The Sun. — 1864-09-09 (London, England)

THE MURDERER MULLER.  The .Yew York World says :—" The Victoria had,. a long and tedious passage across the Atlantic of six weeks, lacking one day. She met with a constant succession of head winds, with occasional spells of stormy weather. This long suspense does not seem to have in any way affected the spirits or health of the alleged murderer. He is described by his fellow-passengers as being generally sociable and pleasant ; though sometimes disposed to be overbearing to the verge of insolence. Perhaps h• did not exactly understand the nature of the epithets he would apply to men with whom he might disagree, and the consequence was that he got into one or two difficulties. He called one young fellow a liar and robber;' for which he was knocked down and received a black eye. The person who occupied the same room with him, a large, pleasantlooking, elderly Englishman, informed our reporter that Muller, though generally pleasant enough, was somewhat disposed to put on airs; frequently would say, to such of my fellow-passengers as might come in, 'This is my cabin.' He said also that he often, in punishment of Muller's profanity, had to administer a blow with the back of his arm. These disagreeable manifestations, however, were not very serious, and did not prevent his being rather popular than otherwise. His appearance, all admit, was rather gentlemanly—more so than that of most of the passengers. One of them, a burly, athletic Englishman, said to our reporter, He was a gentlemanlyslooking, sociable chap; hi would take hany man hors board to be the murderer rather than ,ina ; hi am a-- ruffian to what 'e is.' It was matter of common remark among the passengers that the murderer who killed the man on the railway was probably on board of the Victoria, because of the constant head winds and tedious voyage they experienced, but no suspicion for a moment rested on Muller. The room mate of Muller states that he at one time so remarked to his companion, and that ho laughingly assented, as if ridiculing the superstition, Muller had no money with him at all, and was put to various shifts to raise small sums for extra expenses which he now and then incurred. On one occasion he offered for a wager to eat slbs of German sausages, but failed in the endeavour. He was tried by a mock court-martial for wasting the sausage, and was sentenced to treat the company with bottled porter. To pay for the porter ho had to hypothecate two shirts, and these he subsequently redeemed with the proceeds of the sale of a spare coat he had with him. He accounted for his shortness of pecuniary supplies by telling them he was 1 a tailor who was going to America on business for his employer; that his passage had been paid for him; that he received regular wages; and that he was to find £25 to his credit when he arrived at New York, This explanation was plausible enough, and was received without question. He was very fond of eating and drinking, and used to spend a great deal of time cooking various little delicacies for himself. As his room mate expressed it, he was very fond of his belly and was always eating.' The ring which he is said to have obtained in exa ohange for some article taken from his supposed victim, and which the detectives failed to find among his effects, his room mate says he lost while on board the vessel. He had averred that he put it by mistake into the pocket of a coat belonging to another passenger, but no trace of it could be , discovered."