Mr Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder (53 page)

Marx, Karl
55

Matthews, Eliza: Bow Street court hearings
83–4
; evidence about cardboard box
68–9
,
182
; evidence about hat
69
,
232
,
263
; evidence about Müller
68–9
,
72
,
77
,
83
,
205
; evidence about ring
69
; evidence about watch and chain
69
; evidence at inquest
111–12
,
182
; evidence at trial
220
; hears about Briggs murder
277
; home
67
; relationship with Repschs
83
,
212

Matthews, Jonathan: alibi
179
,
185
; appeal for financial help
246
; character
108
,
181–2
,
219–20
,
244
,
246
,
275
; credibility as witness
108
,
112–14
,
219–20
,
224
,
232
,
235
,
244
,
247
; evidence about cardboard box
66
,
67
,
71
; evidence about Müller
67–8
,
72
,
178–9
,
205
; evidence about Müller’s hat
67
,
68
,
70
,
74
,
102
,
113
,
115
,
140
,
181
,
216–17
,
222
,
248
; evidence at Bow Street
83–4
,
174–5
,
177
,
181
,
185
; evidence at Hackney inquest
177–9
; evidence at trial
214
,
216–20
,
222
,
224
,
232
,
235
; finances
219
,
246
,
280
; hats
67
,
113
,
140
,
174–5
,
177–8
,
217–18
,
224
; hears about Briggs murder
66
,
111–12
,
218
,
277
; home
67
; information on Briggs murder
66–9
; New York extradition hearing
133
,
134
,
137
,
140
; New York journey
85
,
86
,
118
,
119
,
154
; photograph of Müller
69
,
105
; press stories about
108
,
113–14
; public opinion of
112–13
,
244
,
247
; relationship with Müller
67
,
178–9
,
181–2
; relationship with Repschs
83
,
212
; return from New York
168
; reward issues
66
,
112–13
,
219
,
220
,
224
,
232
,
280

Mayhew, Henry
54
,
201

Mayne, Sir Richard: Briggs murder investigation
26
,
27
; career
27
; information received by
98
,
99
,
193
; Matthews’ appeal for financial assistance
246
; Müller execution
269
; Müller murder trial
198
; New York extradition missions
85
,
101
,
124
,
135
,
148–9
; press reports of
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Meredith, John
281

Mill, J. S.
272

Miller, Thomas
257

Mitford Castle inn
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20
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22
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32
,
157
,
207

M’Naghten, Daniel
249

Moody, Mary Anne
45

Morning Chronicle
241

Morning Star
, New York
150–2

Mott, Greedy
38

Müller, Francis (Franz): alibi
161
,
175–6
,
225
,
229–31
,
233
,
235
,
245
,
247
,
252–3
; appeal to Home Secretary (Memorial)
240
,
243
,
250–3
,
255
,
257–8
,
260
; appeal to Queen
240
,
262
; appearance
104
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131–2
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145
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147
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159
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166
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167
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170
,
176
,
233
,
278–9
; arrest in New York
128–32
; Bow Street court appearance
173–6
; Briggs family’s attitude to
192–3
,
263–4
; case against
201
,
204–6
,
221–2
,
223
,
232–4
; character
68
,
69
,
74–5
,
79
,
83
,
126–7
,
181
,
224–5
,
277–8
; charged with murder
167–8
; committal for trial
186
,
189
; confession story
268–9
,
277
; defence in London
125–6
,
152–3
,
167
,
175–6
,
190–1
,
200–2
,
221–6
,
249
; defence in New York
125
,
134–6
,
141–6
,
149
; at docks
79–80
; employment
67
,
69
,
78
; evidence of Jonathan and Eliza Matthews
67–9
,
174–5
,
177–9
,
216–20
; execution
264–70
,
272
,
274–5
; execution date set
240
; extradition hearing in New York
133–40
,
141–7
; extradition issues
101
; extradition to England
152–7
,
159–61
; finances
69
,
74
,
78
,
79–80
,
92–4
,
214–15
,
224
; foot injury
69
,
75
,
77–8
,
114–15
,
175
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209–10
,
216
,
234
; friendship with Hoffa
76
,
244
; hat
68–9
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70
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77
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82–3
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102
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129
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140
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151
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174–5
,
180
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210–11
,
232
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233
,
245
; identification of
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,
97–8
,
161
; imprisonment in London
168
,
176–7
,
180
,
188–90
,
238
,
253–4
,
256–8
; imprisonment in New York
147–8
; indictment
197–8
,
203
; inquest on cause of Briggs’ death
161
,
177
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179
,
182–4
; inquest verdict
183–4
,
185
; lodgings
67
,
72–5
,
92
; luggage
82
,
129–30
,
180
; New York arrival
127–8
; New York journey
69
,
73
,
76
,
77–8
,
83
,
85
,
89–90
; New York
Morning Star
interview
150–2
; newspaper reports
95–7
,
107–8
,
161–2
,
163
; pawnshop transactions
80
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84
,
92–4
,
156
; petitions for his reprieve
243–4
; photograph of
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72
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82
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92
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105
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113
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181
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209
; police hunt for
81–2
,
85
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97–100
,
104
,
122
; public doubts over his guilt
247–9
,
275–8
; public interest in
165–70
,
186–7
,
238–9
; relationship with Matthews’ sister-in-law
67
,
68
,
69
,
96
,
178–9
; ring
38
,
68
,
79
,
82
,
102
,
130–1
; sentence
235–7
; sweetheart in Camberwell
78
,
212
,
229–30
; trial (first day)
203–13
; trial (second day)
214–26
; trial (third day)
227–34
; trial date
193
; verdict on charge of murder
234–5
; warrant for arrest
85
; watch
129
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140
,
151
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156
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169
,
214–15
; watch chain
69
,
75–6
,
77
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80
,
82
,
84
,
94
,
102
,
151
,
156
,
169
,
209
, 214–
15
,
232
; waxwork effigy
191–2
,
278
; words in court
236–7