The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-19 00:00:00

ARRIVAL AT CAMDEN TOWN.

The general police arrangements wi,h respect to the ar-
rival of Muller in London, sa far as the London and North
Western Railway is concerned, were entrusted to Superin-
tendent Lorton of the S division, and Inspectors M‘Lach-
Jan and Gibson, who acted under his orders ; but it would
appear that up to the eleventh hour the directors of the rail-
way themselves were in doubt as to whether Muller would
be taken out of the train at Camden or be brought on to
Euston station—at least they professed to be so. At all
events precautionary measures, such as they were, were
taken to prevent any undue pressure of the public either at
the Camden station ticket platform, or at Euston. So rigid
were these precautionary measures that the representatives
of the press were compelled to obtain an official letter or
pass to permit them to have access to the platform at
Camden or at Euston stations, and a body of railway police,
under Inspector Pridgeon, were sent up the line to the
former point with instructions to take all orders from
Mr Watts, of Captain Bruyero's. the general superinten-
dent's office, whilst Mr Coulter, the chief of the same de-
partment, had the general superintendence at the arrival
platform of the Euston station. It is fair to the company
to state that, in the uncertainty, they gave the represen-
tatives of the press the privilege (the only one they pos-
sessed) of travelling in the same train from Camden to
Euston by which Muller should arrive from the former
to the latter station, if found necessary, On reaching the
Camden ticket platform, there was found assembled, not-
withstanding the precautionary measures before referred to,
a large number of persons, who, although represented to be
merely the employes of the railway, must certainly have
included their friends, as they amounted to some hundreds.
A telegram had been received previously to the arrival of
the express that Muller was in the last compartment of the
last second class carriage in the train, in charge of Inspector
Tanner and Sergeant Clarke, and this becoming known, as
the train made its appearance coming round the curve near
Chalk-farm-bridge there was a great rush down the plat-
form towards the rear of the train, which was a very long
one. The train brought up at the Camden ticket platform at
35 minutes past two, and as soon as it stopped the where-
abouts of Muller was at once indicated by the clustering of
the London detectives round the compartment of the car-
riage and shaking of hands and cordial greetings which
passed between Inspectors Tanner and Williamson, who,
together with Sergeant Thomas, of the detective force, at
once entered the carriage. The rush to get a glimpse of the
supposed culprit was now terrific, and continued for about
five minutes, during the whole time the ticket collectors
were collecting the tickets at the platform. Notwithstanding
the cries and groans which prevailed, Muller, who sat with
his face tc the engine, between Inspector Tanner and Ser-
geant Clarke, appeared quite unmoved, although he looked
very pale—as we were informed, more than usually so—
the excitement that was going on without no doubt contri-
buting to any emotion he may have felt on finding himself
so closely approaching the end of his journey. But to all
appearance Muller himself looked more unconcerned and
much less excited than most of his fellow passengers, the
vast msjority of whom seemed, until the tremendous up-
roar and excitement at the Camden station apprised them
of the fact, unconscious that they were in company with
the supposed murderer of Mr Briggs. The tickets having
been collected, the train moved slowly from the platform
on its way to Euston, amidst the loud execrations of those
assembled, many of whom ran along the platform, hooting
and hissing, and exhibiting the wildest excitement, till the
rapidly increasing speed of the train put distance between
them. The shouts had evidently been heard by the employes
at Pickford's and Messrs Collard's factory, which abut
upon the railway, for they were all out, and gave a hearty
groan as the train passed.