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

SCENE AT EUSTON STATION.

The train which left Camden Town at 2.40 reached the
Euston terminus in three or four minutes, or as nearly as
possible at about 2.45. Here another tremendous scene of
excitement presented itself, seeing that precautionary mea-
sures, or supposed precautionary measures, had been taken
to exclude the public. The immense number of persons
assembled, certainly not less than a thousand, was truly
astounding, and it appeared to require all the energies of a
strong body of police, personally under the superintendence
of Mr Loaton, superintendent of the division, to keeplorder.
The privilege of riding in the carriage immediately in front
of that in which Muller was sitting, enabled our reporter to
obtain an excellent view of all that transpired, and of the
appearance and conduct of the accused himself on alighting
from the train. The train was pulled up in such a manner
that the last carriage barely reached the northern end of
the arrival platform, and the carriage in which Muller was
when brought to a stand, was immediately opposite the
side gate in S, ymour-street, facing Gee-street, and in rear
of the clearing house. Here the Bow-street police van was
drawn up with its door bac'aing towards the train. The
moment the accused was identified by being brought out of
the carriage in which he had been riding, the cheers and
groans by which he was assailed were tremendous—the
cheers proceeding from evident gratification at the fact of
his capture and arrival at so close a proximity to the scene
of his supposed crime, and the groans indicating the horror
and indignation felt at its perpetraliJn. Muller evidently
felt this, as, though he jumped from the carriage in a light
and easy manner, the increased pallor of his countenance
told that ho comprehended the position in which he was
placed. The crush and pressure to get a sight of hi-n was
at this moment terrific, and it was with great diffraity that
Inspector Tanner and Sergeant Clarke, who had each hold
of his arm, urged him forward to the steps of the prison
van,into which he was literally lifted, whist the detectives
Jumped in after him. In an instant after the van was driven '
off amid the cries and execrations of the public, who not
only crowded the platform, but even the root
of the railway
carriages in every direction. The van drove out'threugh theiron gates into Drummond-street, where another salute
greeted the supposed. murderer, and ,passing along the
Hampstead-road and Tett
Endel (-street, St. Gilee's, Court road, reached
and so oanmtoothe Bow. street station.
.A.PPEATIANCE OF IkIULLEP
in spite of the cool and indifferent 14.
HlSeet whichA a ulti AlLe
r
exhibited when the Liverpool express aarBart!rieveetdi the. Camden
station, and when he first heard the greeting in store for
him on his reaching London, thre was evil
altereti al in his appearance on his arrival at Latmarhtterd.
minus when he stepped front the train, and during th°lel
and hurried intervals that elapsed Letreen his leavingB the

railway carriage and entering the police van in:waiting to
convey him to the Bow-street station. The shouts and exe-
crations by which he was received appeared to h tvc a strong
effect upon him. He looked deadly pale and e Fd. He
was dressed in a somewhat shabby black oho:: Cambridge
cut coat and dark waistcoat, with light sp.lo d trousers.
His neckerchief was black, with white spots, and he wore a
somewhat dirty and eld-looking straw hat, with a dirty
black or blue band round it. In stature he is about sft 6in
high, of pale, sallow complexion, wi'h light sandy-look-
ing hair, and a very little of the same light colour about
the chin. His head and face is of the round German cast,
widening rather than otherwise towards the chin ; and his
frame, whilst it is not of that thin and attenuated appear-
ance which has been represented, does not exhibit that of a
man of any great muscular power; and an impression pre-
vailed that, judging from the description given of the late
Mr Briggs, as being that of a strong and powerful hale
man, although aged, it would be hardly possible that Muller
could have mastered him single-handed, unless he had in
the first instance inflicted a blow that had rendered him in-
sensible. It is stated that on his arrival at Bow- street his
previous coolness had returned, and he entered the station
from the police van without any assistance, and appeared
to take little notice of the exciting scene by which he was
surrounded.

ARRIVAL AT BOW STREET.-IMMENSE EX-
CITEMENT IN COURT.

