The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-03-31
CONFESSED.
The Fiend Deening 1s Said to DO
"Jaok the Ripper"
The slayer OF the whitechapei (London)
Outcasts-A Mania for Murder and Mu-
tilation-He Confesses to tho MUIR
der of His Family In Liverpool.

der of His Family In Liverpool
MELBOURNE, March 2s.-Considerablo
excitement was caused here by state
ment published by The Argus, which
declared that Deening, the murderer,
had made conf There has been
a strong suspicion entertained here and
in England that Deening is none other
than the notorious Jack the Ripper"
the slayer of the Whitechapcl (London)
outcasts, and this suspicion is borne out
in measure, not only Ivy Deening's
appearance, which closely tallies with
the description given of the White
chapel aend, but by his alleged con-
fession.
The Argus is a reliable newspaper,
and there is no reason to doubt the
truthfulness of the statement it makes
that Deening has Acknowledged that
he killed his wife and four children mt
Dinham villa mt Ram Hill, near Liver
| pool, and that he murdered and mutil-
ated the last two women. whose bodies
were found in the purlicus of White
chapel Although he has confessed
that these two Whitechapel women fell
victims to his mania for murder, he,
while not denying, does not admit
that he killed the other Whitcchapel
women whose murders at the time at
tracted the attention of the whole
world 1t is believed, however. that
when he finds all hope Of escape from
the clutches of the law cut off he will
confess, not only these murders, but
! others of which the police know moth
| ing. In his confession. the Argus says,
Deening makes no mention of his OBJ.
| ject in mutilating the bodies of his
| Whitechapei victims and removing ccr-
tain of the organs, but, 1t adds,
there is scarcely doubt that the man
is afh cted with q disease similar in
some respects to nymphomania.
1t is said that Deening mnde his con.
fession to an official at Perth, West
Australia. where he was arrested on
the charge of having murdered his wife
at Windsor, suburb of Melbourne.
Deening secured counsel and made G
strong fight against being sent back to
Melbourne, but the court ordered his
surrender to the authorities of this
city, and Friday he started in custody
of the officers on his return. He told
the Perth official to whom he made his
confession. that he was not guilty of
the Windsor murder. His wife, he
claimed. had clobed with another man.
1t has transp!red that the unfortun.
ate woman whose body was found, to-
gethar with those of her four children,
under the floor OF the Rain Hill resi-
dence was not Deening's first wife.
Some years ago u sensation was created
in Australia by the myster GUS disap-
pcarance OF the wife and two children
of a man who then went by the name
of Williuns but who turns ont to be
Deening The family. then resided in
Sydney. There was grave suspicion OF
foul play at the time but the bodies
were not found and the essential proof
of murder being lacking the matter was
allowed to drop. D.'ening subsequent.
ly went to England, and then 1t was he
married the woman whose murder he
now confesses.
LONDON. March 2s-The papers here
Saturday published the story Of Deem
ing's confession, which was cabled
from Melbourne. The story caused the
most intense excitement in White.
chapel, and the papers sold there like
wildfre Ever since the series OF mur.
ders was started in that district women
of the class to which the victims be
longed have been in mortal terror OF
their lives