The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

Eliza Matthews (wife of the last witoem)—l have known
the prisoner, Franz Huller, about two yew. He wed to
work for my brother-in-law, Mr. Wild, of Tooley-etreek
to:.,r. I first knew him there. He came to my
between 2 and 3 o'clock on the afternoon of
:loudly, July 11. He sat a little time before he
i,e44/1 to talk. He mentioned that be had oome
from Mr. Repach to wish us good by. before sailing for
New York. At about 4 o'clock I got the tee ready. He
:: l c.t speak about my husband. He told me that the firm
were going to send him out. That was the firm of Hodgkin-
. and Co., for whom he worked. He said they were to
.r him 1:41. s year and that be should like to be paid half-
He also said that he had met with an accident,
that during his illness the firm continued to pay
tm, and they paid his doctor for him. I paid him 3a. that
for a little packet of tea that be had bought a week or
rreriously. My sister was present when 1 paid him the
her name is Mrs. Mabba. We had just done tea when
tome in, and she heard a portion of the converse-
a. She paid him la 6d. After tea be showed

new Albert guard chain, and put it into
csod, asking me what I thought of it. At first I thought
• t • :t was not ► good one because the gold looked so very
,Lt. 1 said I did not think it was such a nice one as his old

Ile said it was • very Dios use. He then put the chain
k in his batton-hole, sad produced • little eard-box with
name of Death noon it. I remarked that it was •
jeweller's. My little girl had the box to play
,ith that afternoon. I saw • ring on the prisoner's finger.
was • plain gold ring, with a white oornelien head, with a
. r,ninnent nose. He said his fattier had sent it to him from
malty. I asked him if the head was a family likeness ?
:Ic said it was not. He went away from my home about
o'clock in the evening. I walked with him some dia.

towards his omnibus. He walked short and lame.
wished hint " Good bye !" He said " I woo't say ' Good
because I am coming tomorrow to see your husband."
lbe next morning, about half-past it, my bullhead stood
..c,identally on the little card box, having knocked it off
the table. lie said sorzethiri. and 1 picked it up and put
it away in a drawer. 1.. e pr.soner had given it to my little
;al. At about It/ xl..e following Monday night I
;ave that box to me Ensue'_
By the Court —H: that he met with the sod.
:eut on the Th...-slay Fel to the 9th of July, and he
told we it was m s :etter cart rustling over his foot
.-o Londoe.brlie
By Mr. Beard—'rm aware that I owed him MOM
'.I:IU 3.. He di.: tm 7... any more as being due to him.
:a u certain Ido not owe 1.. irn more, My sister paid him
Gl., which I believe was all that she owed him. He did
~,t sac that my husband owed him any mosey.
John Henry Glass—l live at 91, Henry-street, Hamp-
,:ead-road. and am a tailor in the employ of Mr. Hoag-
;u/00. I have known the prisoner about for- years. On
uesday, 12th July, he came to me in the shop and asked
7-.‘e if I would buy a watch, which he showed to me. It was
fold watch ; and he said be had a chain for
it. which he had pawned for 11. He told me
be wanted some money to go to America,
Ind asked me to oblige him by taking the watch and chain
for 4'. to enable him to pay for his passage. He said he
would call again on Wednesday. He came about 9 o'clock,
~ad we went together to the shop of a pawnbroker, Mr.
Barker, to get the chain out of pawn. We then went to
Cox's, in Leicester•square, and pawned the watch and chain
for 4'. The misoner took the money, and I took theduplicate,
for which I press. more, making my admire amount to
1,. Is., that is, 11. to release the chain and sa, for the ticket.
They were pawned in my name. We then ported. and he
.aid he win going to the docks to get his ticket. At about
o'clock in the evening of the same day (Wediteeday),
be came round again to wish me good bye. (The watch sad
chsi a produced by the pawnbroker. assistant were shown to
this witness, who identified them.)
James Gifford, agent to Messrs. Grinnell, shipowner,
North Quay, London Docks—Our office opens at about 9
o'clock. I recollect the prisoner coming there at about 11
o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, July 13. He *sluff
the price of a passage to New York, sod I replied
that it wou'd le 41. He then inge'red when
the ship would sail! I replied " To-m0..0w." He then
wart away. I war on duty at the offios on the Mon.
day previously, and if anyone had called to inquire
about a pumas I should have seen him. I did not see
the prisms'r on that day, that I know of. No conven-
tion about a presage to New York took place thee. He
returned to me about 2 o'clock on the Wednesday. He
then said, " I have come to pay my fs.a," and be paid me
4 ~ upon which I gave him his contract ticket, and he went
asay. He came again about hen-past 3 with his luggage,
consisting of three parcels, one large one end two smaller
ones. I noticed one of them was done up in canvas, about
1, inches long by 19 wide. I cannot say if the substance was
soft or hard, but I think it was soft. He had a box
besides. He asked me to take care of the parcels, which
I declined to do, telling him that he mast leave
them with the foreman of the docks, at the shed. He then
t.ait them away. He came down the next day, and was on
the ship whets ohs hauled away from the docks, cm Tuesday
aft:moon, to Shad well basin. The Victoria was the name of
the ship. She sailed on Friday morning. I went with her
t. Gravesend, and then I left the ship. The primmer wee
CM board when she set waL

