The New York herald., 1851-08-06

TIVE SUPPOSED Case OF MURDER IN eERMAyy-THE


MYSTERY SOLVED.
On Nonay morning, . very singular case Of circum-
staptsl occurred which eaused the arrest of
sh.ss thu .upDosd Victim oS fos DEED Sssn found
esterdsy, In all probability the three innocent Germaus
would have bssn subjected to long incarceraton and
probably Placed tral for the supposed crime IL
psars that the firm Of Charles Muller Co merchants,
Of No 80 Plat; street received letter. per steamship
Atlantic from Schwsnriet, Germany. csutioning them
not to draft drawn them for S3s in the of
Francis Mieller, who supposed to have been MUIR
for Amsrica. The matter remained mystery to Mr..
Muller, until Monday morning, when German named
Ialtin BAUER called on him and presented the very
draft against which he had just been advised per steam
ship from Europe not to pay The presentation Of the
draft justly excited suspicion, and his arrest mme
diately made by Oficer Fulton, of the Lower police
also two other Germans, named John Ricker aud
Frederick Belmer believed to be accompces and the
the suspicion Of having murdered one Francis Meler
and fed 20 this country. Neither Of the Germans
able to speak English and their endeavored expa
nation In their own not paid atten-
tion to. The Magistrate committed all three to the
Tombs. to await a further examination After they
accused parties arrived in the ship Hubert, which
reached this port Friday last containing German em-
boarding house OF these the officer found trunk
evidently the property Of the supposed murdered
believed to have been scratched OIL by design The
trunk opened, and found to contain the pass
pert, and numerous other documents the pro-
perty Of the supposed murdered man. The trunk
and its contents were placed in tho care
and custody OF Mr. Stewart the Clerk Of Police During
tho day ray astounding and sterious sfar
was satisfactorily explained to the magistrate through
the industry Of officer Fulton who ascerained thats
German bearing the name Of the missing man, had ar
rived in the ship with the prisoners and had the
day before visited Williamsburg Accordingly he went
there and found that the man he wanted was in
Jail having been arrested the day before for attempt
TO take the life Of German woman whom he had visit.
ed and had been committed TO prison by the magistrate
for examination The officer explained the matter the
justice, who very politely permitted Mieller 60 in the
custody Of the officer and he brought before Justice
nhrop ~hen aict9y LIS Ss ys siPanas I r m tsos place
house Of Muller Co. to BAUER for $3l and referring
to the passport that correponded exactly with Mieller
and to the rubbing of the the trunk that he
said done on board ship by the friction of other
trunks rubbing against it The explanation pausi
BILE and by the other case The
three Germans brought from prison aud informed
Of the whereabouts Of their former associate, Mcer
received the intellie with evident signs delight
especially when the magistrate informed them through
an Interpreter that they We're at liberty sgan proceed
WILLIAMSBURG and again pac in JAIL to await the in.
veste aon pending the charge preferre against him.
net ascertained how, In what manner the sus-
peion occurred in Germany respecting the supposed
murder of Francis Meer but this mistake viii doub.
be explained on the next arrival from Europe.
Riot and .9sscuH ne Policeman Ou Monday evening
urbance occurred among several in Broadway
Fifty first stree. in which the combatans began
to tear down fences, and do other mischief The police
of the Nineteenth wsrd came, and demonstrated with
the ioterS and requested them TO desit but instead
Of doing they made desperate attack the officers
ana pelted them with ste and policeman Richardson
knocked down by blow from stoue and had his
eye nearly cut out; and when down. several Of the
Ipiaps rushed On him, ard beat and abused him In
sham. fu mannerso much so, that mnch doubt exists
Of hi recovery other aid obtained by the police
snd six OF the rioters were arrested Their
IeIry Murphy ia hn Hughes, Michael feency. Patrick
Kebany. Patrick Boheir. and Roger Clancy. The ac-
cIstd parties conveyed before the magistrate
Joferon Maikot police. ard committed to prison
TO the charge, in defiant OF $500 bail ured
Rcblfne q Room Nrc-Oficer Scholcltd, OF the Third
District Police Court, arrested yesterday named
PANEL Retz n charge OF breaking open a trunk
beloI siBg to Henry Baner, residing ut No 13 Allen
and stealing therefrom SIS in gold bank bills
The ed and the complainant lodged in the same
tcg.tLcr, aId in the absence OF Baner the trunk
was forced open by RiciI, and the money stolen
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