Evening journal., 1892-03-17

peculiarities wnicn he had developed since
living at the villa He slept at the villa
only three or four nights after his return ,
from London. complaining that il was damp |
and gloomy He also told the Mathers that !
he and bis bride could not live there during \
the honeymoon, as had been planned, az he
disliked the place and regarded il as un
healthy
The couple were married early in Septem. !
Der in the parish church. None OF Williams |
family OF old friends was present, and this !
fact caused considerable comment. VII
liams packed up all his trunks at the villa
and took them ON his wedding journey. He
took his bride 10 New Brighton for few
days, and she wrote daily TO her mother let
ters In which she praised the kindness anc
manliness Of her husband. Subsequently
the couple travelled in the south Of England
and then Unexpectedly crossed the channe
with all their baggage, went 10 Antwerp
thence 10 Bremen, and at the end Of Sep
tember embarked on the Kaiser Wilhelm II
OF the North German Lloyd line, for Aus
tralia.
Mrs. Mather saw her daughter last al
Dover, just before she sailed. She says that
both Williams and his wife seemed to be
perfectly happy, and that they promised u
return 70 Rainhill within two years for
visit, ard perhaps for permanent residence
AT every port at which the Kaiser Viii
helm II stopped the bride had posted a let
ter TO her mother in which she described
minutely the happiness Of her daily life and
her JOY that she had found such mode
husband as Williams She told her mother
OF the plans she and her husband were max
ing for furnishing their home In Melbourne
OF sydney, according 10 the requirements
| of his business and closed one letter with
the words:
She Was So Happy.
Only be thankful. darling mother that you
| little girl has found ono 20 watch her and pro
tect her 80 lovingly all through life. Arthur Il
by my side constantly and does not seem &c
have a thought except for my happiness ano
welfare. Il n not a shame that / cannot hav,
him all 10 myself when we have our own little
homer He has many plans In business that }
fear we shall not be together az constantly ~ We
/ wish until we are back Ia Rainhill
Your loving aud happy little girl, ALICE.
The young couple made their home in Mel
bourne, whence Mrs. Williams continued Z,
write extmvagant accounts Of her happiness
and OF Williams fine qualities On Dec. X
Williams himself wrote 20 his mother-in
law a long letter, praising his wife anc
dwellingat length upon their happiness. H'
said that he expected 20 take Mrs. Williams
TO Hong Kong for the Christmas holidays
and added, "Both Alice and ] are looking
forward with Joy 20 the time when, without
the cares Of business to distract me, cal
pass all my time uninterruptedly In her 30
ciety.r On the margin Of the letter were
! q. hot WA
the last that Mrs. Mather heard directl,
from her daughter or Williams. The mex
} news Of them was In dispatches published q
, Liverpool newspapers us TO the murder o
. her daughter and the arrest of hor son-ir
I law.
/ The dispatches stated that Williams hire
\ SOON after his arrival house in Windsor,
q suberb OF Melbourne, and lived there a shoI
/ time with his wife. They apparently wer
happy and Williams passed much of his tim
at home Then his wife vanished and \
a advertised 70 sublet the house He had d
i cided TO move 20 Sydney, be said. Immed
i ately after finding tenants he left. The ne'
i tenants found that the floor Of the ireplac
. was In bad condition. IL was uneven an
n showed that II had been laid by an amater
n hand Workngmen who began mendin
n the floor noticed a horrible odor and ton
a up the cement Under 1t they found n
body OF a woman, who was identified afte
4 ward by neighbors as Williams wife.
N She Was Literally Butchered.
|, The skull was fractured and the face vi
le beaten in. The throat was cut so that q
4 head was almost severed from the trun
a The wounds in the body had been so seve
ls that decomposition was far advanced. III
body was in night gown and was wouI
le tightly from neck to ankles with heavy cor
"a Il was evident that the murder had be-
o committed before Christmas. Probably
d was done day OF two after Williams la
ie letter TO Mrs. Mather The police think Il
Dr letter was written merely 10 mislead d
C. Mathers into making inquiries into the eau
G. OF their daughters long silence. The Hoi
O. Kong story was concocted for this purpo
'e and the marginal note signed Alice VI
a added by Mrs. Williams at her husband
Te instance, 10 give the fiction all appearan
st Of plausibihty.
N Williams was arrested upon the descri
y, tion Of him sent out by the Melbourne p
ie lice He was paying court TO girl Of min
le teen at the time, and her parents said tn
she was considering his proposal Of ma
he riage.
d Mrs. Mather has been on the verge Of 1
N sanity since the news OF the murder reachl
a, her She has not risen from bed and mo
ir OF the time is delirious. The exciteme
ot in the vicinity of villa Dinham is intense.
se Although Williams appearance corr
" spends with one description Of "Jack d
10 Ripper" the general impression is that q
two men are non identical. The wounds
the bodies already discovered, moreovS
L. show few. II any, Of the anatomical featur
,k OF the Ripper" murders. The digging
i. the kitchen, where Williams laid the 40
IS with his own hands, is expected TO thrc
he new hight on the case. His care In anowii
As no worlmen to help him in the kitch
~ causes the Liverpool police 10 think that Z
ID revelations there viii surpass those alreai
AZ made and show conclusively William
er methods Of killing.
q. This Trial Was a Farce.