Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-26
THE ENGLISH RAILWAY MURDER
Arrival, Identification, Arrest and Deten-


The packet ship Victoria, from London, ar
Ilveo at quarantine last evening, after pas
saee oi thlrty -eight days to this port, bringing
among ner forty eight passengers the London
to previous ARRANGEMENT, when the Victoria
crossed the bar the operator at Sandy Hook
ielegraphed the fact, and the telegram was
transmitted without delay TO Staten Island,
where for a fortnight or more Insnector Tar
ner, of the London detective police! AN insnec.
tor Of police from Manchester, England; Mr.
Death, the London jeweller to whom MulIsr
sold the chain which he took from the person
Of his victim, and Jonathan Matthews, the
cabman whose communication to the London
police first gave them clue, have patiently
awaited the arrival of the accused.
Promptly on the reception Of the telegram
from Sandy Hook, the London inspector, ac-
comp anied by ofhcer Tieman, Of the New York
de ectiye police, and Matthews, the cabman,
(who went with them to identify Muller,
sought the health officer, and when the Victoria
dropped anchor at Quarantine they boarded
hr. The party then introduced themselves to
Captain Champion. and were cordially well
coined to his ship. He was glad to see them,
he said, as from the time when on speaking q
pilot, he first learned that he had the murderer
aboard, he had experienced an oppressive
weight Of responsibility, and so watchful had
he been lest Muller should escape, that he had
scarcely slept; and yesterday, when near the
Lightship, an excursion party hailed his vessel
with "How are you, Muller, the murdereri' he
knew that his passenger could no longer hope
to escape, and he was deeply concerned lest he
snOulQ Jump OverDOarQ ana SWIM ashore. The
captain adds that Muller was quite cheerful
throughout the voyage, up to the time when he
heard the excursion party's salutation; after
which he became depressed, and made ING uiries
about theislands, TO which he seemingly desired
to escape.
The Captain then ranged his passengers
where the detectives might see all, and the
officers, who had a photograph to guide them
in their search, readily recognized the man
that they sought, as well as did Mathews, the
cabman. Muller was then arrested and taken
to the cabin, and there informed of the charac-
ter Of the officers who surrounded him. He
seemed in no wise disconnected, and stoutly
asserted his innocence. When asked how It
happened that he had In his possession the
watch and hat of Mr.. Briggs, his victim (these
were found on the prisoners person., he re-
piled that when he was about to 60 aboard the
Victoria he purchased them of a man whom
he met on the pier, and he assured the officers
that on returning to London he would prove
an alibi, and thus establish his entire inno-
cence.
The officers remained on board the Victoria
closely guarding their prisoner, until OK
O'Clock this merning, when they chartered a
tug and brought him to the city, taking him
Immediately to police headquarters, where he
Is now confined to one of the cells which are
attached to the detectives office.
Muller is as his name indicates, German.
He is about twenty five years of age, of medi-
um stature, slim, and of inoffensive appear
ance-the very last person In the world to sus-
pect OF murder. In his CELL at police head
quarters, this morning, he was downcast and
morose, having scarcely a word for any of the
numerous visitors who were curious to see
him.-N. 7. Post