Notwithstanding the announcement in the morning
papers that Muller would not arrive in London till half-
past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a large and eager crowd took
possession of Bow-street shortly after 9 o'clock, in the firm
belief, apparently, that the prisoner would arrive during
the night, and would be brought before the magistrate in
the course of the morning. At 10 o'clock a rush was made
to get admission to the court, the repeated assurances of
the officers that the case was not coming on till Monday
being totally disbelieved and disregarded. The few trivial
chargco which had been entered upon the night sheet were
consequently heard by Mr Flowers in the presence of a court
most inconveniently crowded. During the progress of the
cases the son of the late Mr Briggs entered the court merely
to seek some information from Mr Burnaby, the chief clerk,
but the circumstance was regarded as a sign that Muller
was at hand, and created a decided "sensation." Mr.
Briggs however remained only a few minutes.
It had been arranged that the examination should com-
mence at 11 o'clock if Mailer arrived over night, but shortly
before that hour, owing to the telegrams received that the
prisoner would not arrive till the afternoon, the Solicitor
to the Treasury, Mr Pollard, accompanied by Mr Giffard,
for the N.L.R. Company, had a private interview with Mr
Burnaby, and it was determined to postpone the examina-
tion till Monday morning, it being considered impossible to
collect the witnesses or make any material progress with
the case at so late an hour of the day. This conclusion was
therefore announced to Mr Flowers, and the court was
cleared. The crowd outside, however, was not to be so
easily appeased. When the vans arrived with the ordinary
prisoners they were besieged, and when any one at all
approaching the description of Muller was about to alight
from the steps, he was assailed by cries of " That's him I"
" There's Muller,",&c , although probably he had been only
in trouble about a bad shilling or a pocket handkerchief.
These salutations caused much surprise to the inmates of
the vans, and much amusement to the mob when the mis-
take became known. But as the afternoon approached
rumours became rife that Muller would be brought direct
from the Euston station to Bow•street ; and although no
positive information upon the subject could be gathered by
the populace from the constables on duty, who really were
ignorant of the facts themselves, there were obvious signs
that some such step was in contemplation ; consequently
the excitement of the people as 3 o'clock drew near became
intense, and an extra force of polies was found necessary to
keep open a passage for the ordinary traffic. Every cab
that drew up with a couple of gentlemen or more inside was
eagerly pounced upon, and quiet people in pursuit of busi-
ness or making for the trains suddenly found themselves
suspected of being concerned in the outrage on Mr Briggs.
One gentleman especially, of slight stature, and with sandy
hair, was assailed as Muller with such perseverance that he
showed evident signs cf displeasure, the more so as the
stoppage of the cab opposite the station door, an accident,
necessitated by the thoroughfare being blocked up at the
moment, had led to some demonstration on the part of the
roughs, although followed by shouts of laughter. At length
a cry of " Muller is coming I " was heard in the distance,
and a police van, crowded with constables outside, and fol-
lowed by an excited and almost breathless mass of people,
was sees coming down Bow-street. It was soon apparent
that the long-enduring p itience of the mob would be re-
warded by at least a chance of a glimpse of Muller. A
desperate t ush was made at the van as it drove down Bow-
street up to the door of the police station, end at one time
there appeared some risk of its being tinned over, but a
dozen or two of the constables pushed against the near side
of the van, and equilibrium was fortunately not
disturbed. It WAS some little time before a passage
could be cleared for the. transit of the prisoner and his
attendants, but at length the door was opened, and the first
person to alight from the van with a light, jattnty step was
Franz Muller himself. Then arose a storm of hissing and
groaning of a most unmistakeable character, but it did not
in the slightest degree disconcert the prisoner. The people
seemed surprised at the slight, mean, and shabby appear-
ance of the man who had been so long the theme of uni-
versal discussion. Far below the middle height, excessively
plain looking and ill-featured, and with light-coloured hair
projecting from under his hat, garments thin and seedy,
and wearing a white broad brimmed and somewhat weather
beaten straw hat, he really was not " equal to the occasion"
in the estimate of the crowd, who freely commented upon
the disappointment which they had experienced. " What r'
said one stalwart ragged denizen of Seven Dial., he murder
Mr Briggs--he chuck a big man out of the carriage I why
ho couldn't du it." Speedily, however, Muller was out of
their sight. Superintendent Durkin took him by the arm,
followed by Inspectors Tanner and Williamson, the former
being almost as much an object of interest to the spectators
as Muller himself, Muller was at once taken to the inspec-
tors' room, where he was received by Mr West, and placed
at the bar while Mr Durkin entered the charge upon the
sheet. 'When Muller was asked his address, he replied,
" At 16, Park-i.errace, Old Ford-road, Victoria Park," the
house at which Muller was lodging before his departure to
Acaeriea. Ho appeared still unmoved, but when the words
were read over to him, "charged with having wilfully mur-
dered Thomas Briggs on the night of the 9th of July last,"
his head drooped a little, and there was an obvious tremor
throughout his frame, He appeared weak when he was
about to be removed to his cell, after the sheet had been
signed by Inspector West, but he recovered a little after-
wards, and walke I across the station• yard with at least an
affectation of nonchalance. He was then locked up, there
being strict in from the authorities of Scotland-yard
that no one should be permitted to be present, or to have
any interview pith the prisoner, except his accred ted soli-
citor, Mr Thomas Beard, on behalf of the German Society.
Mr. Beard was preeent during the formal proceedings of
entering the charge, and about an hour afterwards he was
admitted to the prisoner's cell, accompanied by a German
gentleman (Dr. Juch we believe), who was to act as an in-
terpreter if necessary, the interpreter for the Crown being
Reimer, an intelligent police officer of the A division. Mr.
Beard had a long interview with his client, but, of cource,
nothing that took place between them has been permitted
to transpire.

