The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-08
The Australian Murderer Prepares to
Plead Insanity.
IDENTIFIED BY A LONDON DRESSNAKER.
His lhsolente al His Preliminary Examination.
Claims to Be Mental Monstrosity.
held for Murder.
Special 10 THE MORNING CALI

MELBoURNE. April 7.-Although the jury
returned verdict of willful murder against
Deeming he has not altered his demeanor,
ana is 1ocular and insoent At times. Every
day additional evidence is received showing
that the man is entirely devoid of con-
science. e,.although his bravery is questioned,
as his victims were women and children.
During the inquest yesterday the Coroner
resd note signed Lilly" The writer
said the Coroner must treat Deeming with
greater impartiality. If he did not get
jastice the writer would take the Corouer's
life in open court. The letter is supposed
TO have been written by crank or to be
hoax. Despite his semblanee of ease
Deemlng In periods of abstraction Is visIbly
basgard. he has lost flesh and his features
are becoming peaked. The jail wardens
Keep close watch upon him all the time,
1or 1t Is believed he will kill himself ii he
gets chance.
lie studiously paid no attention to the
evidence, except at times when he laughed
at certain statements that were made. The
newspaper reporters were busiiv preparing
verbatim reports OF the proceedings, and
the reporter CT the Associated Press, who
was present with the correspondents OF
other press associations. prepared his cable
messages III the courtroom. After time
Deemlng noticed the messengers of the
caDle company passing aud repaSSng and
asked, What have people abroad got 10 do
Win murder committed here?' When
Miss bonneville, bis sydney fiapeee. went
10 the table to sign her testimony, Deeming
called 10 her, saying, Katie, come 10 me-"
MISS bonneville paid not the slightest at
tenIion To him. In nearly every place that
Deeming has been he has shown a really
valuable collection Of weapons OF various
types. AT the inquest he produced battle
AK and knife which Sergeant Mullins
saa he Thought might have inflicted the
wounds that killed Mrs. Deeming.
In an interview which lie had with his
solicitor, Deeming supplied Mr. Lyle with
abundant material for his defense ct his
coming trial. The facts which he gave
dated from the time OF his birth and in
eluded much Information regarding his ln-
fancy. During his conversation with his
solicitor the prisoner remarked, "rhe world
produces moral as we'll as physical mon
strhsities."
The line of defense which will be adopted
at the trial is probably that Deening's
nhtare early received a malignant impress
which has marked all of his actions during
his life and has left him mentally incapable
OF overcoming the homicidal impulses with
WHICH he has been afflicted; in fact, that he
was what the prisoner himself had de-
scrlbed as moral monStroSity." After
the COroners jury found Deeming guilty of
numbering his wife his trial was fixed Tor
April 26
LoN DON, April The Globe to-day SAYS
dressmaker, living st East End, London,
has recognized The portrait Of Deeming as
thar of the man who courted her under the
name df Lawson in the autumn If 1855 She
says they We're walking together on the
night OF September j and parted from each
other at IL o'clock. The following morning
the shockingly mutilated bodies of the
women Stride and Eddowes were found in
hasWhiteebapel district. The next day the
orcssmaker and Lawson had a a'eonversation
about the murders and the latter inadver-
tently said, Look at the time; 7 could not
have committed the murders" He immed-
ately disappeared, and she has not seen him
SINCE.