Mr Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder (50 page)

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Authors: Kate Colquhoun

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Board of Trade
36
,
44
Bousfield, William
240–1
Bow Station: Briggs’ homeward journey
17
,
29
,
61
,
138
; Briggs’ travelling companions witnessed
61
,
86
,
98
,
103–4
,
112
,
113
,
182
,
208
,
227–8
,
273
; Lee’s evidence
61
,
86
,
103–4
,
112
,
156
,
182–3
,
225
,
227–8
; railway timetable
1
,
3
; railway track
18
,
19
,
24
,
29
,
73
; timing of assault on Briggs
29
,
162
,
175
Bow Street Magistrates Court: appearance and history
84
; committal hearing
161
,
184–6
,
189
; hearing (19 July)
83–5
,
92
,
101
,
136
,
174
; hearing (22 July)
101–4
,
108
,
136
; indictment of Müller
183–4
; Matthews’ evidence
174
,
177
,
181
,
217
; Müller’s appearances at
155
,
166–7
,
173–4
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
34
,
96
,
260
Bradshaw’s Railway Timetables
10
Brereton, Dr Alfred
21
,
23–4
,
41
,
103
,
185
Bricknell, Frederick Charles
242
Bridges, Frederick
278–9
Briggs, Edwin (son of Thomas)
58
Briggs, George (son of Thomas)
58
Briggs, Mary (daughter of Thomas)
14
,
22
,
39
,
57
,
58
Briggs, Mary (wife of Thomas)
14
,
22
,
57
,
58
,
246
,
263
Briggs, Netterville (son of Thomas)
41
,
58
Briggs, Thomas: appearance
13
,
192
; body discovered
19–20
,
78
; cane
4
,
13
,
15
,
17
,
102
,
104
,
111
,
201
; career
13
,
15–16
,
79
; death
25
,
26
; descriptions of men in his compartment
60–1
,
98–9
,
103–4
,
146
,
228
; dinner with niece
16–17
,
79
; fall from train
23–4
,
29
; funeral
57
; hat
25
,
33
,
60
,
232
; health
192
,
232
; home
13–14
; injuries
20–1
,
23
,
24
,
39–40
,
41–3
; inquest
39–40
; journey home
17
; journey to work
13
,
14–15
; Lee’s conversation with
60–1
,
98
,
103
,
227–8
; newspaper reports of death
32–6
; post-mortem
41–3
; son’s arrival
22–3
; watch and chain
16–17
,
21
,
24–5
,
29
,
39
,
94
,
102
,
129
,
137
,
232
; will
57–8
Briggs, Thomas James (son of Thomas): Bow Street court hearings
84
,
101
,
102
,
104
,
174
,
175
; father’s bequests to
58
; father’s deathbed
22
; father’s hats
175
,
179
; father’s pocket book
65
; father’s watch chain
48
; grief at father’s death
104
; identification of father’s body
40
; identification of father’s chain and walking stick
102
,
137
,
179
Buchan, Caroline (niece of Thomas Briggs): evidence of threats to uncle
64
,
206–7
,
212
; husband’s statement
30
; uncle dines with
16
; uncle’s bequest to
58
; uncle’s gift for
13
Buchan, David
30
,
65
,
103
,
174
,
206
,
212
Burton, Robert
250
Calcraft, William
60
,
240–1
,
265
,
266–7
,
268
,
272
Camberwell: Müller’s alibi
225
,
230–1
,
235
,
245
,
252–3
; Müller’s visit to sweetheart
78
,
212
,
229
; omnibus routes
78–9
,
151
,
229
,
231
,
252–3
Camden Station
165
Camin, André Massena, Baron de
251
,
258
Cappel, Dr Louis
256
,
264–5
,
267
,
268–9
,
276
,
277
Carpenter, Daniel
121
Central Criminal Court,
see
Old Bailey
Chalk Farm Station
4
,
18
,
22
,
25
,
40
Champion, Captain
127
,
128
Charmer
(passenger ship)
98
Chesapeake
(American ship)
142
Churchill, Winston
281
City of Cork
(steamship)
102
,
104
City of Manchester
(steamship)
90
,
104
,
117
,
122
Clarke, George: arrest of Müller
128–9
,
134
,
140
; Bow Street court hearings
84
,
174
; Camin’s claims
251
; escorting Müller
166
,
167
; evidence at trial
221
; examination of Müller’s luggage
129–30
,
134
,
140
; New York arrival
118
,
119
; New York extradition hearing
140
; New York journey
85
,
86
,
111
; preparations for arrest of Müller
121
,
123
,
125
,
127
; return to England
160
,
166
Cochrane, Alexander Baillie
44
Collier, Sir Robert (Solicitor General): examination of Eldred and Jones
230–1
; examination of Lee
228–9
; examination of Matthews
219–20
; objections to defence questioning
207
,
208
; opening address
204–6
; prosecution of Müller
199
,
202
; summing up
232–3

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