Franz Müller

Franz Müller (31 Oktoba 1840) 14 ga Nuwamba 1864) wani ɗan Jamus ne mai dinki wanda aka rataye saboda kisan Thomas Briggs, kisan farko a cikin jirgin ƙasa na Burtaniya. Wannan lamari ya ja hankalin jama'a saboda fargabar tsaro game da tafiye-tafiyen jirgin ƙasa a lokacin da kuma bin diddigin Müller ta hanyar Tekun Atlantika zuwa birnin New York ta Scotland Yard .

 Laifi 
A ranar 9 ga Yuli, 1864, an yi wa Thomas Briggs, wani ma'aikacin banki na Birnin Landan mai shekaru 69 duka, kuma an yi masa fashi yayin da yake tafiya da ƙarfe 9:50 na dare. Jirgin ƙasa na Arewacin London daga Titin Fenchurch zuwa Chalk Farm . Maharin ya ɗauki agogon zinare da sarkarsa, amma ya bar £ 5 a aljihun Briggs ya jefar da shi daga ɗakin. Bayan ƙarfe 10:00 na dare. a lokacin da dare, direban jirgin ƙasa da ke tafiya a akasin haka ya hango Briggs kwance a kan gaɓar teku kusa da layin dogo tsakanin tsoffin tashoshin Bow da Victoria Park,  wanda aka kwatanta da "ƙafarsa zuwa London da kuma kansa zuwa Hackney, a wani wuri kusan kashi biyu bisa uku na nisan mil 1 da yadi 414 tsakanin tashoshin Bow da Hackney". Briggs ya mutu sakamakon raunukan da ya samu jim kaɗan bayan an kai shi gidan jama'a na Mitford Castle da ke kusa, wanda yanzu aka rushe, a Cadogan Terrace. 

 Bincike 
Lokacin da jirgin ya isa Hackney Wick (sunan yankin Victoria Park Station),  ma'aikatan banki biyu sun sanar da mai gadin, inda suka gano jinin da ke cikin ɗakin Briggs. Daga baya 'yan sanda suka sami hular beaver baƙi.  Da farko an yi zaton na mamacin ne amma daga baya ya bayyana cewa na mai kisan ne.

A ranar 18 ga Yuli, wani direban tasi mai suna Matthews ya fito fili yana zargin wani Bajamushe da aka sani da Franz Müller. [1] Ya shaida wa reshen 'yan sanda na Metropolitan cewa mai dinki mai shekaru 24 ya zo gidansa da sarkar zinare a cikin akwati. Bayan ya haɗa agogon fob ɗinsa a kan sarkar, Matthews ya ba wa 'yarsa akwatin. Wani mai yin kayan ado a Cheapside ne ya sayar da akwatin, wanda ya gano Müller daga hoto kuma ya gaya wa masu bincike cewa Bajamushen ya ziyarci shagonsa a ranar 11 ga Yuli don musanya sarkar zinare. Daga baya an gano cewa mallakar Briggs ne. Da wannan shaidar, an bayar da sammacin kama Müller. [2]

 Manazarta 
Colquhoun (2011) pp. 20, 25
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1864