St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-27
DEFINING THE RIPPER.
Startling Confession of the Born
Murderer

startling Confession OF the Born
Murderer.
MELBOURNE, March 90 Considerable
excitement was caused here today by
statement which declared that Deem
ing, the murderer. had made a
confession. There has been a
and in England that Deeming is
none other than the notorious Jack
the Ripper" the slayer of the White
chapel, London, OutcaStS, and this Sus-
piclon is borne out in measure not
only by Deeming'S appearance. which
closely tallies with the description given
of the Whitechapel fiend, but by his
alleged confession. There is no reason
to doubt the truthfulneSs of the
statement that Deeming has ac-
knowledged that he killed his wife
and four children at Durham villa, at
Rain Hill, near Liverpool, and that he
murdered and mutilated the last two
women whose bodies were found in the
purlions of Whtechape.
Although he has confessed that those
two Whitechapel women fell victims 10
his mania for murder, he, While not de-
nying, does not admit that he killed the
other Whiteehapel women whose muir
derS at that time attracted 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 those
murders, but Others of which the police
know nothing. In his confession Deem
ing makes no mention of his object in
mutilating the WhitechapeI victims, but
there is scarcely doubt that the man
is afflicted with a disease similar in
some respects to nymph0mania. The
case is most peculiar one in all its re-
spects, and public curiosity here is eX-
cited to the highest pitch to learn all
the details of Deeming's many crimes.
1t has TRANSFERRED 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 a man
who then went by the name of Williams,
but who turns out to be Deeming. The
family then resided i'll 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 subsequently went to England
ana then II was he married the woman
whose murder he now cOnfeSSeS.
LONDON, March 26.-The story of
Deeming's confession has caused an
immense sensation in the Rain hill dis
trict, but it was not required to con-
vince the residents there that Deeming
had killed the woman and four children
found at Dinham villa, whose bodies
now lie in the parish churchyard. 1t
was only the confederation of the
belief of every one in the vicin-
ity of Liverpool that he was the
murderer. The Scotland Yard author
ties have received no private informa-
tion from Melbourne regarding the con-
fession, and they attach little import
ance to Deeming's statement that he
killed two of the Whitechapel women.
They say they believe Deenling's object
in making that confession is to secure a
remand and to be brought to England.
This, they add, is well-knOwn trick Of
criminals.