The morning call., 1892-03-27

at once concluded that these were the chill
dren. The digging then proceeded with
greater energy than before, and the search
ers soon came upon another body. This,
upon being unearthed, was found 10 be
woman. The throat was also cut
The police kept digging. while outside the
news spread and the excitement grew. and
thousands rushed to the scene of the TRACE
dies. A new force Of police was called
upon ahd Gordon established around the
villa. The next body unearthed was that
OF a girl Of II years Unlike the former
! victims, she had evidently been strangled.
aud It was evident also that her death prob
ably antsdated that of the woman and two
children. The girls body was removed
aud the search kent up. A baby about
year old. and with its throat cut, was
reached next
Deemlng, alias Williams. alias "Jack the
Ripper" appears 10 have led a meteorie
life. lie sOjnurned in 1890 at the town of
beverley, few miles from Hull, Yorkshire.
lie was there known as Harry Lawson, al
Australian squatter, and courted the dangh-
ter Of The landlady Of the house In which ne
lived. The landlady had two daughters.
and IN Nav, $780, Williams married one of
them. They went TO Hull and there
spent the honeymoon. Lawson deserted
his wife In Hull, taking with him her
lewelry which had been bought on credit.
Lawson fled 10 Montevideo, in South Amer
lea. The jeweleT in Hull from whom the
jewelry had been obtained made a criminal
complaint against Lawson, accusing him Of
obtaining yaluables under false pretenses.
Lawson was brought back from Monievideo
on warrant of extraditi0n and tried at
Hull for the crime.
Deemlng is described 10y persons who
knew him al Rainhill as Williams as about
40 years old. with heavy dark mustache,
high cheek-bones and sallow skin. He
spoke rapidly and not as an Englshman.
lie wore his hair rather long, his clothes
fitted bis bony figure rather loosely and he
walked with long, heavy stride. He was
supposed to be a Yankee or q Can adian, but
nothing positive could be learned as to his
former life. He affected tine rolicking. big
hearted form OF life. spent his money freely
on everybody lie met aud apparently liked
everybody. He wore massive jewery and
diamonds. de was q capital storyteler and
in conversation betrayed a wide experience
iD the colonies aud on the Continent.
The crime for which Deemilg was ar
rested In Australia and which he has since
confessed was similar TO thai he committed
at Rainhil. The dispatches said that
Williams hired, soon after his arrival,
house In Windsor, a suburb Of Melbourne,
and lived there short time with his wife.
They apparently were happy and Williams
passed much of his time at home. Then
his wife vanished and he advertised 10 SUBJ
let the house. He had decided to move to
Sydney, he said. Immediately after find-
ing tenants he left. The new tenants found
that the floor Of the fireplace was in bad
eondltlon. Ii was uneven aud showed that
IL bad been laid by an amateur hand. Work.
ingmen who began mending the floor
noticed an oder and tore up the cement.
Under IL they found the body of woman.
who was identified afterward as Williams
wife. The skull was fractured and the
face was beaten In. The throat was cut so
| that the head was almost severed from the
trunk. The body was in a nghtgown and
was wound tightly from neck to ankles
with heavy cord 1t was evident that the
murder had been committed before Christ
mas. Williams was arrested upon the de-
scrptions of him sent out by the Melbourne
police. He was paying court TO girl nf 10
at the time, and her parents said that she
was considering his proposal Of marriage.