The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-03-18
WILLIAMS CRIMES
The Remarkable Career 0, d Most
IIeartlesS SCoundrel.
roRaER, BIaAMIsT AND MURDERER

" Reports Are True He Had Three
Living Wives NJ the Time He
Murdered His Family a. RainhiIl
Ia order 10 Marry Fourth -SiilI
Searching FOR Isodtcs.
LrvERrooL, March Williams,
whose arrest in Melbourne led ID the
discovery Of the bodies under the door
Of house at Rainhillr part Of the town
Of Liverpool. had wife and four chill
dren 1T sydney before he came 70 Eng
land, and is supposed 10 have muir
dered them ON their arriyalin order to
marry Miss Mather, whom he has Just
murdered in Australia in order TO marry
another girl.
Yesterday a gardener, who lives next
door TO Dinham villa. where the bodies
were found. recognized the eldest body
rs that OF woman he had seen In the
back yard Of Dinham villa on Aug. 0.
On Aug. 10 he heard children scream
ing. he never saw the woman or chill
dren afterward. Another man recog-
nizsd the body as that Of Marie Deem
ing. who had been In the employ of
Liverpool tishinonger. Williams had
married her under the name OF Deem
ing, describing himself ~ mining en-
gineer.
Sentenced for Forgery.
Williams and hiswife afterward went
to Hull, where Williams was arrested
for forgery and sentenced to years
Imprisonment. On being discharged he
married i young woman In Hull. He
wished her to 10 abroad, but she de-
clined. Williams deserted her and re-
turned to Marie. and went TO Capetown.
Then they returned to Birkenhead for
some time.
The man believed that Williams was
the same individual who married
young lady named Matheson at Beverley
In 1890, assuming the name Of Henry
Lawson He then described himself as
large farmer In Australia. He gave a
number III valuable presents to Miss
Matheson After his marriage he de-
serted her and absconded to South
America Miss Matheson swOre out d
warrant charging him with the theft Of
| the presents he had given her, and he
was arrested IN Uruguay. Williams wNa
brought back to Hull and was sent to,
| Jail for nine months. During the time
| he was In prison 1t was ascertained
that he had married and deserted lady
| in Birkenhead In 1880.
| The police have discovered child'si
copybook In the house. Inscribed Bertha
Deening. Williams used tho alias Deem
ing in AuJtralia. An excited crowd
surrounds the house.
Looking for fore Bodies.
So great is the excitement and SO
many the rnmors that the police are
continuing their Investigations with the
belief that more bodies will be dis
covered at the Dinham villa. "A neigh
Dor living near the villa states that be-
fore the arrival OF the woman and the
two children who afterwards disap-
peared Williams told charwomau
who did some work about the place
that he expected d nurse with two chill
dren to arrive there so0n The nurse Ii
believed 70 be buried somewhere under
the cement.
It appears that after the murders Miss
Mather, as the bride Of Williams,
visited the villa. Her husband was Iii
an unusually jovial mood ON the occa-
sion, and danced and sany joyously over
the very hakstones beneath which his
victims .eposed.
The boxes suspected TO contain evil
dence Of the crimes were forwarded To
Plymouth on the 14th Of August last,
and about the same time the presents
made to Miss Mather on the occasion of
the marriage inysteriuusly disappeared.
The police are still considering whether
Williams may not have been Jack the
Ripper, owing TO the similarity OF the
throat cutting done on the victims Of
Dinham villa to the work Of the Rip
per" in London.