St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-03
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and Promptly Sentenced
to Death.
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~ Houses by Heavy Dyna-
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Bloody Riot After Nigh tfall in
Friesland--French Elec-
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sMEIBOURNE, May 2.-The trial of
Frederick Bailey Deeming for the muir
der of his wife was resumed in the cen
tral criminal court this morning. A
doctor related Deening's explanation
of now his wives had disappeared.
Deem,ng said that while he and his first
wife were living at Rain Hill, near
Liverpool, man named Ben Young
had told him that his (Deeming's) wife
would leave him for ESQ. He paid the
money and his wife left him. He sup
posed that Young had killed her while
(Deeming) was coming TO Melbourne
with his second wife Miss Mathcr), for
whose murder lie is now on trial. His
second wife, Deeming said. confessed
that she was already married, and she
left him in Melbourne because she was
afraid of being implicated in the mur-
der of his first wife. After some fur
ther testimony by DR.. SpringthOrp, that
did not in any way clear the prisoner
of the crime preferred against him, the
defense announced that its case was
closed.
The crown counsel contended that
there was not a particle of evidence of
the insanity OF the prisoner, and he said
that tile jury ought to dismiss all such
nonsense from their minds. At this
point Deeming interrupted the crown
counsel. 1t was not the law, he said,
but the press that was trying him.
If he could bring himself to believe he
had committed murder he would
plead guilty rather than to submit to
the gaze of the crowd in the court room,
the ugliest place he had ever seen. Some
of the witnesses against him had delib-
erately lied. Whatever he could say
would be diSbeieved. His witnesses
had been kept out of the way. People
had sworn to seeing him where he had
never been in his life. No time had
been allowed him to communicate with
his witnesses in England and India. For
weeks together he had suffered lapses
of memory. In his own mind he knew
he was not guilty. AS long as Emily
Mathers had been his wife he had dealt
with her as gently and as affectionately
as it was possible for any man to do.
The jury then retired. AS they filed
back into the room later on Deeming
shifted uneasily. The foreman delivered
to the Judge verdict of guilty as
charged in the indictment. Deeming
turned white and trenbled as the judge
turned towards him and passed upon
him the sentence of death. The Judge
said that in all his experience with crInl-
inalS he had never before seen such
c0nSummate wretch as the prisoner. He
spoke of Deeming'S shameless effrOntery
during the trial and remarked that the
jury had rightfully ignored the prison
er'S clOwniSh attempts to prove himself
irresponsible. AS the judge pronounced
tine words Ito be hanged by the neck
until dead" Deeming gasped and tot
tered, but recovered himself enough to
nod with assumed indifference. He
then sank back in his seat The audi
ence in the court room applauded the
verdict and sentence. Deeming was
taken back to prison.
DeemiDg said that after his death the
public would soon know his real his
tory. 1t was better that the law should
kill him than that he should destroy
himself. Reaching the rails for sup
port, he concluded by swearing that he
was innocent. He spoke altogether an
hour. giving no sign of hesitation or
nervousness. The judges summing up
was strongly against the prisoner.
While Deeming was speaking the scene
was weird one. Owing to the fading
of daylight, candles had to be lighted.
The verdict was given at 9 O'Clock.
LONDON, May 2.-Deeming can delay
execution by an appeal from the verdict
in the colonies, which appeal must Ge
heard by the judicial committee of the
privy council. If the judges accede to
the petition to rehear, further inquiry
will occur. The last instance of the
kind was the case Of the Canadian rebel,
Louis Reil.