Complex sentence: Later police and newspaper research discovered Deeming had been active in Cape Town, South Africa in 1888-1889, but his exact movements at this time are unclear and it appears he returned to Birkenhead, England, at least once.
Split into simpler sentences: Later police and newspaper research discovered Deeming had been active in Cape Town, South Africa in 1888-1889, but his exact movements at this time are unclear. It appears he returned to Birkenhead, England, at least once.