Murder On A Railway (comic book inspiration)

The first murder on the british railway on 9 July 1864, havin assumed the asalient flead the country Metropolitan detectives headed over to New York to cunduct the arest, Franz Muller was concluded guilty by the jury and scentenced to public hanging back in england.

The first railway murder

The crime scene

On Saturday, 9 July 1864, the 9.50pm train from Fenchurch Street on the North London Railway arrived at Hackney at 10.11pm.

Two bank clerks entered an empty first class carriage and sat down, immediately noticing blood in the carriage. They called the guard who examined the compartment and found blood all over the cushions and the off-side door. He also found a black beaver hat, a stick, and a bag.

The guard locked the door, telegraphed Chalk Farm station, and on arrival there told the stationmaster. The carriage was detached and sent to Bow for examination and the hat and other articles were handed to the Metropolitan Police.

(Btp.police.uk, 2017)

This is the research i did to my short comic which i will put out soon. Although this was the initial inspiration the story takes a few turns far away from its sorce material.

Biblography

BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE (n.d.). Franz Muller. [image] Available at: http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/our_history/crime_history/the_first_railway_murder.aspx [Accessed 30 Oct. 2017].

Btp.police.uk. (2017). The first railway murder. [online] Available at: http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/our_history/crime_history/the_first_railway_murder.aspx [Accessed 11 Oct. 2017].