The sun., 1892-03-17
LIGHT ON A TERRIBLE CRIME.
r,rE BODJEs HIDDEN IN AN ENG-
,,su FILA UNDER THE EIREPLACE

who Had beeu Stran8ieu-Nuuruereu ny
Arthur Williams the Eve OF Hts Mar.
,,,re 10 an Estimnble Young Woman
lie Takes His Bride to Australia, Where
He Knls Her Also and IL Arrested.
IoSpoy, March 16.-At tragedy uu parallolcd In
,hc history Of British crime came to light to-
day through q most singular chain OF circum-
s,nnrns In July last man OF the name Of
Arthur Williams lived in the Dinham villa. in
Raiqhil a fashionable suburb Of Liverpool.
lie courtcd Miss Matlier, a young woman
conetally admired for her beauty md other
attractions and recognized as n local belle.
They were married and went to Australia,
whore they were supposed to bo living happily.
The rcople Of ltninhill were shocked. a few
days ago. by tho news from Australia that
Williams had been arrested there on charge
Of ofmurdering his wife,
As soon as these fncts became noised about
in Eninhill the people called to mind queer
suspicious that had been afloat about vii.
Eams when he occupied the Dinham villa.
They remembered that one day a woman and
two children had visited the villa to see Viii
liams and from the moment OF their entering
the place no one had seen them again.
The police concluded that no harm could be
done 10y investigating. and they proceeded to
the Dnham villa to-day and began to dig up
leneath the fireplace. They noticed. as they
began. signs that the place had boon disturbed
within a com raratively recent period. and GER
tanly since other work had been done in the
interior OF the villa.
They hardly expected. however. to discover
anything. and their amazement was great
when. after they had removed the outer cov-
eting. they came upon the bodies OF two chill
drcn. The body OF one child indicated that tho
Ken, M, whan killad 1uns ahout veara NJ
age. and the other was apparently about 5
years of age.
Both bodies we're wrapped In damask table,
CLOTH and both had their throats cut The
remains were in fair state OF preservation.
and neighbors who had seen the woman and
the two children at once concluded TINT those
were the children. The digging then pro-
ceeded with greater energy than before and
the sparchcls soon came upon another body.
This. upon Icing unearthed. was found to be
a woman. The throat was also cut.
Tho police, kept digging. while outside tho
news spread and the excitement grew and
and Gordon established around tho villa:
l. years. Unlike the former Victims she had
evidently been strangled. and 1t was evident.
al % s hsr dh ana two ehrsn ne
LaIy about year old. and with its throat cut.
The latest information from Australia Ia
tlat the police IN, IN sgd Sydney beliSye Arthur
n ha or thSee ws
ago with his wife and two children. Mrs, VIII
was sTsrthy & rather large
about ? and years old respectively. Wilson
lived in An fne style in sydney. and nobody was
the many business ventures with which he
professed to be connected did not turn out to
be lucrative. He and his wife lived unhappily.
f,, k.a
tas4splnF ri t Shen the whole family disap-
Arthur Williams, az he called himself arrived
In f"inldti t ylilsee early one m9rpinE in July
and assumed free and easy air at once WeR
persons whG net him at that y. time as about 4
Idly and not ns an Englishman;;, He wore lis
!. long heavy Stride. He He was @ s Supposed t@ to
e pc ot as To o%s neffns
H. affected the rollieking. big hearted form OF
life: snent his money, freely ON everybody he
massive jcweiry and diamonds. He was
cantal stry teller: and in conversation be,
trayrd wi experience in the colonies and
His ,Wy" nermarities were that he would
nsysr Is 1nlk anYut his own affairs and would not
sM or 10 e lis BEST snds in * snH
including tho Mathers. repeatedly that he
arrangements with the photographer. but
his promise.
Willis Us made the acquaintance OF Mrs
at the Commercial Hotel. was invited to her
s w"s Sot won BY q lis pi d"as"asfd aed
E"nrIo'ity. and when he proposed marriage
mer lifc. Ho told Mr.. Mather that he was a
bG.i bachelor and had inherited his money. He
men not Leading ives 81 eas esure .Re%s RoWever nna
shortly alter his arrival In ltainhill he set upn
BronK wo %gsncy 9stensiby for Cart
s%nsasemnsntto Miss Mather he represented to
out nf ,uud: in consequences OF II heavy lawsuit.
S'I Snd induced 'h"agentto pay the rent o. Pinham
wa, in i -n,nll ,ark and was surrounded COM
nrtSly by high trees md shrubs. 1t had a
gMde,", r.n, housn stables and outhouses In the
,m,Mt: ut despite his pretensions to wealth |
S' hSs IN H,0'f sa ID tea % the the
Intended t, W rcitIs there iie % FURNISHED ii "nlya :"
sn ss"" dscr il, /" L!syTsSS n ,I di M sSsH
Ee,r ms wIisi, no brought with him to the
ii W"s whin Il King the DInb.m villa for his
ijim ijEr"11m"y nm mt z dark woman visited WI.
~" "u IL" "nppeaTeO 10 De surprised 10 500 |
,n"r' anh WAS nervous during her presence at |
,ne h"i.l. lin introduced her to the landlord |
r. r. MS sister. and She went to his room with
nm inw days later she lunchod with lin
into the villa.
A t"w days after the last luncheon with the
nM,nmen from Liverpool. Williams moved into
nis new quarters. Iie was quite alone, ap-
pafentiy in the villa. and refused his iiancee's
,oineNt inNt to allow her md her mother to 60 and
isse i;,e now Ii" had settled In 1t. A laundress's
m ntte oy SAYS That three days after Williams
SSsnt ths villa he won't to got tile clothes for
, ms mother. and saw very dark woman and
Mo w; li'tlo boys inths garden. His description
Tss,Sr sosnS'ri from Liverpool and. according TO In
MI W,n from the sydney polics. will, that OF
Vii, Vii, wilson. who Disappeared from that city
"n; NH ,l"r husband about three years ago. Tho
nui.nr"n w"r" about and years old and the
~I,het mhet apparently middle aged.
nm W" Hiirinoun of the same day florist on
ttwe tw, pace, 4diolning Dinham Villa noticed
NJ p pi. ih.uo children peepng through tho hedge
a. MN; lie offered them some Irut and be-
Man nMan taking with them. He WAS asking them
ttnn"I names when he heard u grutf voice order
70 y WINNER and ran OF. 1t is supposed that
chf, chg Woman was Willamss wife. and that the
r"n was ssa were hers and his. None Of tho three
hmnliIaWs appeared at the hotel one evening
HHH"ut III; ms time with his hands blist cred and
iIS inn Goat, Goat dirty. Hc said lie had been repair
t"E mo IlOOsS at the villa ha ha,i i,f "a |