The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
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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
moves to Devonshire, 71, 296
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
obstructs police, 107-9, 184
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
seeks retirement, 208-9, 270
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
death, 254n, 273
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
bedsocks incident, 103, 129
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
suspicion of, 124-5, 169-70
cries over murder, 130
schooling, 137, 167, 209
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
second marriage, 275, 285-6
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
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
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
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