Murder in the first-class carriage : the first Victorian railway killing / Kate Colquhoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colquhoun, Kate, 1964-

Standardized Title:

Mr Briggs' hat

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Briggs, Thomas, -1864--Death and burial.

Briggs, Thomas.

Briggs, Thomas, -1864.

Murder--England--London--Case studies.

Murder.

Murder--Investigation.

History.

Murder victims.

Railroads.

England--London.

Railroads--England--London--History.

Murder victims--England--London--History--19th century.

Murder--Investigation--England--London--History--19th century.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

339 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2011.

Summary:

"In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He boarded a first-class carriage on the 9:45 pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks discovered blood in the seat cushions as well as on the floor, windows, and sides of the carriage. A bloodstained hat was found on the seat along with a broken link from a watch chain. The race to identify the killer and catch him as he fled on a boat to America was eagerly followed by the public on both sides of the Atlantic."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

An empty railway carriage

City. All human life is here ; Saturday 9 July 1864 ; The Duckett's Canal Bridge ; Ferreting for detail ; Morbid, hideous, and delicious ; The smiling face of a murderer ; Something to astonish the public ; Improbable hypotheses ; Something to tell ; The wind blows fair ; Tuesday 19 July 1864

Voyage. Flying from justice ; A fabric built of straws ; Ninety in the shade ; Who but a madman? ; City of strangers ; The last person in the world ; No slipshod examination ; Gathering clouds ; Turning back ; The appearance of guilt ; A very public ordeal

Judgements. I've come to tell the truth ; First judgement ; A pint of meat and vegetable soup ; The great Müller case ; The trial : first day ; The trial : second day ; The trial : third day ; The shadow of doubt ; Condemned for a thumbmark ; City of devils ; St Sepulchre's Bell

Certainty.

Notes:

Originally published: Mr Briggs' hat : a sensational account of Britain's first railway murder. -- London : Little, Brown, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-296) and index.

ISBN:

9781590206751 :

1590206754 :

OCLC:

706018486