The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder And The Undoing Of A Great Victorian Detective (52 page)
Authors: Kate Summerscale
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Oxford Street,
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Paddington station,
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Palmer, Sir Roger,
50
Palmerston, Lord,
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Park Lane,
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Parkhurst prison,
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Parramatta,
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Parsons, Joshua,
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-21,
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-80,
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and post-mortem,
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-5,
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-80,
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and Constance Kent's insanity,
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,
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his suspicions,
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and examination of Constance Kent,
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defends Samuel Kent,
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and discovery of shift,
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and Constance Kent's confession,
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Parsons, Letitia,
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Parsons, Samuel,
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Peacock, Rev. Edward,
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and coroner's inquest,
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pearls,
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Pearman, Mr,
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Peck, PC,
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Peel, Sir Robert,
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Pegler, PC,
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Penny Illustrated Paper
,
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phrenology,
88
physiognomy,
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Piper, Charlotte,
see
Whicher, Charlotte
Plummer, Eugenia,
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Plummer, Stephanie,
122
Plymouth,
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Poe, Edgar Allan,
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'Murders in the rue Morgue',
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'The Tell-Tale Heart',
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'The Man of the Crowd',
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uniforms,
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personality and temperament,
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standards of conduct,
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procedures,
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see also detectives
Police Gazette
,
276
Portland, St Peter's church,
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Portland Vase,
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Portsmouth,
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Potter, John,
276
Pratt, Mary, see Kent, Mary (
nee
Pratt)
press,
see
newspapers
Prichard, James,
244
Pritchard, Dr Edward,
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Pugin, Augustus,
229
Pusey, Edmund,
224
Quance, Mrs,
194
Queensland,
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Queenstown,
180
racial degeneration
,
221
stations,
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first murder on,
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Regent Street,
50
Regent's Park,
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'retrospective prophecy',
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Reynolds magazine,
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Ribton, Mr,
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Road: Kent family's unpopularity,
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Christ Church,
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Temperance Hall,
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-55,
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villagers' suspicions,
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situation and inhabitants,
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unrest and disorder,
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Saunders' inquiry,
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Kent family leaves,
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change of name to Rode,
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in Stapleton's account,
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Road Hill House: privy,
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layout and plans,
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Kent family arrive,
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'Miss Constance's garden',
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auction,
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renamed Langham House,
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Robin Goodfellow magazine
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Robinson, Detective-Sergeant,
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Rode,
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on
Rodway, Rowland,
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-2,
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suspects Constance Kent,
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defends Samuel Kent,
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endorses Stapleton's book,
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and Constance Kent's confession,
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,
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,
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and Constance Kent's trial,
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-8,
252
Romney, George,
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Roper, Sergeant,
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Rous, Mr,
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Rowan, Colonel Charles,
50
Royal Aquarium,
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Royal College of Surgeons,
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Russell, William ('Waters'),
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St John's Wood,
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Sala, George Augustus,
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Salisbury and Winchester Journal
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Sandown Fort,
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Saturday Review
,
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,
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,
223
,
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Saunders, Thomas,
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Savage, George Henry,
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Saxony,
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Sayers, Tom,
124
Schubert, Franz,
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Scotland Yard: detective headquarters,
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,
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under Williamson,
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sea-horses,
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servants, female,
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Shakespeare, William,
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Sheffield,
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe,
176
Shepherd's Bush,
275
Sberborne Journal
,
146
Shoreditch,
106
Sidmouth,
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Silcox, Anna,
24
Slack, E.F.,
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Smith, Madeleine,
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Snow, John,
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Soho Square,
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Somerset and Wilts Journal
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accounts of Road Hill case
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-5,
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demands detective,
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description of Road Hill House,
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and Whicher's suspicions,
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,
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,
189
and Constance Kent's examination,
148
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and Gagg's arrest,
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and Cough's resignation,
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petitions Home Office,
182
and Saunders' inquiry,
195
and Constance Kent's confession,
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,
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-7,
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Somersetshire,
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209
,
21
on,
211
South Pacific,
287
Southampton,
69
Spitalfields,
50
Spurgeon, Rev. Charles,
252
Stamford Hill,
71
Stancomb, William and John,
115
Stapleton, Joseph,
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n,
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and post-mortem,
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-5,
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-80,
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account of Road Hill case,
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-5,
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-3,
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-8,
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and villagers' suspicions,
30
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60
and Constance Kent's insanity,
102
defence of Samuel Kent,
190
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,
221
and discovery of shift,
197
and factory inspection,
200
The Great Crime of 1860 published
,
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and Constance Kent's confession,
234
establishes fund for Gough,
253
and syphilis,
297
Steeple Ashton,
237
Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames,
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,
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Stepney,
69
Stevens, William,
240
Stoke-on-Trent,
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Stokes, Ann,
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Strand,
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Such Things Are
,
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Suffolk, Earl of,
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Sutton,
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Sydney,
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Sylvester, George,
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syphilis, congenital,
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Taine, Hippolyte,
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Tanner, Detective-Sergeant Richard ('Dick'),
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Tatt, Mr,
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Taylor, Sarah,
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Taylor, Tom,
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teeth, Hutchinsonian,
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telegrams,
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telegraph, electric, xx,
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Tellisford,
194
Thomas, Detective-Sergeant,
234
Thomson, John,
105
Thornton, Detective-Sergeant (later Inspector) Stephen,
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-70,
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Thursday Island,
287
Tichborne, Dowager Lady,
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Tichborne, Sir Roger,
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Tichborne Claimant (Arthur Orton),
263
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accounts of Road Hill case,
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,
116
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130
,
148
,
188
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and McNaghten rule,
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advertisements,
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