The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder And The Undoing Of A Great Victorian Detective (51 page)

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

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,
254
n,
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,
210
n

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
,
254
n

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,
64
n,
65
,
8
in,
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
,
140
n,
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