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

London and the world at largo nil: be thank fu/ that such
a clue has at last been found to th 3 track of tho murderer of
the late Mr Briggs as to leave no doubt that the miscreant
will be brought to justice. It app. ?ars that the pediee at last
felt themselves nuthoriced in belie Ting that their efforts to
capture the perpe'.rator of the M 117.1 ter \yeah! b nueccsaful,
and from information which had 1 ten reee:ved they pro-
ceeded to the house of a cabman . at Bow, where for sortie
months past a German tailor nal v ed Francis Muller has
lodged. This men, it now trans ires, left London a few
days ago for the purpose of p: reeeeling to New York.
He was discovered in this wi, on!, the
daughter cf the cabmen at whose home Francis
Muller had lived, said that niter L is lzavirg, lour days ago,
sae found in the room he had occur tied a small caeri board box
such as jewellers put their various wares in, and on exhibit-
ing it to her father he remembere I the name of the trades-
man with whom the chain of the Briggs had been
exchanged. The cabman immedi 9 tely communicated. with
the police authorities, and the bo: a was by than taken to
Mr Death's establishment, that person's name and address
being engravers on the inside, Upon its being shown to
Mr Death he at once identified it :es one of his boxes, and
such an one as he should have -used wherein to place a
chain similar to that exchanged for the one supposed to
have been taken from the late unfortunate gentleman, Mr
Briggs, and which had been identified as his property.
That slight clue having been obtained, of course the next
step was to connect Muller with the man who sold the
chain to Mr Death, and Mr Death, in company with the
cabman and the police, went down to the cottage at
Bow where Muller had lived, and, upon seeing a photo-
, graph Muller had given to the child, he at once recognized
the features of the person who changed the chain on Mon-
day. it is almost needless to add that this discovery assured
the police they were on the right scent at last, and the next
step was to ascertain whether the hat which had been found
in the carriage on the railway on the night of the murder,
and which it was evident had belonged ro the person who
had committed the crime, could in any way be connected
with the man Muller. The cabman was therefore taken up
to Scotland-yard, and upon the hat being shown to him, ho
at 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
discoveries that had been made, and, accompanied by In-
spector Thompson, proceeded to Bow-street police-tam.'
and there obtained a warrant for the apprehension of Franc',4
Muller. The next step was to inquire as to the probalek
residence of the now suspected murderer, and as he had o a
leaving his lodgings stated his intention of going urea 1,
close inquiry was set on foot as to any person bearinf ; a
similar resemblance having left the country. Sum ;3ss
crowned the inquiries of the acute detectives, and a per son
fully identified as the suspected murderer. Muller met: 3 as-
certained to have left London four days ago in a ship b eund
direct for New York, the passage occupying on the a' wage
19 days, and which, having cleared the Downs man- 9 hours
before the inquiries were set afoot, must be far axle y before
this reaches the public eye. Government resour !es were
at once asked for and granted. Sir George Grey g Ave every
facility, and an Admiralty steamer from Live moo' has
some hours since borne Inspector Tanner an, Sergeant
Clarke to arrest the murderer, or more probably , .await
his
arrival on his landing, as the steamer, barring ac. dents, will
reach America at least four days before the sediing vessel
that conveys the villain flying from justice.

Mr Death, the jeweller, and the cabman, a -hose name
our reporter did not ascertain, accompanied t b e police offi-
cers in the Government steamer, for the purge se of person-
ally identifying Muller, and no doubt what.). er exists in.
the minds of the police that Muller will soon 13 a in the hands
of justice. The clue so far obtained has been of course some
additional incentive to inquiries likely to grove successful.
The history of Muller, as far as can at present be gleaned,
shows that he earn° to this country about 1 mouths ago,
and followed his occupation as a tailor, and it was not ua-
frequently noticed that he had in his possession a very fine
gold watch and massive chain, by no means according with
his 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 go':
into a broil with some women or woman, and lost his watt's
and chain. He refused to give any description of them,
offer any reward, or make any inquiries, but has continual ly
complained, and most bitterly, of the loss he had sustain
,ed.
Since the murder he has, as has now been ascertained, sh awn
on several occasions a watch, a vrry handsome one, and
said he had saved up money enough to buy it, and teas. quite
contented at having been able to get one. The chain vtlich
the man Muller ob,ained from Mr Death he p:eC gad on
Tuesday at a pawnbroker's in the city, and sold tl-at ticket
on the day following to another tailor, a friend of his, a Ger-
man.. This man, Iv, on being questioned by Inspectot • Thom-
son at Scotland-yard, admitted that he had read at out the
murder, but had not said anything to any ono about the
chain, cad it has not been considered that there was milli-
cient evidence to justify the police in detaining him for any
complicity in the murder. He will, however, remain undtx
surveillance so as to be forthcomixg at the trial upon Mul-
ler's being brought hack to this country. No trace what -
ever has been found of the watch itself, and it may I ~3
fairly expected, and for the ends of justice hoped, theist
Muller has it still in his possession, and that it
be found upon him, so as to constitute an undou'ated
link in the chain of evidence. The servants of the rai'Lway
authorities speak confidently as to their ability to id &ratify
the man supposed to have got into the carriage Vali Mr
Bri:zga, and it is understood that the photograph of 'Muller
will be shown to them to add to the circumstantial evidence
already obtained.