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

liuller's Arrival in London.

That so much excitement and interest should be exhibited
with regard to Muller would be truly surprising were it not
for the atrocious circumstances of the murder, the peculiar
and romantic features of the temporary escape and of the
pursuit and c +pture of the supposed murderer, and the ap-
parently damning evidences of guilt which presented them-
selves when that capture was effected. However sanguine
Mr Inspector Tanner and the other officers of the London
detective police might have been that they were on the
right scent, and that they would secure the supposed cul-
prit, they could hardly have expected to have at the same
time found such seemingly conclusive evidence against him
as the hat and watch of the deceased gentleman.
With regard to the arrangements for bringing Muller to
Landon, it was at first determined that he should be con-
veyed by the London and North-Western Railway, and
negotiations were entered into with the directors with that
view. Muller was landed from the Etna by a special
steamer on Friday night, about eleven o'clock, and was put
ashore at the north end of Prince's Pier, instead of the
usual and great landing stage, to the great disappointment
of many hundreds of persons, who had assembled at the
latter place for the purpose of catching a glimpse of him,
and had done so for the space of several hours. On the
prisoner landing he was in charge of Inspector Tanner, In-
spector Kerrissey, Sergeant Clarke, and the other London
officers, and a strong detachment of the Liverpool police,
and was at once conveyed to the central police station,
where he was to remain for the night.
It was then arranged that the accused should be brought
to London by the 9 o'clock express, due at Euston at 2.30.
With a view to avoid public excitement as much as possible
Muller was removed at about half-past seven yesterday
morning from the Liverpool central police station to the
Edgehill station of the London and North Western Railway
in a cab, and remained there until the 9 o'clock London ex-
press arrived. The train having been brought up to the
platform, Muller, in company with Inspector Tanner and
Sergeant Clarke, was placed in the last carriage but one of
the train, being a second class. It is stated that when the
prisoner started from Liverpool he was not ironed, but if
that be the case, from whatever circumstance such a course
may have been prompted, it is equally certain that on his
approach towards London the detective officers thought it
advisable to place handcuffs upon him.
There was a general impression that Muller would be
brought to London by the mail train from Liverpool on the
previous night, and that he would make his appearance at
Bow-street shortly after 10 o'clock. Long before that hour
Bow-street was blockaded by the public, and the intimation
by the morning journals that there was no probability of
Muller's arrival before the afternoon appeared to be viewed
as a ruse, and had no effect in diministeing the numbers as-
sembled. When the prisoners' van arrived all the assurances
of the police that Muller was not an inmate had but little
effect, and the rush to gat a glimpse of the supposed murder,
when the prisoners were removed from the van to the police
office, was terrific. Rumours were afloat that the telegrams
in the morning papers were fictitious, andhad been concocted
by Inspector Tanner and the press to deceive the public, and
it was even asserted that the prisoner was known to be in
the cell of the station at Bow-street, awaiting the arrival
of his solicitor for the purpose of being taken before the
police magistrate. Whilst these demonstrations of excite-
ment in the public mind were being exhibited outside, the in-
terior of the Bow-street police court was packed with a dense
crowd, and numbered amongst them a goodly sprinkling of
the upper classes, indicated by their carriages lining the
thoroughfares in the vicinity of the court. During the
morning the son of the late Mr Briggs visited the court to
have an interview with Mr Burnaby, the chief clerk of
Bow-street, and that gentleman having been recognised by
some one in the crowd, the impression still gained ground
that if Muller had not already arrived, he would be brought
to the police court and placed in the dock as soon as his
arrival took place, and although Mr Briggs shortly after
left, under the assurance that no examination would take
place till Monday morning, the excitement still continued
to prevail, and the crowd diminished but little throughout
the day.