The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-22 00:00:00

THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS.

It has been decided that the prisoner Muller shall be pre-
sent on Monday morning next, at the adjourned coroner's
inquest. Mr Humphreys forwarded an application to Sir
George Grey, to the effect that it was desirable Muller
should be brought up before the jury, in order that his iden-
tity might be established to their satisfaction. This appli4,
cation being remitted to Sir Richard Mayne, the Chief
Commissioner, after consulting the detective inspectors who
have charge of the case, reported his approval of the recom-
mendation to Sir G. Grey, whoissued the necessary order.
The prisoner will be taken direct from the Town Hall,
Hackney, where the inquest is sitting, to the Bow-street
Police-court, where the magisterial examination will be re-
sumed. After his examination at Bow-street on Monday
last, when removed to the cell, Muller inveighed bitterly
against the evidence which had been given by Matthews
respecting the hat which was found in the railway carriage.
The prisoner stigmatised the evidence given about this hat
as false, saying there was not one word of truth in it; that
Matthews knew he (Muller) had worn out the hat bought
for him at Walker's long ago, and that the rim on one side
was broken ; that the evidence had been given out of spite
because he (Muller) had threatened to give a relation of
Matthews's into custody for theft some time ago, Concern-
ing the identification of the hat found in Muller's trunk on
board the Victoria, and which is supposed to have belonged
to the murdered gentleman, some farther evidence is likely
to be forthcoming. One of the shopmen of Mr Digance,
the hatter, has, it appears, a distinct remembrance of
selling the hat to Mr Briggs, who, at the time, because
it did not fit him, had a peculiar alteration made in the
lining, which the shopman can identify. It was, more.
over, a practice in the shop to mark on the inner side of
the leath,,,r lining the date whon the article was pur-
chased, which may afford an additional clue. The follow-
ing is a copy of the letter which was handed to Muller in
New York by an agent of the " Society for the Legal Pro-
tection of Germans in London •"

New York, Aug., 1864.
Mr Francis Muller, on board the Victoria—I have been
instructed by the llon. Secretary of the Society for the
Legal Protection of Germans inLondon, to communicate to
you that the said society have taken your case into their
hands, and have appointed Mr Thomas Beard, solicitor, of
No. 19, Basinghall-strect, in London, to act in your behalf,
You may address yourself, as soon as you arrive in En g.
land, to the President of the abov e- named society,
0. Lasker, of No. 2, Tower Royal, Cannon-street, Loudon
B.C. In the meantime. it may be advisable for you not to,
make any communication whatove:r to the
cut
ofhorities or to
private individuals, without previous adva solicitor,
Up to my latest advises from London, the German Society
still consider you to be innocent of the edam you are ac-
cused of, and have resolved, in case no further advises
should alter their opinion, to save no trouble or expense to
prove your boring not guilty, if this is the case.
Aww. GANS,