By Mr. Beard—l am not always at the dace, and is my
al,wace a German porter, named Weir, is in attendance.
By the Coot—l am not aware that I was away at an on
Moudar. I m►y have been for a few minutes.
raorosa Bain*, a pawubroker'a anisMak, in the employ of
Meurs. George and Con, 27, Prinowetreet, Leimeteroquare,
produced • watch end chain pledged on the 13th of July.
lie took them ia, but he could sot swear to the permit who
Oeiged them. The name on the ticket was " Henry
t.lan." and it corresponded with the duplicate produeed by
t,le witness Glass.

Mr. Daniel pigmies depoeed—l am a hatter, at No. 18,
Royal Exchange. I hare known the late Mr. Thomas Brigp
for many yaws as a customer. For 25 or 30 pen I have
r- army bat he bee hr Ido :ng that period. lowby my
t.01,‘ that 1 had se order for a bat on the 24th Sept., 1863.
wes made expressly for him, and sent home • few day.
If ter.

The hat found in the prisoner's possession was here handed
to the W.tness.

Mr. Gitfard—Now, first of all, is that a ball-crooned bat'
Witoess—Yea, it ia a bell-crowned hat.

Mr. Gilsrd —Was the Ist which you supplied to Mr.
L::ggs in 1843 abet of that eescription
Witoess—Yee.

M-. Gifford—And does the is urement of the hat car.
r,o,'^nd with the order given!
Witness—lt does precisely. Mr. Briggs afterwards came
itto the shop, and complained that the hat was rather too
ore. sad I pasted a pies of paper under the leather bead.
Ice paper has been removed, but there are some fragments
It: •towing the place where it was, nod from which it has
teen ...mod. It was tissue paper. When I sold the hat to
M 7. Briggs the crown was higher than this. The bat is
1.-C:1,111 not in the esme condition as when I told it. The
crown has been eat down about as inch, or from
tha: to as inch and a half. The alteration
Lai appsrently not been made by a professional
L::rr. It has been stitched on, whereas a man in the trade
if h, had to do such a thing, would have fastened it with a
pr -,ur necessitating the me of a block. It has been sewn
Vv., but not by au experienced hand. A hatter would
Jt hove sewn it. According to our rule the name
Mr. Briggs had been placed inside the hat, but

-4,4 e with the pert of the lining which has been cut
:•IV. It was placed just under the bend of the bat close

t, the brim,

3f,. Thorne, • bat manufacturer, of 47, Blackfriare-
,,ve erklenoe that the hat bad been made by
• 1I r. Digitate, and had his private mark on it ; it
-,o s:nce cut down, and not by a regular hatter.
11 to examination wa• proceeding when we went to mini

1-tters from Caprers speak of the " souni
of General Garibaldi, who devotes himself entirely
a:r cultural pursuits.

THE 3fALTA AND ALI...NA:MM.& TELEGRAPH.—
Glass. EUi2t, and Co., announce the re-opening of
Malta wed Akibudita Telegraph. for the tranamiesion
-maps to Egypt, India, China, Australis, he.
I:iv X or BRITISH COLUMBIA. —(TIIIM
• afternoon, at a meeting of the shareholders held at
• r. ,oilon Tavern. Yr. Yeakimit in the chair. a dividend
' Pee oral. per annum, free of income tax, was declared.
E 81inTluM or 1862.—0ne of the great features
building—the brick I=6oi—disappeared ea Saturday
"'• A party of Royal Engineers from the Royal Engineers'
• • ,i,lisliment at Chatham, bee been employed for the laid
days in lodging charges of powder to demolish the
-41.• arch which supported the «mums (Able sod of the 'aye
•` the International Exhibition building. The effect wee
,'r satisfactory, the bewitches of the arch were broken sad
• zt,tiv pushed out, the crown opeeed, and the Parts fell
toiler. separating into several memo in their fall. The
',I-skijor arch will probably be blown tip next Saturday
• -rueon.