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 (née Piper), 161n, 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 (née 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