Jonathan, 296-7
Hyde Park, 106
Indian Mutiny, 267
and McNaghten rule, 136
in Lady Audley's Secret, 218
women and, 243-4
and syphilis, 297
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
and insanity, 33, 80, 94, 102, 125, 137, 143, 243-5, 258, 300
birth, 72
and stepmother, 73-4, 243-4, 251, 254-9, 280, 291-6, 302
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
in gaol, 129-31
freed on bail, 155-6
continuing suspicion of, 158, 189, 200, 220
and examination of Gough, 185-6
offers of marriage, 189
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
murder motive, 243-4, 251, 254-9, 280, 299, 302
sentence commuted, 252-3
her account of the murder, 254-9
petitions for release, 273, 279-81, 291
failing health, 279-80
life in Australia, 288-90
death, 290
and Saville's paternity, 74-5
daguerrotype, 290
account in Sydney letter, 292
Kent, Elizabeth, 3, 5, 7, 11, 17, 101
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 (nee Bennett), 273, 275
Kent, Ellen, 72
Kent, Eveline, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 17, 26, 150, 181, 186, 270
paternity, 75
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 (nee 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
and younger and older children, 73-4, 87, 94-5, 124-5, 240
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
cries over murder, 130
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
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
Knightsbridge, 189
knives, 9-10, 21, 67, 164, 171, 237, 301
Lancashire, 164
Land's End, 74
Langham House, 210n
Lansdowne, Charles, 195
Larkin, George, 166
Lausanne, 207
Lavater, John Caspar, 85
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
Loder, Mary Ann, 265
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
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
Aquarium, 274
Manchester Guardian, 273
Manning, Frederick and Maria, 69, 105, 181-2
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
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 Constance Kent's confession, 235
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
Mile End, 164
Milford-on-Sea, 287
Millbank prison, 162, 261, 278-9, 288
Minot, Mr, 164
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
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 London Railway case, 235
North Wilts Bank, 253
Northamptonshire, 214
Northern Daily Express, 176
North-Western Railway Police, 180
Notting Hill, 276
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
Oliphant, Margaret, 222
Once a Week, 191
Orton, Arthur (the Tichborne Claimant), 265-7
Oswestry, 234
Oxford Movement, 224
Oxford Street, 106
Paddington station, xix-xx, xxiii, 136, 161, 181, 188, 232
Palmer, Sir Roger, 50
Palmerston, Lord, 182
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 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
pearls, 286-7
Pearman, Mr, 210
Peck, PC, 213-14
Peel, Sir Robert, 136
Pegler, PC, 69
Penny Illustrated Paper, 261
phrenology, 88
physiognomy, 84-6
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
uniforms, 46
personality and temperament, 46-7
standards of conduct, 48
procedures, 157
see also detectives
Police Gazette, 276
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
Pusey, Edmund, 224
Quance, Mrs, 194
Queensland, 284-5
Queenstown, 180
racial degeneration, 221
stations, xix
first murder on, 235
Regent Street, 50
Regent's Park, 288
'retrospective prophecy', 271
Reynolds magazine, 223
Ribton, Mr, 187-8
Road: Kent family's unpopularity, 5, 61, 101, 127
Christ Church, 14, 59, 63, 183, 189
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 John's Wood, 212
Sala, George Augustus, 52
Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 242, 245
Sandown Fort, 106
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
under Williamson, 276-8
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
South Pacific, 287
Southampton, 69
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
Steeple Ashton, 237
Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 174, 223
Stepney, 69
Stevens, William, 240
Stoke-on-Trent, 88
Stokes, Ann, 36
Strand, 120
Such Things Are, 221
Suffolk, Earl of, 55
Sutton, 213-14
Sydney, 289-90
Sylvester, George, 27
syphilis, congenital, 296-7
Taine, Hippolyte, 109
Tanner, Detective-Sergeant Richard ('Dick'), 56, 120, 144, 235
Tatt, Mr, 54
Taylor, Sarah, 50
Taylor, Tom, 97
teeth, Hutchinsonian, 296-8
telegrams, 219
telegraph, electric, xx, 69, 106, 120, 180
Tellisford, 194
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
Times, The, 7, 29, 65, 104, 121-2
accounts of Road Hill case, 38, 116, 130, 148, 188-9
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
Tommas (cat), 121
Torres Strait, 287
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
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
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
Walker, Superintendent, 224
Wandsworth, St Peter's Hospital, 288
Wandsworth gaol, 122
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
Western Australia, 284-5
Western Daily Press, 15, 32, 95, 117, 119, 146, 155, 175, 189, 191
Western Morning News, 130
Westminster bridge, 162
Weston-super-Mare, 209
Whicher, Charlotte (nee Piper), 161n, 262, 267, 276
Whicher, Detective-Inspector Jonathan ('Jack'), xi-xx
summoned to Wiltshire, xxiii, 39, 43-4, 59, 61-2
family background, 44-5
joins detective force, 50-2
methods, 53-5
promoted inspector, 55
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
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
and Youngman case, 171-3
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
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, Sarah, 45
Whitechapel, 212, 215, 267, 277
Whitehall, 163
Whitworth, Detective-Sergeant William, 106, 125
Who Committed the Road Murder?, 168
Willes, Sir James, 248-50, 252-3
Williams, George, xix
Williamson, Detective-Sergeant (later Inspector and Chief Superintendent) Adolphus ('Dolly'): assists Whicher, 56
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
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
Windus, Mary Ann, see Kent, Mary Ann (nee Windus)
Winslow, Forbes Benignus, 146
Wolfe, Superintendent Francis, 62, 64, 100, 143, 148
and arrest of Constance Kent, 116, 119
and exhumation, 179
Wolverton, 180
Yonge, Charlotte, 221
Yorkshire, 211
Youngman, William, 172-3, 181-2
Zuccari, Federico, 210