Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-26
IS HE RIPPER JACK?
Murderer Deeming Says Hes the
Whitschapel Fiend.
PRESIDENT ELLIOfS SPEECH IN UTAH.
Orayton Willing to Pay $1,000 to
Leave the Majestic.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
sAYs HE'S -JAcK THE RrppER-


Alleged Confession of Dsemiss. the Asssrsi.
O. ian Murderer.
MELBoUnsR, March 26.-Considersble ex-
eitement was caused here today by q statement
published BY the Argus. which declared that
Deeming. the murderer. had made confession.
There has been q strong suspicion en-
tertained here and in England that Deeming d
none other than the notorious "ysck The
Ripper" the slayer Of the whitechapSl Qua
casts. and this suspicion 10 borne out In .
measure not only by Deemines Appearance.
which closely tallies with the description eivsa
OF the Whitechapel fend, but by his alleged
confession.
The Argus 10 . reliable newspaper and there
n no reason 10 doubt the truthfulness OF the
statement 81 makes today that Deeming has
acknowledged that he killed his wife and four
children At Rain Hin, near Liverpool. and that
he murdered and mutilsted the last two women
whose bodies were found in the purlie1s Of
Wmtechapel
Although he has confessed that thess two
Mhlteeh.pel women fell victims TO his
mania for murder, while not denying,
he does not admit that he killed tks
other Whitechapel women whose murders st
the time attracted the attention Of the
whole world. Ii is believed, however, that
clutches OF the law cut OF he viii confess pes
only these murders. but others Of which the
police know nothing.
rHE coSFEssiox.
In ms confession the Argus says Deeming
makes no mention OF his object Of mutilatinG
the bodies OF his whitechapel victims and re-
moving certain OF the organs, but, IL adds there
40 scarcely doubt that the man 10 afflicted
with disease similar in some respects 20
nymphomania. The case 10 a most peculiar
one In all lts aspects. and public curiosity here
4 he lrhS f..as,
details OF Deemings many crimes
III Is said that Deemlng made his confession
TO an official at Perth, West Australia. where
be was arrested ON the charge of having mur-
dered his wife at Windsor. a suburb
OF Melbourne. Deeming secured council
and made a strong night against being sent
back TO Melbourne, but the court ordered his
surrender TO the authorities of this city and
yesterday he started in custody Of officers on
his return. He told the Perth official 20 whom
he made his confession that he was not guilty
OF the Windsor murder. His wife be claimed
had eloped with another man.
IL has transpired that the unfortunate woman
whose body was found, together with those Of
her four children, under the floor Of the Rain
Hill residence was not Deeming's FIRST wife
Some years ago sensation was created in
Australia by the mysterious disappearance Of
the wife and two children Of q man who then
went by the name Of Williams, but who turns
out TO be Deeming. The family then resided in
Sydney.
There was grave suspicion OF foul play At the
time, but the bodies were not found, and this
essential proof of murder being lacking, the
matter was allowed TO drop. Deeming subse-
quently went to England, and then rt vas be
married the woman whose murder he now con-
fesses.
EXCITEMENT IN wHrrrcHAPEI-
LONDON, March 26.-The papers here today
published the story Of Deemine's confession
which was cabled from Melbourne. The story
caused the most intense excitement in White
chapel and the papers sold there like
wildhre. Ever since the series Of
murders was started in that district
women Of the class 10 which the victims be-
longed have been in mortal terror Of their
lives. Driven by absolute poverty or innate
deprsvity to ply their hideous vocation, they
have never known at what moment they
might fall beneath the keen knife of
the assassin whose nom de guerrs q
Jack the Ripper WAS sufhcient 70 causs
them to tremble In their shoes when they veeo
fortunats enough to possess them. Thoush
no "Rippers' murders have occurred In
Whitechapei for some little time the report thss
the assassin had at last fallen into the hsnds q
the police removed load from the minds q
the unfortunate denixens Of that district
poUBTIsa DEEnISe's STORY.
There is much difficulty in fixing the tve
Whitechapel murders which Deeming il said
to have confessed. Altogether ten murders are
attributed to "Jack the Ripper" but
there is much doubt as TO whether
the last two were committed by
the same hand that committed the other eight
The police Of the Lemsn street station do nos
place much belief in the confession that Deem
ing committed these last two crimes
The last Whitechapel murder, that Of Frances
Cole, occurred in 1880. Her body was mu-
tilated in the manner of the other VIC
TINS and certain OF the organs had
been taken out The bodies Of
other victims wore found on the
streets where they had fallen after the mur-
derer had cut their throats, but the body Of
Frances Cole was found concealed in an
empty house at Westham. The police
emphatically state that her murderer
was not Deeming. They say they we're at
one time close upon the murderer's track, bus
they afterward lost all trace Of him. They
learned enough, however, to know that Deem
ing did not kill her. They admit, how
ever. that il the confession refers to the
murder of Alice Mackenzie which occurred In