The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-08 00:00:00

THE MURDER OP MR. BRIGGS,

Upon the detectives making their mission known
to Muller, he suddenly appeared agitated, and in-
voluntarily exclaimed, " What is it ?" and on
being told that he was arrested on the charge of
murdering Mr Briggs, turned ghastly pale, but
soon recovered, and said, " I did not do it, and
can prove that I was not there at all." As noted
in our yesterday's edition, passengers in an excur-
sion boat called out, " Where's the murderer, Mul-
ler ?" Throw him overboard !" but it appears that
this was hoard only by the cabin passengers, Muller
at the moment being in the act of going below
apparently in utter ignorance of what was going
on. At the Quarantine Station there was some
delay in the appearance of the boarding party,
and Captain Champion ordered the immediate
seizure of the accused, but a moment afterwards the
detectives appeared on board. After the identifica-
tion was finished the trunk of the prisoner was
opened. In it, sewed up in a piece of chamois
leather, was the watch of gr. Briggs and a
black silk hat, marked " Digance, hatter." The
hat had been worn by the prisoner during the voy-
age, but when taken charge of by Inspector Tanner
a cap was borrowed for him to go on shore. After
the officers had taken him in custody at Sandy
Hook, and during the remainder of the voyage to
New York, he seemed agitated and in deep thought,
frequently rising suddenly
and pacing the cabin,
bat slept soundly. During the latter part of the
replied it had been
vchoyaiangef,rwomhenmoffr
DCaesattlhe.Galird:33n, he was asked what
prisoner. The cook
had become of the ring he had received with the
point Mr Death identified the
"No, white." It was at this
traekdeonnfer.
of the Victoria,
prisoner on the voyagewoaukt,insgtated that Muller slept
very unsoundly, on
claiming in his sleep, " Who there ? " " Take
your hands off."

ExAmi(eNeArTthioeNHOF :CILLER.
NEW YORE, Aug. 26.
The hearing in the extradition case of Franz
Muller, charged with the murder of Mr Thomas
Briggs in a first class railway Carriage near Lon-
don on the 9th July last, was resumed at 11
o'clock, in the United States District Court,
before Mr Commissioner Newton.
ansa)
The crowded
condition of the court room evinced the great inte-
rest manifested in the woe.

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Mr Beebe, who had been assignedas
Mr counsel for
the accused, c
Edwin
wedi, notEi being
there was some
delay
the proceedings.
Blankman, after a brief consultation
with the prisoner, stated to the
Court that the
c in
commencing
present,
accused expected his sister to be present, and
would then make some arrangement as to counsel.
The Commissioner (to the accused)—ls your
sister here ?
The accused (standing up and holding a blue
totton handkerchief in one of his hands, and
a slightly
speaking with foreign- accent)—l am
expecting her, sir.
The Commissioner—Has your sister any friends
here?
The Accused-4 do not know, sir. She came
to this country by herself.
The Commissioner--Well, I will assign Mr
Shaffer and Mr Blankman as counsel, if there be
no objection.
Both these gentlemen being in Court they ac•
cepted the charge, and took their seats at the
table where the prisoner was seated. He is of small
stature and slightly built. lle wore a dark tweed
shooting jacket, a dark waistcoat buttoned high up,
and a white necktie, and has somewhat the appear-
ance of an English ostler, His eyes are small, and
so deeply set, that at a few yards distance from
him one can only see the shadow of the brows.
The face is a narrow oval, and has neither whiskers
or moustache ; the hair is quite light, and is eared
fully combed; there is nothing about his appearance
indicating any murderous propensity ; on the con-
trary, ho would pass anywhere for a quiet, inoffen-
sive person, He keeps his lips closely compressed,
and betrays no signs of emotion.
On the other side of the table, beside Mr Mar.
bury, counsel for the British Government, sat "Mr
Tanner, the inspector of detective police, of London,
an open-faced intelligent-looking man. Mr Ker.
ressey, the local inspector of Metropolitan police,
was also present, together with several of the Eng.
lish witnesses.

After some little delay, to permit eon peel to confer