Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-03-17
LACK THE RIPPER" {"
Circumstances which May Lead To- His
Identity Series of Aw fui Grimes.

Identity series of Az ful Grimes.
LIVERPOOL. March is.--rb~ police have
been pursuing AN inquiry iu;o the disap
pearance of woman aud her children.
!. who formerly lived at Rain Hill, part of
Liverpool. The inquiry was started in
connection with the arrest Mt Melbourne.
Australia, Of - man named Williams, who
IL charged with numbering woman
there Information OF this arrest and GER
tain matters that had come TO the knowl.
edge OF the Melbourne police was cabled
10 Liverpool. aud an investigation was at
once set on foot. as IL was inferred that
the disappearance OF the woman and chit
drcn was not due TO their having left their
home. but 20 murder.
The police yesterday went 90 the house
formerly occnpiod by the persons In ques-
tion. They lifted hcarthstone from its
place nnd then broke out the cement
upon which the stone had rested. They
then dug away the earth below, and after
bair an hours digging sickening stencil
arose. In a short time their spades struck
something soft and then was revealed
the body OF the missing woman. This WAS
lifted from its resting place and ini-
mediately beneath IL were found
tho bodies Of two children, on the
top Of which tho vomtn's body
had been living The murd rer had
made IA plentiful use of chlorato of lime
70 destroy the bodies OF his victims, and
his object had been in ,urasGre attained,
for the bodies bad bten partly consumed
BY the lime The house Ia which tho
bodies were found
Was Once occupi-d bs Williams.
The bodies OF ihe fiir,, found were wrapped
In oil cloth and Turkish toweling. After
the three bodies wcre taken out, the police
continued thcir digging.
The excitement reached fever heat when
the bodies Of two other children were
found TO hive been buried under the
house. The first os the children's bodies
was that Of girl OF II years, who had
been stranglcl; the second was that OF a
girl Of {; the third was that OF boy OF S.
and the fourth that of baby about year
old. The throats Of tho last three vic
TINS had been cut
A plausible theory has sprung up from
the discoveries Ot tho bodies, and the
further the AFFAIR is investigated. the
stronger grows the belief that Williams IL
none other than tho world-known Jack
the Ripper" Williams, while resident
Ut Liverpool, made frequent visits 70 Lon
don. The police have traced his move
ments be, veen the two p,aces, and IL has
been found that his visits t. London cor
responded with the ,imes that tho unfor-
tunate women In the Whitechapol district
were found with thei. ,h9oats cut and
their bodies mn;Ilatcd In tho shocking
manner that characterized the crimes Of
tho Ripper"
IL will be recalled that desc. o.ion was
-. II -
the man who was seeii tn the company OF
several of the unfortunate women, whose
bodice were subsequently found lying In
pools of blo~' ~ the streets of White
chapel hI..m
Desc rip,,uu Taiiios Exactly
with the ieaesspiiaa-os Williams, as given
by people In Liverpool who were we'll nc
quainted with him.
The question who Williams really is and
how he lived is mystery. On ,.is first ND
pcarancc nt Rain Hill he stayed at hotel,
where he led a ro'licking lifc lie was fond
OF society and vas good story teller, but
when asked about himself he Immediately
became taoituip. Tie never gave an ink
ling Of his personal history. a local news
paper. on the occasion Of his marriage TO
Miss Mnther, vhom he murdered in Mel
bourne, tried 10 pct sketch Of his career
but Williams refused 10 give any informa.
tion regarding himself. He first met Miss
Matber ~ ner mothers while making in
qniries IA TO renting villa Williams
pretended to net for mythical Colonel
Brooks. He furnished only single room
ia the house.
Immediately after he had taken posses
sion Of ths villa, an unknown woman nnd
two children were seen about the house.
Nobody saw thom arrive or depart. At
afrout tho same time another woman Wis
tied him at hotel. and the two partool
OF luncheon and copious diaughts 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 hotol In the morning. and would
not re. irn until the evening. His cloth
Ing and pprOn used 10 be covered with
dirt and hts hands were bllstered. He ex-
plainei that Ae had beca putting down
new floors in a house
a laS,orer here says that Williams called
upon him 10 assist in taking up tho floor
of n kitchen and two other rooms and
hired plastsrer 10 relay them In cement.
These preparations Ind l'ccn completed
when the
victins Came on the scene,
and tlks murders must have been effected
withors delay. williams LETT the hotel to
occupy the villa. but in few days re-
turned. saying that he could not sleep
there ond thsu his aister and the children
had uons 10 Part Said He afterwa.d ne.
turned TO the villa, but finally camc back
10 the hotel. Ho hurried his marriage with
Miss Masher and went TO stay ut her
mothers three weeks prior to the cere-
moay. The mother was osgrr for the mar.
iisGc, ~ Williams made lavish displays OF
bank notes, nuggets of gold and diamond
rings.
Only the kitchen was searched yester-
day. The ground under the other rooms
will he excavated. The body OF the woman
found yesterday was fully dressed, except