The Sun. — 1864-09-19 (London, England)

ARRIVAL AT CAMDEN TOWN.  The general police arrangements wi,h respect to the arrival of Muller in London, sa far as the London and North Western Railway is concerned, were entrusted to Superintendent Lorton of the S division, and Inspectors M‘LachJan and Gibson, who acted under his orders ; but it would appear that up to the eleventh hour the directors of the railway themselves were in doubt as to whether Muller would be taken out of the train at Camden or be brought on to Euston station—at least they professed to be so. At all events precautionary measures, such as they were, were taken to prevent any undue pressure of the public either at the Camden station ticket platform, or at Euston. So rigid were these precautionary measures that the representatives of the press were compelled to obtain an official letter or pass to permit them to have access to the platform at Camden or at Euston stations, and a body of railway police, under Inspector Pridgeon, were sent up the line to the former point with instructions to take all orders from Mr Watts, of Captain Bruyero's. the general superintendent's office, whilst Mr Coulter, the chief of the same department, had the general superintendence at the arrival platform of the Euston station. It is fair to the company to state that, in the uncertainty, they gave the representatives of the press the privilege (the only one they possessed) of travelling in the same train from Camden to Euston by which Muller should arrive from the former to the latter station, if found necessary, On reaching the Camden ticket platform, there was found assembled, notwithstanding the precautionary measures before referred to, a large number of persons, who, although represented to be merely the employes of the railway, must certainly have included their friends, as they amounted to some hundreds. A telegram had been received previously to the arrival of the express that Muller was in the last compartment of the last second class carriage in the train, in charge of Inspector Tanner and Sergeant Clarke, and this becoming known, as the train made its appearance coming round the curve near Chalk-farm-bridge there was a great rush down the platform towards the rear of the train, which was a very long one. The train brought up at the Camden ticket platform at 35 minutes past two, and as soon as it stopped the whereabouts of Muller was at once indicated by the clustering of the London detectives round the compartment of the carriage and shaking of hands and cordial greetings which passed between Inspectors Tanner and Williamson, who, together with Sergeant Thomas, of the detective force, at once entered the carriage. The rush to get a glimpse of the supposed culprit was now terrific, and continued for about five minutes, during the whole time the ticket collectors were collecting the tickets at the platform. Notwithstanding the cries and groans which prevailed, Muller, who sat with his face tc the engine, between Inspector Tanner and Sergeant Clarke, appeared quite unmoved, although he looked very pale—as we were informed, more than usually so— the excitement that was going on without no doubt contributing to any emotion he may have felt on finding himself so closely approaching the end of his journey. But to all appearance Muller himself looked more unconcerned and much less excited than most of his fellow passengers, the vast msjority of whom seemed, until the tremendous uproar and excitement at the Camden station apprised them of the fact, unconscious that they were in company with the supposed murderer of Mr Briggs. The tickets having been collected, the train moved slowly from the platform on its way to Euston, amidst the loud execrations of those assembled, many of whom ran along the platform, hooting and hissing, and exhibiting the wildest excitement, till the rapidly increasing speed of the train put distance between them. The shouts had evidently been heard by the employes at Pickford's and Messrs Collard's factory, which abut upon the railway, for they were all out, and gave a hearty groan as the train passed.