Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-17

MT. Bryan's Masterly Speech.
 IS HE JACK-THE-RIPPER
 Melbourne Officers Arrest Another
 Man Supposed to Be the Notorious
 Crimfnal-Investigati Into the
 Disappearance of Woman and
 Her Children Results in the Start
 ling Discovery That They Had Been l Foully Murdered The Supposed
 Murderer's Probable Connection
 With the Whitechape1 Crimes.
 LIVERPOOL, March 16.-Ths police of
 this town have been pursuing an inquiry into the disappearance of woman and her children, who formerly lived at Rain Hill, part of Liverpool. The inquiry was started in connection with the arrest at Melbourne, Australia, of a man named Williams, who is charged with the mur- | der of woman there. Information of this arrest and certain matters that had come to the knowledge of the Melbourne | police was cabled to Liverpool and an in- | yeStlRaJlOn was at OucS SeI OH IOOt, aS It l I was inferred that the disappearance of the woman and children was not due to their l having left their home, but to murder. The | | police went to-day to the house formerly l | occupied by the persons in question. They | lifted hearthstone from its place and | then broke out the cement on which the stone had rested. They then dug away the earth below, and, after an hours dig cyino einEanipo ataDch and ha | police felt confident that they were about to unearth the evidence of a terrible crime. In short time their spades struck something soft and then was revealed the body of the missing woman. This was lifted from it's resting place and immedi- ately beneath it were found the bodies of two children, on the top of which the wo- CT had made plentiful use of chloride of his victims, and his object had been in 8 measure attained, for the bodies had been partly consumed by the lime. It has transpired that the house in which the bodies were found was once occupied by Williams. The bodies first found were wrapped in oil cloth and Turkish towelling. After the three bodies were taken out the police con- tinued their digging The excitement reached fever heat when the bodies of two other children were found to have been buried under the house. The first of the children's bodies was that of girl of 1 twelve years, who had been strangled, the second was that of girl of seven, the third that of boy of five and the fourth that of baby about a year old. The throats of the last three victims had been cut.
 A PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
 A plausible theory has sprung up from the discoveries of the bodies, and the fur ther the affair is investigated the stronger grows the belief that Williams is none other than the world known "Jack- the Ripper" Williams, while a resident of Liverpool, made frequent visits to- Lon don. Liverpool police traced his move ments between the two places and it has been found that his visits to London cor responded with the times that the unfort- unate women in the Whitechapel district were found with their throats cut and their bodies mutilated in the shocking manner that characterized the crimes of the "Ripper."
 ANSWERS THE DESCRIPTION. It will be recalled that description was given to the police of the appearance of the man who was seen in the company of several of the unfortunate women whose bodies were subsequently found lying in pools of blood in the streets of White chapel. This description tallies exactly with the appearance of Williams as given by people in Liverpool who were we'll &C., quainted with him.
 HIS IDENTITY STILL MYSTERY. The question who Williams really is and how he lived remains mystery. On his 1 first appearance at Rain Hill he stayed at l a hotel, where he led rollicking life. He was fond of society and was a good story | teller, but when asked about himself he l immediately became taciturn. He never gave an inkling of his personal history. A local newspaper, on the occasion of his marriage to Miss Mather, whom he mur- dered in Melbourne, tried to get a sketch of his career, but
 Williams refused to give any information
 regarding himself. He first met Miss
 Mather at her mothers while making in quiries as to renting of a villa. Williams | pretended to act for 8 mythical Colonel Brooks. He furnished only a single room fh the house. Immediately after he had ] taken possession of the villa an unknown
 woman with two children was seen about | the house. Nobody saw them arrive or 1 depart. At about the same time another
 woman visited him at hotel and the two partook of luncheon and copious draughts of champagne. Williams told the
 landlord his companion was his sister. | This woman was seen twice. when she also
 vanished. After taking the villa Williams | often left the hotel in the morning, but
 would not return until evening. His l clothing and person used to be covered 1 with dirt and his hands blistered. He eI | plains that he had been putting down new | floors. A laborer here says that Williams l called upon him to assist in taking up 1 floor in the kitchen. These preparations
 had been completed when the victims came on the scene, and the mur-
 ders must have been effected
 without delay; Williams left the he returned saying he could not sleep l there and that his sister and chi ldren had | gone to Port Said. He afterwards re- | turned to the villa, but finally came back | to the hotel He hurried his marriage | l with Miss Mather and went to stay at her ] mothers three weeks prior to the cere- l mony. The mother was eager for the | marriage, as Williams made lavish displays l l of banknotes, nuggets of gold and diamond l rings. In physical appearance the man
 was not prepossessing. He claimed to be | only thirty -four, but he seemed to
 be about forty-feur years. He did not |
 take his bride to the villa. He caused a
 lot of heavy boxes to be left there, which |
 were afterward to be moved to place un-
 known He left at the hotel two travelling
 bags There are blood stains inside of l
 these. The police are tracing the makers
 of the bags. While Williams was living at
 Rain Hill he went to London and returned
 dressed in foreign regimentals. including
 gorgeous but faded coat, much the worse | for wear. DISPLAYED DAGGERS AND KNIVES.
 Williams eaid this uniform was that of
 the Bengal cavalry, but evaded questions
 as to what regiment he had served in. He
 displayed poisoned daggers and knives.
 Only the kitchen was searched to-day.
 The ground under the other rooms will be