Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-24

numbering HIS WHOA Search OF His
House In Liverpool Reveals the Bodies
--Belteved to De slack, the Ripper"
LIVERPOOL, March l6.-The police of this
own have been pursuing an inquiry into
he disappearance of a woman and her
children who formerly lived at Rainhill. q
part of Liverpool. The inquiry was started |
In connection with the arrest at Mel |
bourne, Australia, of man named Will |
liams, who is charged with numbering |
woman there. Information of this arrest |
and certain matters that had come to the |
knowledge of the Melbourne police was |
cabled to Liverpool. and an investigation
was at once set on foot,as it was inferred
that the disappearance of the woman and
children was not due to their having left
&heir homes, but to murder. The police
to-day went to the house formerly occupied
by the persons in. question. They lifted
hearthstone from it's place and then broke
,ut the-cement upon which the stone had
Vested. They then dug away the earth
below and In a short time their spades
struck something soft, and then was re-
vealed the body of the missing woman.
This was lifted from its resting place, and
Immediately beneath it were found the
Noodles of two children, on the top of which
Che woman's body had been lying The muir
derer had made a plentiful use of chloride
Of lime to destroy the bodies of his victims,
and bis object had been in measure at
tanned, for the bodies had been partly con-
sumed by the lime.
1t has transpired that the house in which
the bodies were found was once occupied
by Williams. The bodies first found were
wrapped in oilcloth and Turkish toweling.
After the three bodies were taken out the
police continued their digging, it being
rumored that the bodies Of other women
or girls who had visited Williams were
missing.
d, The excitement caused by the discovery
1, of these three bodies was great but il
Y reached fever heat when the bodies of
four other children were found to have
been buried under the house. The first of
the children's bodies was that of girl of
~ years. who had been strangled; the
second was that of girl of seven; the
thirdthat of a boy of five and the fourth
thakof . baby about a year old. The
thrctsts of the last three victims had been
cut.
A-mysrERioUs MAN.
The question.who williams really is and
i how he lived remains a mystery. On his
first appearance at Rainhill he stayed at a
hotel whore he led a rollicking life, being
a man of free manners, with a general
style of wealth. He drank plentifuliy, but
not excessively, and was always ready for
champagne treats. He was fond of society.
was a good story teller, having travelled
much, and was always willing to spin a
yarn, but when asked about himself he
Immediately became taciturn. He never
gave an mixing of hisapersonal history.
He took photographs from acquaintance.
but never had himself photographed. A
local newspaper, on the occasion of his
marriageto Miss Mather, whom he muir
dered in Melbourne, tried to get sketch OF
his career but Williams refused to give
any information regarding himself. He
first met Miss Mather at her mothers s,
while making inquiries as to the renting
of villa. Williams pretended. to act for Q
mythical Colonel Brooks,and obtained the
tenancy OF. the villa. paying SIX months
rent in advance. He furnished only 0
single room in the house.
CHAMPAGNE, DUCK AND PEAS.
Immediately after he ha{t taken posses
sion of the villa an unknown woman
with two children, was seen about th'
house. Nobody saw them STRIVE or depart
At about the same time another womal
visited him at hotel and the two partool
OF u luncheon of duck and green peas
washed down with copiols dyaughts o
champagne. Williams told the LANDLORD
that his companion was his sister. Thi
woman was seen twice, when she alst
vanished.
left the hotel in the morning and woult
not return until the evening. His clothing
and person used to be covered with dir
and his hands were much bhstered. II
II explained his untidy appearance by sayinI
"a titt Ilc IltiQ UcCll tlEaEOu IL HAttlilt5 INV
new floors in a house.
WOUNDS OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
The police are tracing the makers of tn
bags left by Williams
Only the kitchen was searched to-day
The ground under the other rooms will b
,excavated tomorrow. The body of tn
woman found to-day was fully dressed ex
,eept that boot and stocking were missing
1.-THE clothes were of fine quality. I'll
woman had dark complexion and shor
black hair, suggestive of u haf-cast. Sh
wore wedding ring and a keeper. Tn
rope with which she had been strangle
was around the neck, and the throat wa
cut besides. The eldest girls skull wa
ssushed in and the head was nearly sel
Skad from the body.
cAREFuLNEss IN HIDING THE BODIES.
The brutality of the murderer suggest
the ferocity of back the Ripper Th
work of concealing the bodies was carrie
out carefully. After deep hole had bee
dug the bodies of the women and two {
tfhe children were thrown in and cemer
was poured upon them. Then the bodit
,of the two elder children were thrown i
and more cement was poured into tn
hole. Next the fiagstones were laid ov,
tho top of the hole, and finally over a
was applied a layer of six inches
cement, extending over the entire kitchei
The discovery of the murders has cause
ian intense sensation.
BRLIEyEDTo BE JACK The kiPrEa.
A plausible theory has sprung up fro
the discoveries of the bodies in the hou
at liverpool to-day, and the further ii
affair is Investigated the stronger grows Il
belief that Williams is none other this
the world-known Jack the Ripper
Williams, while resident of Liverpool
made frequent visits TO London. III
police have traced his movements betwc,
The two places, and it has been found tn
mis- visits to London correspondent with ii
times that the unfortunate women in d
Whitechapel district We're found with the
throats cut and their bodies mutilated
fhe shocking manner chat charactcriz
the crimes of the "Ripper''
1t will be recalled that description W
given to the police of the appearance
the man who was seen in the company
several of the unfortunate women, who
bodies were subsequently found lying
pools of blood in the streets of Whit
chapel. This description tallies exact
with the appearance of Williams as Civ
by people in Liverpool who were well {
quainted with him
LIVERPOOL, March 1.-THE greatest {
,Citement prevails among the people
this city, and especially among those
the suburban town of Rain Hill, who
the five murdered bodies were found und
hearthstone The victims have he
positively identified rs the wife Of the M
who called himself Williams and her 70
children.
II has also been proved by very 90
evidence the atrocious murderer's rig
name is Deemiug. Among other proofs
child's copybook found in the hol
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