Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-08-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE MURDER OF MR BRIGGS.  The following additional facts have been ascertained by the police regarding the murder of Mr Briggs : On tho day of the murder Franz Muller worked at his employment until seven o'clock in the evening, after whlteh he went to the house of Mr Repscb, JewryMiuories. Ile was then left in the company of 'Jaffa, Mr and Mrs Repsch having to go out. Ilaffa status that Muller left the house at eight o'clock, and that he himself did not go out at all. Nothing further is known of Muller's movements until the next morning, when lie got up and conducted himself in his usual cheerful manner, and after breakfas; he went out. Ile did net return home, however, at his usual time. In f tet, it is not known when he did remrn, for all the other occepants had retired to bed. On the Monday joi...wile4 the murder Muller vieited Mrs Repsch, who nt mice saw he had got a new hat, which he said he had given Ifs for. Mrs Repseh also observed the ring he had got from Mr Death, and took it from his scarf and eNalliilled it. On the following Wednesday, after some cenversation, Muller and Ilan went to the shop of Mr Annis, 121, 31.1uories, where the former pawned the gold ehain received from Mr Death for 38s, and on coming aut if the shop Haifa gave him 12s for the titki t. 'nil advanced him a further sum of ,£l, in order that Mier might get his own watch and guard, pawned It El. out of pledge. When this was done, they moot to Prince's-streer. Leicester-square, where "Mauer plralged the sand) ;tett guard for £4. and in consiier:.ti,:n of a further advak.ce of ss. Muller gave Haifa the tiehet. It has been ascertained beyond doubt that 07, the morning of this day Muller had no money. consequel,. ly. AV he,,, in the a tter,,onn. at the Loidon fiocks, Ile pail t; ;4. the passage mom y and went on board the I2tcril. which he did immediately, he had only .5s inhis yoss( son. From the information given by one of the agents ef the owners of the vessel, who did not leave the tthp tietil she reached Gravesend, it appears Muller attl:u-Atal the attention of several of the passengers by IY•ing withriut a change of clothing or other to quisites tor so or g a j•eirney, and it was also noticed that the wristband of nue of the sleeves of his shirt WaS torn ,ff. drew a run irk from one of the passengers that molter on no ehirt at all, on which Muller said that on ticcouot of the edtre of the wristband being frayed he 11.4 torn it off. On the way down the river the passcour re read the newspapers containing the account of this miiraer, slid commented freely upon it, but neither fie agent nor the pi!ot are able to say whether Muller ina,t,. no), remark on the subject. The police have asry.rtained that the hat worn by Muller when he einfsi k..a is the same that was worn be Mr Briggs am the night 110 was murdered. Of such importance was this considered that at the request of the Cotiond,sh tiers of Police Mr Briggs, jun., accomp Iniea -In peetiir Keressey by the second mail steamer, the mine effectively to complete the evidence necessary for the extr 'ration of Muller. The sh eve lining found in the chimney in Muller's bed-room and the frenchoon found in the 'neighbourhood are now in the passc,sion of Dr Taylor, who has submitted them to analysis. and found the sleeve lining saturated with . human blood, a portion of which he thinks his been wiped from about; as regards the truncheon the doctor has a-; yet expr,esed no opinion. The father of Muller, a gunsmith, lives at Ketumitz, in Saxony, of which village Muller is a native