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 (née 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