The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

    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