Trial of Franz Muller (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Trial of Franz MullerThe victim of this apparently atrocious assault was soon identified as Mr. Thomas Briggs, chief clerk in the bank Of Messrs. Robarts co., of Lombard Street. Mr. Briggs remained unconscious until late the following night, when he expired. At the time of his death he was close on seventy years of age, a gentleman greatly trusted and respected by his employers, and held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. He resided at Victoria Park, and was a frequent traveller between Fenchurch Street and Hackney Wick, or Victoria Park, station. On the evening of 9th July Mr. Briggs had dined with some relations, and left their house at Peckham, carrying a black bag and walking stick, about half-past eight. He had walked from there to the Old Kent Road, where he had taken an omnibus to King William Street for the purpose of getting to Fenchurch Street station. At Fenchurch Street Mr. Briggs was seen and spoken to by the ticket collector, who knew him well, as he passed through with his ticket to enter the train for Hackney Wick. From that moment Mr. Briggs had been seen by no one until he was found insensible on the railway.In the blood-stained carriage a bag, a stick, and a hat had been found. The bag and stick were both recognised as having belonged to Mr. Briggs, and been in his possession when he quitted his friend's house, but the hat was not his. The tall hat worn by Mr. Briggs had disappeared, the hat found in the carriage was a black beaver hat, but lower in the crown than the ordinary high hat such as Mr. Briggs was in the habit of wearing. Inside the hat was the name of the maker, Mr. J. H. Walker, 49 Crawford Street, Marylebone.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.