The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder And The Undoing Of A Great Victorian Detective (53 page)

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,
210
n

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
,
117
n,
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),
161
n,
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 (
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