Mr Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder (54 page)

Müller, Wilhelm
97
,
105

Müller family
134
,
135
,
151
,
244–5
,
280–1

Mullins, James
28
,
191
,
194
,
200
,
259
,
265

Mummery’s (hatmakers)
217

Murray, Marshal Robert
121
,
127
,
131
,
134
,
150

Neave, Ethel
279

New York Herald
131
,
133

New York Times
131
,
253

New York Tribune
132

Newgate
188–90
,
198
,
238

Newton, Chas: Certificate of Criminality granted
147
,
148
,
150
; letter to President Lincoln
148
; Müller extradition hearing
133
,
135–7
,
139–40
,
143
,
146

North London Railway: carriages
2
,
155
; development of
72
; distance from Müller’s lodgings
205
; Müller denies travelling on
129
,
140
; murder charge against Müller
128–9
,
235
; reward offered by directors
50
,
51
; track
14
,
18
,
55
,
56

Old Bailey
190
,
194
,
197
,
237
,
254
,
264

Once a Week
160

Parry, Serjeant John Humffreys: career
200
; cross-examination of Blyths
210
; cross-examination of Buchans
206–7
; cross-examination of Death
209
; cross-examination of Digance
221
; cross-examination of Elizabeth Repsch
211–12
; cross-examination of Hoffa
212–13
; cross-examination of Kerressey
207–8
; cross-examination of Matthews
216–20
; cross-examination of Toulmin
207
; defence of Müller
200–2
,
215
,
235
,
250
,
273
,
275
; establishing Müller’s alibi
229–31
; examination of hat dealers
229
; examination of Lee
227–8
; jury selection
203–4
,
275
; opening address
222–6
,
233
; opinion of Müller’s character
277–8
; views on capital punishment
200
,
271–2
,
277–8

Pearson, Sophia
244–5
,
280

Peel, Sir Robert
26
,
193–4
,
249

Pendleton, John
10
,
274

Penny Illustrated Paper
59
,
181

Peytel, Sébastien Benoît
241–2

Poinsot, Judge
45
,
46
,
49
,
86
,
105

Pollock, Frederick: belief in Müller’s guilt
243
; career
193–4
; failure to advise jury on Matthews’ evidence
248–9
; last day of trial
226
; retirement
271
; ruling on hearsay evidence
208
; sentencing of Müller
236–7
; summation to jury
233–4
,
244
,
271

Poole, Mr (from Edmonton)
245

Pownall, James
249

Prince of Wales tavern
39
,
63

Punch
155

Regulation of Railways Act (1868)
274

Repsch, Elizabeth: credibility as witness
244
; evidence about Müller’s clothes
82
,
211
,
216
; evidence about Müller’s foot injury
210
; evidence about Müller’s hat
82–3
,
102
,
129
,
139
,
210–11
,
222
,
232
,
263
; evidence about watch chain and ring
82
,
102
,
211
; evidence at Bow Street hearing
174
,
175
; evidence at Hackney hearing
182
,
184
; evidence at trial
205
,
210–12
,
222
,
232
; newspaper reporting of
108–9
; pawn tickets for clothes
80
,
81
,
83
,
93
,
215
; relationship with Matthews
212
; reward issues
184
,
212

Repsch, Godfrey: employment of Müller and Hoffa
78
; evidence about Müller’s hat
154
; evidence about Müller’s New York passage
98
; evidence about watch chain and ring
154
; evidence at Hackney hearing
182
,
184
; evidence at trial
205
; home
82
; relationship with Matthews
83
,
212
; reward issues
184
,
212

Revell, Colonel Reade
98
,
99

Reynolds’s Weekly Newspaper
59
,
109
,
161–2
,
180

Robarts, Curtis & Co.
1
,
13
,
15–16
,
30
,
79

Rowan, Charles
26

Royal Commission on Capital

Punishment
271
,
272
,
277–8

Russell, Lord William
241

Shaffer, Chauncey
135–40
,
141
,
143–7

Smith, James Walter
248

South Eastern Railway
274

Spectator
192

Steer, Thomas
66–9
,
70
,
84
,
92

Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames
194
,
195

Stepney Station
1
,
3
,
17
,
97

Stevens, Richard
263

Swinbourne, Dr
127

Tallahassee
(Confederate steamboat)
124–5

Tanner, Emma
28

Tanner, Richard (Dick): arrest of Müller
121
,
130–1
,
134
,
154
; arrival in England with Müller
159–60
,
165–8
; back injury
117
,
123
; Bow Street Magistrates’ Court
84–5
,
174
; Briggs murder investigation
28–31
,
33
,
47–9
,
193
,
273
; career
27–8
,
281
; death
281
; evidence at trial
221
; Hackney inquest
39
,
40
,
63
,
182
; identification of Müller as suspect
71–4
; issues descriptions of watch and chain
30
; issues posters offering reward
30–1
,
50–1
; Lee’s evidence
60–1
; Matthews’ evidence
70
; Mullins case
28
,
259
; New York arrival
117–22
; New York extradition proceedings
120–1
,
127
,
136–40
,
145
,
147–9
,
152
; New York journey
85–6
,
90–1
,
101–2
,
104
,
105
,
107–8
,
111
,
117
,
209
; public response to publicity
36
,
48
,
57
; pursuit of Müller
81–2
,
85–6
,
97–8
; pursuit of suspects
53
,
56
,
58
, 60,
62–3
; questioning of Blyths
74–6
; questioning of Digance shopman
180
; questioning of Hoffa
77–9
,
92
; questioning of Repschs
82–3
,
102
; return to England with Müller
152–7
,
168
; rewarded for help in Briggs case
246
;
Telegraph
interview
158–9
; waiting for Müller in New York
123–5
,
126
; warrant for Müller’s arrest
85