{"id":2263,"date":"2021-02-22T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:54:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T11:54:21","slug":"britains-first-railway-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s First Railway Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mr Briggs&#8217; Hat : A Sensational Account of Britain&#8217;s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the carriage &#8211; but as they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions and smeared on the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The only things left in the carriage were his walking stick, his bag &#8211; and a hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr Briggs . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mr Briggs' Hat - photo by Juliamaud\" data-height=\"3648\" data-id=\"2566\" data-link=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/img_3490\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/img_3490.jpg\" data-width=\"2736\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/img_3490.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mr Briggs' Hat - photo by Juliamaud\" data-height=\"3648\" data-id=\"2567\" data-link=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.wordpress.com\/img_3491\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/img_3491.jpg\" data-width=\"2736\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/img_3491.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a factual account of the first murder to take place in a railway train carriage. What makes it even more &#8220;sensational&#8221; is that it was a closed first class carriage and there was no evidence of a weapon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alarm was raised when the railway carriage was found spattered with blood. Meanwhile, the victim was discovered on the railway line, having been thrown from the train. Carried to a nearby public house, he  subsequently died of his injuries without regaining consciousness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So who murdered Thomas Briggs? How did they do it? And why was there a strange hat left behind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/mr-briggs-hat-a-sensational-account-of-britain-s-first-railway-murder\/9780349123592?aid=3668\" target=\"_blank\">City Adventurers Solve The Murder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0349123594\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0349123594&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=9529dccafe573ba884ab7c9fecf2d163\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=0349123594&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0349123594\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Briggs&#8217; Hat : A Sensational Account of Britain&#8217;s First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train. 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