, 1892-04-27
AN AWFUL CAREER OF |
DAILY Telegraph, March 29)

1t would appear that the alleged confession
by the man now in custody in Australia
charged with the murder of his wife at Win d.
sor, in Victoria, is incorrect. T~he'report st a.
ted that Deeming or Williams, had not on ly
admitted the Windsor crime, but had also
gone out of his way to confess his authorshi p
Of the awful fve-fold murder at Rainhill, as
we'll as of two of the Whitechspel atrocities
popularity associated with Jack the Ripper"
Such arumour was intrinsically improbable.
and turns out to be wholly devoid of founda-
ton. Meanwhile the coroner's jury which
had been inquiring into the deaths of the
woman aud four children found buried be-
meath the cemented floor of the villa at Rain.
hill has brought in a verdict of guilty of muir.
der against the Australian Prisoner. 1t is al
ways advisable to reservs a final judgment on
q crime untill a suspect has been duly con-
victed bur in this case it is putting the facts
with singular mildness when we say that cir
cunlstances point strongly to Deeming hay-
ing on bis soul the guilt Of six murders,
planned with frightful dcliberation, and car
ried out with diabo lical f%erocity and cunning.
The proceedings at the inquest leave little
doubt as to who was responsible for the sew
eral coldblooded crimes concealed, for u time
only by that Cemented pavement ; and the
murderer appears to have been materially aid
cd by the remarkable fatality which prevent
cd even the murdered woman's relatives
from having any suspicion Of the doom
which had overtaken her. If the Rainhill
murde had not been followed by another at
Windsor, Australia, the former tragedy might
never have been brought to light. 1t is only
natural that, in presence of crimes OF this
startling and hideous character, their suppos-
ell author should be credited with wickedness
sufficient to connect him with the series of
London atrocities which have h|orrilied the
civilized world for some years past. The au-
thentic records Of his movements and s%ojour-
Mugs in different places, however, plainly
demonstrate the impoasibiity that he should
have been personally concerned in any of tho
proceedings or subsequent assassinations attrl-
buted to Jack the Ripper AS he was not
IN Londo at any Of the dates associated with
the Whitechapel horrors. it is obvious that
my claim which he might advance to the au-
thorship of two Of those "secrct, black, and
midnight crimes would be a mere ebullitlon
Of the lying boastfulness which-if we are to
assume him to be guilty of all tho offences
laid at his door-has characterised this YER
satile malefactor throughout his nefarious and
sanguinary career. 1t is of q piece with his
behaviour in Rainhill, where he swaggered
"DOuk CiIG SLTetlS dTrdSeU Ill IL SIldHl HIllItdly
Uniform anti trailing his sabre on the pave
ment behind him, or in the theatre at St. He
le&s, 'wherehe appeared in'the centre ofthedress
circle attired as a "major of Bengal cavalry"
with a display Of Service medals and snowy
accoutrements that drew the attention of the
whole audience to himself and his female
companion, probably the unfortunate Emily
Mather.
Whether or not the Windsor murderer and
the Rainhill murderer are the same person,
and that person the man now On his way by
sea from Perth to Melbourne, there is no
question but that Deeming's career has been
one of extraordinary criminality. He
has subsisted on fraud and lying, and has
marched from robbery to bigamy, and from
bigamy to forgery, with a regularity that is
almost m~onotonous. Having taken to wife
a Miss Marie James in February 1881. he I'M
migrated to Australia aud obtainedemployment
as a plumber in Sydney under his name OF
Deeming, by which hehad been known III
Birkenhead at the time of his marriage
Shortly after his wife had joined him at Sgd
ney,-a year later, he was convicted for theft
and sent to prison for six weeks. Through
out the three ensuing years the city in which
he continued to reside was afflicted by a
succession of Bank rebberies, burglaries, and
mysterious disappearance effected by some
person or persons who invariably contrive to
escape detection. These rnisdeeds are now