Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-28
DEFINING DIES.
Els Career of Infamy Ended on tho Gal
lows at Melbourne Story of His

His Career of Infamy Ended on tho Gal |
lows at Melbourne story of His |
Crimes.
MELBOURNE, May 23.-Deeming was
hanged at 1901 o'clock a. IN. Deeming |
passed Sunday in writing, calmly dis
cussing at intervals his approaching |
doom. He said he had no intention of
making speech on the scaffold. On
Sunday night he thrice swallowed
eagerly a small allowance of spirits,
after which he slept soundly until
he was awakened at z o'clock
this (Monday) morning. Then for the
first time since his arrest the manacles
on his wrists were removed and, smok-
ing cigar, he conversed with those
around him. He declared that he was
resigned to his fate and had no fears in
regard to the future. To the gov
ernor of the prison he said he
had made his peace with God. He
persisted in denying that he was
guilty of the Rain Hill murders. He
had never, he declared, lost his self
control in England as he had since his
arrival in Australia. He expressed
gratitude to the governor and all the
prison officials for the consideration
they had shown him and also to Mr..
Lyle, his counsel. and to all concerned
in his defense. He said he thought he
would not falter or make any scene on
the scaffold.
A few moments before the time
set for the execution Deeming was al
lowed a glass of brandy, which he swal-
lowed at gulp, and he was told that
ha ,,r1,t l., f1,a don.
tor so ordered. The doomed man was
then led to the gallows and in few
moments all was over. The drop was
feet.
Tie execution was witnessed by
large gathering, including government
and civil officials, magistrates, police
and clergymen. There was an immense
crowd outside the prison from an early
hour in the morning until long after
| the execution was over Order was
maintained by strong force of police.
| With the execution Of Deeming there ended
the life of one of the greatest criminals the
| world has ever seen. At the beginning of March
| last the police at Liverpool received dispatch
| from the police at Melbourne stating that the
| murder of woman had just come to light at
| Windsor, a suburb Of Melbourne, and that from
| certain facts that had been revealed IL was
| tnOuBnl tnat lne w lnuSOr muTuerer nau kllleu
| another woman at Rain Hill n suburb of Liver
pool The police OF the latter place at once
| started an investigation and soon u most horr.
| BILE crime vas unearthed. Beneath the hearth
| stone of residence known as Dinham villa ut
| Rain Hill, there were found the bodies Of .
| woman and four little children.
| 1t was soon learned that the house had been
| occupied by man who had given his name as
| Williams, but who, II was subsequently ascer-
taincd, was Frederick Bailey Deeming, whose
| family resided in Birkenhead, across the river
| from Liverpool Williams or, to call him by
| his right name, Deeming, had married at Rain
| Hill young and beautiful girl, Miss Emily
| Mather and had sailed for Australia with her,
and it was her body that had been found at
Windsor She, too. had been buried under the
hearthstone of the house and her grave was
covered with u coating OF cement
| The police inquiries into Deeming's career
| soon revealed that he was q monster OF iniquity,
guilty Of nearly all, If not all, the crimes in the
| calendar. Numerous swindling transactions
| we're traced to him, principally in mining lands
| Detectives followed him TO England, where II
| was found he was living in Birkenhead Deem
ing, however, had evaded his pursuers, hay
ing left Birkenhead that morning. The pur
suit was continued, but Deeming always
managed to evade his pursuers, in one instance
| escaping by just seven minutes. Deeminl
later appeared in Liverpool under hi:
alias of Williams He paid addresses
to 4 number of Liverpool ladies, among
them one who, from his conversation
about the Jack the Ripper crimes, became
terribly afraid OF him. One night he had an en-
gagement to take tea at her home, but he die
not appear and she never saw him again. L
was just about this time that he appeared a
Rain Hill, where his wife and family subse
quently joined him.
Shortly afterward Mrs Deeming and tn,
children disappeared, but as Deeming had rep
resented the woman as his sister nothing wal
thought of their disappearance. 1t was no
long after this that he married Miss Mathe
and sailed for Australia. During thei
voyage he developed traits of thought
fulness and consideration hardly IL
| keeping with the character of the man a
seen in the light of subsequent developments
| He doctored the sick and saved ttbits from hi
table for the sick steerage passengers. Mis-
Mather relates that in addition TO his medica
qualifications her husband was skillful model
er and that he filled in lot OF his time workin
| at his models in their cabin.
, | The subsequent facts in connection with til
| murder of the second Mrs. Deeming are of to
| recent date to need detailed mention. Afte
!, Deemng killed her he became engaged TO
Miss Kate Rounseville who was on her way t
the Southern Cross gold fields in west Australi
| to meet and marry him when she learned of hi
arrest for the murder of his former wife.
, When he was taken 10 Melbourne he assume
l | jovial and careless air, but at his trial h
: | showed in his manner the terrible mental strai
he was undergoing. After he had been COZ
demned TO death he made speech in court /
, which he confessed that he had killed his wifi,
J Miss Mather. He appealed to the Victoria
: executive and TO the British privy council for
!, respite but both refused to interfere, and n,
! cordingly he has paid the full penalty of tn
I law. Had he escaped justice in Australia h
3 would have been taken to England where h
would undoubtedly have been hanged for tn
, Rain Hill murders.
r FARMERS ALARMED.