New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-08
DEFINING A WIFE-MURDERER.
VERDICT OF THE CoRoNERs JURY.
BRAVADO AND VANITY OF THE fRIsoNER-TRf
ING TO IDENTIFY HIM WITH JACK
THE RIPPER. y

of this city, yesterday returned verdict OF VII
full murder against her husband
When the taking Of testimony at the Inques
was completed the coroner ordered Deeming U
)tand up The prisoner, however. took no notlc
of the command, apparently having iaiien asleep
When he was reused he refused to answer an
questions The coroner then put some 1oriha
questions 10 the prisoner and was proceeding U
sum up when he interrupted by Mr. Lyle
who said This abnormal offspring OF mother
womb has defence which will open questlo
the whole English speaking race must face. ant
which has already been dealt with by some Euro
pean countries In the meantime my hrst uu'.
is to secure him fair trial
The coroner in resuming his summing up salo
that the evidence was entirely conclusive Inc
iurv remained out for half an hour. and during
their absence Dceming laughed and chatted gayN
when the iurymen at length appeared In Inc
courtroom the grave look on their faces dld ho'
secm 70 have the slightest effect on him; ana Wnch
the foreman announced that Decmlng hau o'o"
found guilty OF wlful murder the accuscu MAJ
rovor f,l,ered Turning to one of the persons
standing near him, the prisoner in audlor 'on.1
fippantly commented on the VERDICT sayi"s
could have done in two minutes what h"S '"Ac'
them so long TO decide"
The coroner intimatcd that Deemlns would oc
placed on trial for the murder OF MS WIG on app
% and added Il shall now issue W"iI"'
The prisoner in an insolent tone repileu' hou
can put it in your pipe and smoke IT, Inns It.
mark called forth a loud chorus OF onS ii0'',
the large crowd which packed the galleries oi
the courtroom to their utmost limits.
The prisoner was then taken from the court
room undcr strong guard and safely con
ducted back TO his CELL When they entered the
narrow. bare room Deeming suddenly appeared
,o become unnerved He staggered across the
cell and fell heavily on the cot. His face TOOK
nm \ look of CHASTITY pallor and the wrctched man
hore every evidence of being in a state OF utter
collanse The change in Decmings condition
alarmed his guardians. stmulant was admins
,ered and under it's influence the prisoner gradu-
ally revived.
In an interview which he had with his solicitor,
Deeming supplied Mr.. Lyle with abundant ma
,eral for his defence at the coming trlal. The
facts which he gave dated from the time of his
birth. and included much information regarding
his infancy.
The remarks made by Dceming's solicitor in
court to-day as to the defence are taken by many
nersons as foreshadowing the line to be taken
uu that Deaming's natuIe had received malignant
impress prior TO his BIRTH which had influenced
and marked all his actions during his life, and
had left him mentally incapable of overcoming
bomicidal impulses with which he was afflicted.
Those who have studied Deeming closely think
that his conduct is mere bravado. All DIS known
murders have been OF women and children. Every
day evidence comes 10 light to show the character
of the fellow. man who worked with Decmlng
ten wears ago says that the latter was then known
among lis fellow-workers as vindictlVe ana
treacherous character, and that he went by the
nickname Of The Demon"
At the inquest yesterday the name Of the MIS-.
Deeming whose body, together with the bodies OF
her four children found under the hoor OF
Dinham Villa, at Rainhill, near Liverpool was
mentioned for the first time, and the woman was
identified by witnesses, by means of a photograph
During the inquest yesterday the Coroner read
note signed Lily in which the writer said the
Coroner must treat Deeming with greater Impair
tiality If he did not get justice, the writer would
take the Coroners life in open court. The letter
is supposed TO have been written by crank, or 10
be a hoax.
The lail warders keep close watch upon Deem
ing Tor il is believed that he will kill himself II
he gets a chance There were 200 marines on
board the steamer, four Of whom were sworn IN af
special cons,abes TO assist Detective Cawboy.
That Dccming's vanity is overwhelming waS
shown at the inquest. During the reading OF the
evidence against him he induged in a prolonged
scrutiny Of the people who filed the galleries OF
the courtroom, and then, turning TO those neai
him. he audiby remarked Those are all good
looking girls in the front" He Strengthened up
adjusted his collar and neckte, and added 81
wish / had better clothes ] would be more pre-
sentabe." lie studiously rcfrained from payin2
attention TO the evidence except at times, when
he laughed at certain statements that were made
a. in Nvii
been he has shown a valuable collection Of weapons
Of various kinds At the inquest there were
produced battlc-axe and a knife, which Surgeon
Mullins said he thought might have caused the
wounds that killed Mrs. Dccming.
London, April 1.-THE Globe" to-day says that
a dressmaker living in the East End Of London
has recognized portrait OF DeeminS as that W
a man who courtcd her under the name oil Law Law
son, in the autumn Of 1888. She SAYS that tney
were walking together on the night Of ScptemDei
20. and parted at / o'clock. On the following
morning the shockingly mutilS'ed r,3o'mes 3oae.
were found in the Whitcchapel district
During the year 1893 the address Of Deeming
until November was unknown. The dressnakef
statement shows that fer part OF the time, al
least, he in London, and this again arouscs
The suspicion that he there at the times the
Dtller murders Of that year were committee. IL
Is known positively that he arrived in IeVcrcy
on February 49, ls90-fivc days after the last
Whitechapcl murder. In the statement published
In "Tbc Globe" the drcSsmaker says that she
met Decminq, or Lawson. as he was known TO her,
on the afternoon OF September 50. They had a
long conversation on the subject Of the White
chapel murders, and Deeming showed that he was
convcrsant with all the horrible details. re-
mark was made concerning a suggestion con
tanned in o newspaper that the murders OF the
night before had been committed shortly after
midnight Dccming seemed 10 forget 10 whom he
was talking, and said 10 the girl
Look at the time. couldn't have committed
the murders"
The girl was much struck by this uncalcd-
for remark and has often since then thought OF
il. Throughout the afternoon Deeming was eX-
tremely agitatoA, and eagerly read the newspaper
comments on the crimes. few days later he
disappeared and the girl never saw him again 10
is thought that with the clew furnished them by
Tic dressrnaker. some Startling developments may