Mr Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder (52 page)

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Authors: Kate Colquhoun

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Grinnell & Co.
79
,
82
Grotius, Hugo
144
Hackney Station
1
,
4
,
14
,
65
Hackney Wick (Victoria Park) Station: Briggs’ homeward journey
3
; Camin’s evidence
251
; descriptions of tall dark man
29–30
,
61
; distance from Bow Station
73
,
162
; distance from Müller’s lodgings
244
; King’s evidence
157
; railway timetable
1
; railway track
18
,
24
,
29
; ticket collector’s evidence
29–30
,
91–2
Hardy, Gathorne
272
Hartley, Mary
240
Henderson, A. L.
181
Henry, Thomas
84
,
102
,
104
,
138
,
256
Hermann
(newspaper)
167
,
252
,
269
Hill, James
249
Hodgkinson, Samuel
77
,
210
Hodgkinson’s (tailors)
67
,
73
,
77–8
,
93
Hoffa, John (Johan): employment
77
,
78
,
280
; evidence at Bow Street court
102
,
175
; evidence at trial
212–13
,
215–16
,
244
; evidence about Müller’s finances
78
,
79–80
,
92–3
,
224
; evidence about Müller’s movements
78
,
225
; friendship with Müller
75–6
,
244
; hat
211
; identification of Müller at inquest
182
; marriage
280
; pawn tickets
80
,
83
,
84
,
93
,
138
,
156
,
210
; questioned by police
77–80
,
92–3
; sworn statement after trial
250
; visits to Müller in prison
253
,
256
,
257
Hogg, Colonel
98
,
105
Home Office
59
,
104
Howie, Daniel: Briggs murder investigation
28
,
52
,
53
,
99
,
134
; fact checking
169
; identification parade at docks
105
; inquest
39
,
63
; Lee’s evidence
60
; questioning of Walker
48
; statement of facts of case
156
; tracking down suspects
49
,
98
Hudson, James
20
Humbert, Prince
173
Humphreys, John
39
,
40
,
179
,
182
,
183
,
189
Hutton, Richard Holt
35
Illustrated London News
84
Inman Line
90–1
,
102
James Funk
(pilot boat)
125
Johnson, Samuel
241
Jones, Elizabeth
229–30
,
234
Jones, Sydney
1–2
,
41
,
49
,
65
,
206
Jones (Governor of Newgate)
265
Juch, Dr Ernest
167
,
252
,
269
Judd, Charles
46
,
49
,
56
,
86
,
105–6
Kennedy, John
121
,
152
Kerressey, Walter: Briggs murder investigation
24–5
,
28
,
30
,
33
,
57
,
58
,
63
; career
24
; evidence at trial
207–8
,
212
; inquest at Hackney
182
; interview with Death
37–9
,
40
,
71
; Lee’s statement
60
,
207–8
,
212
; New York extradition hearing
133
,
137
,
139
; New York mission
102
,
104
,
111
,
122
,
123
,
125
,
134
; return to England with Müller
159–60
,
165
,
167
; watch chain investigation
37–9
,
48–9
,
207
King, George Augustus
157
Knox, Mr (of Camberwell)
99
Lambert, Lewis
25
,
28
,
40
Lancet
11
Lee, Thomas: account of men in Briggs’ compartment
61
,
86
,
103–4
,
112
,
146
,
202
,
228
,
273
; credibility as witness
108
,
156
,
232
,
235
,
244
,
258
; deposition read out in New York
144
,
149
; description of men in Briggs’ compartment
61
,
103
,
105
,
112
,
144–5
,
228
; evidence at trial
202
,
205
,
207–8
,
212
,
222
,
227–9
,
232
,
235
,
247
,
275
; evidence corroborated
98
,
113
,
252
,
273
; evidence in court
103–4
,
112
,
182–3
; interviewed by police
60–1
; not called to give evidence at inquest
65
; public opinion of
239
,
244
,
247
,
275
Letheby, Dr Henry
193
,
204
,
208
Lincoln, Abraham
148
,
152
Liverpool Mercury
107
,
109
Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper
59–60
,
112
,
166
London Review
46
Lubbock, Henry
30–1
Manchester Guardian
166
,
261
Manning, Frederick
191
,
194
,
233
,
241–2
,
265
Manning, Maria
191
,
194
,
200
,
233
,
241–2
,
265
Marbury, Francis: career
120
; extradition hearing
133
,
136
,
137–9
,
142–3
,
145–6
; petition for Müller’s arrest warrant
127
; reference for Tanner
152
; role in extradition proceedings
120–1
Martin, Samuel: belief in Müller’s guilt
243
; career
194
; judge
193
,
194
; sentencing
235–7
,
239
; summons for Robert Death
213
; views on capital punishment
271
Marwood, William
240

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