Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-07

| TO give the prisoner DEEMINd.
the benefit of any doubt that they
might entertain as to his sanity. The
| crown counsel contended that there
was not particle of evidence of the in
sanity of the prisoner, and he said that
| the jury ought to dismiss all such non
sense from their minds.
AT this point Deeming interrupted the
crown counsel. 1t was not the law,
he said, but the press, that was trying |
him. If he could bring himself to be-
lieve that he committed murder he |
would plead guilty rather than |
| submit to the gaze of the |
people in the court-the ugliest |
race he had ever seen. Some of the
witnesses against him had deliberately
lied. Whatever he could say would be
disbelieved. His witnesses had been
kept out of the way. People had
sworn to seeing him whom he had never
seen in his life. No time had been al
lowed him to communicate with his wit
nesses in England and India. 1t was not
pleasant to confess to disease, mental or
other, but he had determined to do 50 in
Justice to himself and the community.
For weeks together he had suffered
lapses of memory. In his own mind he
was not guilty. AS long as Emily Math
err had been his wife he had dealt with
her as gently and as affectionately as it
was possible for any man to do. The
prisoner. continuing his remarks, said:
II remember no incident which would lead to
this awful crime with which I am charged. L
| know that the people of Melbourne so in
furiated against me that they would lynch me
| II they had chance. That, however, would
tl.n 20 tn
The statement that the body found in
this city was that of Emily Mather is
| lie. The newspapers have ruined my
life forever II I were free tonight would
drown myself 1 have fought the blacks
on the Zambesi and have encountered lions
single-handed. do not fear death do not ex-
pect justice from the Judge the jury or the pub
lie Instead of the trial being postponed so
to enable my counsel to collect evidence show
ing my innocence of the horrible crime for which
l am being tried for my life, 1t was fixed to oc-
cur when the public was enraged against me-"
Deeming minutely criticised the evil
dence and declared that verdict of
guilty would be the greatest relief to
him He said that his use of assumed
names was fad with him.
After the verdict was announced
Deeming asked the judge to refrain
from the usual eXhortation. The judge
complied with the prisoners wish, and
simply announced the sentence of
death. Deeming composedly replied:
"Thank YOU"
The evidence which has come to light since
the discovery OF the murder of Deemings last
wife, for which he has just been sentenced
to DEATH proves him to be the most cold
blooded monster of modern times The muir
der, which took place in small house in
Windsor one of the suburbs Of Melbourne, was
discovered through an effort to let the house
to another tenant 1t had been vacant for
about two months and on entering the kitchen
the landlord and the lady to whom he was
showing the house noticed terrible stencil
Further examination led to the calling in of the
police and the removal of the hearthstone.
There the body was found under freshly laid
! cement floor in front of the. kitchen fireplace.
The skull was fractured, the face was beaten in,
the head nearly severed from the body, and the
, body was doubled up and pressed down, so as to
make it fit in the small space.
Deeming was arrested in western Australia,
and soon after 1t developed that within few
days of the murder he had proposed marriage
TO a young girl whom he had met on the coasting
steamer which runs from the chief ports of the
eastern colonies round to King Georges sound
and Freemantle on the western coast. The evi-
dence of this girl, the letter from the murderer
and the presents he offered her proved important
, links in the chain of evidence against him and
showed that long immunity had made him reck-
| less
2 cabled TO England and investigation led to
further startling discoveries. From Mrs. Mather,
| mother of the murdered woman facts were
learned which enabled the police TO unearth
q long series of most atrocious crimes.
8 One day last July man who gave his
e | name as A. o. Williams arrived at Rainhill
~ | a village about miles from Liverpool and put
up at a local hostelry the Commercial hotel
{ describing himself as an inspector. He rented
c | Dinham villa from Mrs. Mather, who
| n village
and who acted as agent for the owner During
the negotiations he became acquainted
with Miss Mather, and, after brie
courtship, he married her last September. A
few days after Williams arrival in Rainhill hi
was visited on one or two occasions by d
strange woman, accompanied by several chill
y, dren The and children sudden
ly disappeared, and Williams accounted
for this by saying that the woman
was his sister and that she had gont
t to join her husband in Port Said. After thu
q wedding Williams and his bride left for London
;, on their way to Australia. Letters were regu
larly received by Mrs Mather describing thei
journey and saying that they were very happy
o Soon the letters ceased, and then came cable
gram announcing the discovery OF Mrs. VII
;. liams body in Melbourne.
The peculiar atrocity Of these murders sug
X suggested to many the theory that Deem
e ing Jack the Ripper" and he soon backe
q it up by confession" From the first, how
:, ever the Scotland Yard authorities secuted tn
idea. The theory was founded on plausible state
a ments about alleged mysterious disappear
a ances from Rainhill on dates corresponding
TO the ripper murders, Deemings pei
e sonal appearance and on the supposed re
G semblance OF his handwriting TO that on tn
" postal cards signed Jack the Ripper an
t received in Scotland Yard Subjected, how
"a ever, 10 the severer test of comparison wit
Deeming's known movements his presence !
r English iails and in South Africa ut certai
l. dates, the theory fell TO pieces .Decmng an
;, his counsel encouraged the idea that he was tn
q Whitechapel hend in order TO sustain the theor
OF uncomfortable homicdal mania.
Death of IL Cnllcre Presilent.