The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-13

mustache as well as he could. When the
glass was taken away from him be even
Tried to pluck out his mustaohe by the roots.
| IL Will be remembered that In the descrip-
lion OF Jack the Rirper he was said to wear
a heavy mustache. With this exception
Deemlng tallies exactly with the descrip
tion. 1t is not unlikely, therefore. that his
strange anxiety to keep his upper lip shaven
was to prevent positive identification
During the early days OF his imprison-
ment he was defiant, and even affected to
laugh at the charges against him. and
ooasted OF the libel suits he would bring
against the English and Australian news
papers after his acquittal, but for the last
Few days, and particularly since the coro-
ner's jury found him guilty OF the Windsor
murder, he is very much changed, and APP
pears TO be breaking down. 1t is said that
his defense will be insanity.
Frederick DeeminRs career has been an
eVenttul one. He was the third son OF the
late +. Deeming, respected whitesmith of
Blrkenhead. He was Of rowing disposi-
ton, and early in life went to sea as the
steward of a sailing vessel After visiting
various portions Of the globe he returned to
Birkenhead in 1880, when he told his broth
ers that he had been successful as a mining
engineer in Australia. In 1887 he married
Marie James, the Rainhill victim. Soon
after the wedding they went to Melbourne
aud subsequently to Cape Town, where
Deemlng made money in various mining
schemes. He afterward returned to Eng
land. and served a year in prison for
forgery in Hull Then followed the Rain
hill episode and his departure with his last
wife, Miss Mather, for Australia He got
in some sort of trouble in nearly every
country he lived in, and has been charged
with numerous crimes beside that of muir
der. While he was in Johannesburg, South
AFRICA, In 1883, man named Keay was
murdered, and suspicion fell upon Deeming
but the detectives there have failed to find
any evidence connecting him with the
crime. The brother Of Marie James says
that Deemlng was a steward on a trading
vessel plying between Birkenhead and
American ports just before he went to Aus
| tralIa, and the fact that his baggage was
marked " Marshall, n, Y. ;" and WARD, N.
"" confirms this statement. 1t is certain
that he il thoroughly familiar with New
York. and it is not improbable that he was
there at the time Of the murder Of "Old
Shakespeare. Here is an opportunity for
the New York police to do some theoriz-
ing, but should they connect Deemine with
that crime, it would be necessary first to
stultify themselves, and release the half
crazy Arab who was convicted of the muir
| der. Among the names which Deeming
used in various parts of the world,
were Williams, Ward, Dobson, Law
son and Swanson. Besides the. three
women whom he is known to have married
he became engaged to many others in diff
ferent parts of the world, and was counting
Miss Housewife Of Bathurst, New South
Wales, at the time OF his arrest. II the
theory Of the London police is correct this
fend has committed sixteen murders, and
It is probable that the list is not yet CONS
plete. Even If it should turn out that he
is not Jack the Ripper, he will still have
TO answer for at least six of the
most deliberate "a and most cowardly
murders that were ever perpetrated.
The f1endish craft vito which he purchased
| cement and prepared in advance of his
| crimes for the safe disposition of his help
less and unsuspicious victims; the relentless
skill with which he did his bloody work,
and his utter absence OF remorse or any
other natural emotion, all mark him as the
most remarkable figure in the annals of
Grimm al history. enl 80
MELBOURNE, April 8. -Williams was ex-
tremely restless last night, and the prison
doctor had to order brandy for him several
times. He continues to be very refractory,
and causes the officials great deal Of
trouble, as the strictest watch is kept on
him. The counsel for the defense will
probably ask for an adjournment to pre-
1 pare for trial, and the crown officials, In
| expectation of the plea of insanity which is
| to be set up, have had several medical men
| In court during the whole of the inquest for
the purpose of observing the prisoner
closely. They all agree that in his bearing
aud actions Williams is very plainly sham
ming, and that his acting is by no means