The following is a sample of the kind of letters constantly
received by the magistrate on these occasions :

"to Mr filti.:re, magerstate, bow streete pleace statien.—
Sir, i rote to mister henery about a young woman that is
suspected by many to have a hand in the murder of mister
Briggs in fact it can be proved by her coming home at 10i
that morning and her black shaul all over blood, and i am
sorry to see she has got off so well. She lives at Islington.
I told you before her name and address and she is s dark
girl with black wavy hair but i am very sorry she as es-
caped as she as, as she had a hand in it as I stated before.
She is going to Calcutta the 10th of next month as I stated
before this time."

The name and address of the young girl alluded to are
enclosed, but the letter itself is anonymous, and evidently
written In a fei,zned hand.

Street Fight in San Francisco•,

There was a serious shooting affray in our principal
street (Montgomery), which resulted in the death of four
pveizs. r o: as_It
sTeehrtie
sfaocntse,
Billaue Davis,hasare ascnearttaadingeda,mabrolera,swfohlolows,
re-
sides at Yreka, was interested in a
and drove a
boots
horsecame
in w going to
which came off at Placenvilles on the 15th inst., and
votioBrhende,
Hank
swore " throweet" the race, making 4,500 do
Stevens, Ball, Dutch Abe, and Sp
azi,ith Blso.b
backed Davis's horse and got broke; sports,
killing on sight, &c. On the 18th they allo re vengeance,
by it.
came to this
city (except Davis), and publicly raid they Han
and shoota t2O Davis'cl
oocnkp
.m sight,. was sitting
0 n t h
he2alvsita Davis
hi
a w
e
s
in a black's adjoining the Fashion, when Ball
and D ac
polished
Abe came to the door, and, looking in, exclaimed
~
Here's
the dirty thief now," and, drawing their revolvers, cmr'''B
menced shooting. Davis jumped out of the chair with one
boot polished, and, drawing his revolver, fired, and Ball fell
dead across an iron grating. Davis then jumped out on
the sidewalk, laughingly saying " You've made a mistake,"
and fired at Dutch Abe, the ball taking effect in his right
breast. He fell, when Davis ran and caught the revolver
from Ball's hands, saying, as he walked towards the door
of the Fashion, Where's the rest of your murderers ?"
Blood was running down Davis's left hand from the arm,
also down the right cheek. As he was on the point of en-
tering the door he was met by Stevens and Sp inish Bob,
when Davis raised the revolver in his right hand and fired
twice Stevens fell, and Spanish Bob jumped over him on
the sidewalk and fired. Davis staggered, but, recovering,
they i'(Davis and Spanish Bub) commenced in good
earnest, each striving to fire a deadly shut. Davis was
laughing all the time They then commenced firing at each
other, about 20 feet apart. After Davis had fired two shots
he threw the revolver at Bob, and; changing the revolver
he took from Ball into his right hand, he raised it, and it
snapped three times ; the fourth time it went eff, and Bob
fell. (Davis had fallen before this, and was lying on hie
breast on the banquette.) Davis threw the revolver into
the street, saying "Hell and furies damn the thing." He
then pulled a deringer, and both (only having one shot each)
began crawling towards each other on their stomachs. When
about five feet apart they both raised partly up and fired

simultaneously, when Bob's head fell, and he remained per-
fectly still. Davis then said, crawling towards Bob, " He's
gone, I cooked him," and then partly turned on his side and
tried to rise. On examination, Ball and Spanish Bob were
dead, Dutch Abe and Stevens mortally wounded, the first
having been shot through the right lung, causing internal
haemorrhage, &c. ; the latter was shot through the left breast,
Spanish Bob had four wounds on him—two in the right
breast, one in the right arm, and one between the eyes. Ball
had a ball in his heart. Davis had six wounds—two in the
right leg, one in the right breast, one in the left shoulder,
one in the left wrist (through), and one in the right cheek,
where a bullet had struck the cheek bone and glanced off,
cutting out a piece of flesh of the size of a ten-cent piece.
Stevens died on the 24th, at 40 minutes past 10 a m. ; Dutch
Abe died yesterday morning. Doctors say Davis will cer-
tainly recover.—San Francisco Paper, June 24.