The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-20 00:00:00

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THE MURDER ON THE NOP .T.H LONDON
RAILWAY.

Discovery of the Mr orderer.

London and the world at large wil Ibe thankful that such.
I a clue has at last been found to the track of the murderer of
the late Mr Briggs as to leave no d oubt that the miscreant
will be brought to justice. It app cars that the police at last
felt themselves authorised in bell( .ving that their efforts to
capture the perpetrator of the mu rder would b; euccessful,
an?, from information. which had been received they pro-
, cee.led to tho house of a eahmea lat Bow, where for EOlllO
• months past a German tailor m .med Francis Muller has.
lodged. This man, it now trans pires, left London a fest
days ago for nla purpose of :proceeding to New Yet.s.
He W.lB di=',-avcr.-fi in. this w iso :—A la't'e gir!, 'Le
,claughtcr of 1.1:e e':`::nan. at whose hous; Fra•acis
iMulter 1_11(_1. livi, :,..ir.t that after kis leaving, tour r',ays ae;.o,
tehe faun,' in the room he bad occetir. led a :3 WILI I elrriboard, box
Keel.: as j'nvellir, a put their various wares in, and on ex'yibit-
iu- It to her father he remembered the mime of the tendes-
--m eta 'with whom the chain of the Late Mr Briggs had. been
ee...cheatiged, The cabman iramediatrdy communicateet with
the police authorities, and the box wee by them ta:i-en to
Mr :Death's establishment, that person's name and achieves
bei ag engraven on the inside, Upon its being shown. to
Mr :Death he at once identified it as one of his boxes, and
sue b an one as he should have used wherein to place a
cha in similar to that exchanged for the ono supp(med to
has el been taken from the late unfortunate gentleman, Mr
Bri g gs, and which had been identified as his property.
Thy u; slight clue having been obtained, of course the next
stet ► was to connect Muller with the man who sold the
cha in to Mr Death, and Mr Death, in company with the
cab man and the police, went down to the cottage at
Bo w where Muller had lived, and, upon seeing a photo-
gre iph Muller had given to the child, he at once recovized
the . features of the person who changed the chin on Mon-
de y, It is almost needless to add that this discovery assured
th e police they were cn the right scent at last, and the next
at sp was to ascertain whether the hat which had been found
in . the carriage on the railway on the ninlet of the murder,
a ad which it was evident had belonged to the person who
1 .ttd committed the crime, could in any *ay be connected
rith the man Muller. The cabman was therefore taken up
'so Scotland-yard, and upon the hat being shown to him, he
s.t once knew it as one he had purchased for Muller about
!four months ago. This seemed so conclusive•that Inspector
Tanner immediately went back to Scotland-yard, stated the
sdiscoveries
inp
that had
proceededdbeenmadeto Bow-street police-oil-ice,, and, accompanied by In-
and there obtained a warrant for the apprehension of Francis
Muller. The next step was to inquire as to the probable
residence of the now suspected murderer, and as he had on
leaving his lodgings stated his intention of going abroad,
close inquiry was set on foot as to any person bearing a
similar resemblance having left the country. Success
crowned the inquiries of the acute detectives, and a person
fully identified as the suspected murderer. Muller was as-
certained to have left London four days ago in a ship bound
direct for New York, the passage occupying on the average
19 days, end which, having cleared the Downs many hours
before the inquiries were set afoot, must be far away before
this reaches the public eye. Government resources were
at once asked for and granted. Sir George Grey gave every ./
facility, and an Admiralty steamer from Liverpool has
some hours since borne Inspector Tanner and Sergeait
Clarke to arrest the murderer, or more probably await his
arrival on his landing, as the steamer, barring accidents, will
reach America at least four days before the sailing vessel
that conveys the villain flying from justice,

Mr Death, the jeweller, and the cabman, whose name
our reporter did not ascertain, accompanied the police offi-
cers in the Government steamer, for the purpose of person-
ally identifying Muller, and no doubt whatever exists in
the minds of the police that Muller will soon be in the hands
of justice. The clue so far obtained has been of course some
additional incentive to inquiries likely to prove successful.
The history of Muller, as far as can at present be gleaned,
shows that he came to this country about 18 mouths ago,
and followed his occupation as a tailor, and it was not un-
frequently noticed that he had in his possession a very fine
gold watch and massive chain, by no means according with
kls position, or the money at his command. Whether he was
in the habit of drinking, or how the circumstances arose,
Muller would never divulge, but some months ago he got
into a broil with some women or woman, and lost his watch
and chain. He refused to give any description of them, t
offer any reward, or mdlzo any inquiries, lout has continually
complained, and most bitterly, of the loss ho had sustairLed.
Since tho murder he has, as has now been ascertained, sh,e-wia.
on several occasions a watch, a very handsome one, and
said. he had saved up money enough to buy it, and we quite
contented at having been able to get ono. The chain wWch
the man Muller obtainel from Mr Death he Pledged on
Tuesday at a pawnbroker's in the city, and the ticket
on the day following to another tailor, a friend obis, a Ger-
man. This man, uj cn being questioned by ItuTector Thom.
son at Scotland-yard, admitted that he had read about the
murder, but had not said anything to any one about the
chain, and it has not been considered that there was sutii-
ci,nt evidence to justify the police in detaining him for any
co!ciplicity in the murder. lie will, however, remain under
sin voitlanca so as to be forthcoming at the trial upon -1;1121-
;ex's being brought hack t o this country. No trace what-
ever has been found of the watch itself, and it may be
fairly expected, and for the ends of justice hoped, that:
‘'ulier has it still in his possession, and that it will
be found upon him, so as to constitute an undoubted
link in the chain of evidence. The servants cf the railway
authorities speak confidently as to their ability to identify
the man supposed to have got into the carriage with Mr
Briggs, and it is understood that the photograph of Muller
will be shown to them to add to the circumstantial evideneo
r already obtained.