The morning call., 1892-05-23

EOOu care lDdt the NPaQ S00hsO rest near TIE
center OF the bed. Then he cut her throat,
allowing the blood to soak into the bed
clothing, which he afierward burned. Then
he cut the baby's throat, and that night slept
In the villa the sleep Of the just-Or OF the
unjust. The bodies. however, were first
| buried in the kitchen, that they might be out
OF the sight Of the other children.
And the next day, or more probably that
night, Deeming killed these two and their
older sister. BE killed her first, calling her
away from the two younger children ana
| taking her by the throat. He pressed his
| big fingers together until her wlndpIpe was
| closed. Then he held her struggling Oody
| with his other arm until she was dead. She
was dressed only in night2own.
| When he had disposed of her he led the
! little boy ana girl, who were about 6 and
| years old, into the front room and locked
! lhe door. TneE he strangled one into un-
| consciousness while the other stood by cry
| Ing. When he had seized and strangled the
other he again took mis- knife and cut both
| their thrOatS. lie had laid their bodies
| upon the bed, so that the blood was not
| smiled but went into the already soaked
! bed-clothing. Then he buried the bodies.
| pouring cement over them and cOncealing
! all traces of bis crime
| Deemng, alias Williams, alias Swanst0n,
| alias Lawson. led mete0ric life. He So
/ journed in 1890 at the town of Beverly, a
! few miles from Hull, Yorkshire. He was
L y
tralian sQuatter, and courted the daughter
Of tie landl dy of the house in which he
| lived. The landlady had two daughters,
| and iu May, 1890, Williams married one of
them. They went TO Hull and there spent
/ tile hCneYmOOn. Lawson deserted his wife
| In Hull, taking with bin her jeweiry, which
bad bean bought On credit Lawson fed TO
MOntevides, in South America. The Jew
eleT In Hgll, from whom the Jewelry had
| been obtained, made criminal complaint
I q, p IF
valuabes under false pretenseS. Lawson
was brought back from MonteYide0 on
warrant Of extraditiOn and tried at Hull for
the crime.
BE had planned to murder this woman,
too, for when he was arrested at Windsor
by the Australian police there was found
| barrel OF cement IN the house, and be had
written her to come out ana join him in the
fail.
Deeming is described by persons who
| knew him at Rainhill as Williams as about
! 45 years old, with heavy, dark mustache,
! high eheekbones and sallOw skin. He
spoke rapidly and not as an Englishman.
He wore his hair rather long, his clothes
fitted his b0ny figure rather luOSely and he
walked with long, heavy stride. He was
supposed 10 be a Yankee or Canadian. but
nothing positive could be learned as to his
former life. He affected the rolIicking, big
| hearted form of life, spent his money freely
on every body he met and apparently liked
everybody He wore massive jewelry and
| diamonds. He Wasea capital stOry-teileT
and in conversation betrayed wide eX-
| perience In the colonies and on the Con-
! tineut.
The crime for which Deeming was hanged
in Australia, and which he confessed, was
similar 70 that committed at Rainhill. He
! hired, soon after his arrival. a house in
! Windsor. a suburb Of Melbourne, and lived
there q short time with his wife. They ap-
I hannV ftsi Oh
| Williams passed much of his time at home.
/ Then his wife vanished and he advertised
to sublet the house. He had decided TO
move 10 Sydney, be said. Immediately
after finding tenants he left. The new ten
ants found that the H0oT OF the fireplace
was In bad condition 1t was uneven and
showed that it had been laid by an amateur
/ hand. WOrkingmen who began mending the
floor noticed an odOr and tore up the cement.
Under it they found the body of a woman,
who was identified afterward as Williams
wife. The skull was fractured and the lace
was beaten in. The throat was cut SO that
the head was almost severed from the
| trunk. The body was in a uightgOwn and
was wound tightly from the neck TO ankles
with heavy cord. it was evident that tile
murder had been committed before Christ
mas Tie murderer was arrested upon the
description of him sent out by the Mel
bourne police. He VAS paying court TO a
girl Of the name OF Miss KUu1seville at the
time, aud they were TO have been married
within a few weeks.
II is in keeping with this whole strange
history that. while Deeming was not hanged
until Monday morning, the news of his
hanging, owing to the difference in time,
should have reached San Francisco on San
day.
There have been many stories started
with a view to connecting Deeming with the
Whiterhapel murders. The incomplete
record of the police as TO the movements Of
this man who was stirring about in the
world so much has given these stories fine
chance for foundation. 1t has been pretty
definitely settled. however, that In 1883
Deeming was travelling between Australia
and South Africa in both directions, with
stops at various places along the route, and
that he die not return TO England until Au-
gust Il, 1889. The Whitechapel murders, of
which there were 10. were committed on
April g. August 7, August 81, September 6,
Septem Der 80 two, and November in 1883,
and on July aud September 10 in 1889, and
on February Is in 1890. On the calculation
that Deemng was not in England until
August, 18S9 all but the two last murders
would be barred. 1t is further suggested
that the murders committed by Deemng
bear no resemblance either in conception or
execution to the murders of Jack the Rip
per. Even the confession of so vain a
wretch as lie has proven himself to be since
his arrest would be of little value unless
further proof were forthcoming. His
mania seems to have been altogether for
matrmOny, followed by murder, with bar
rel of cement always in the house. ready for
the grave OF the ictim when the thirst for