New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-18
THE LIVERPOOL MURDERS.
LIGHT THROWN ON THE MYSTERY.
THE FIVE VICTIMS WE'RE HIS WIFE
AND Cu1InRhN-uIS CAEEER.

AND CHTLDRKN-HIs CAREER.
Liverpool March 1.-THE excitement caused by the
discovery yesterday Of the FIVE bodies buried under t
floor Of house at Rain l. Liverpool. shows no sieuS
OF abatement and further developments IN the case are
eagerly awaited II has transpNd that before COMING
to England Williams. the whose arrest AT Mol
bourne led to the uncarthing Of the bodies. hVed III
sydney y. S W Shortly after he left that city his
wife and four children disappeared and IT was supposed
that they had followed him 10 England. Ruh0- "i he
intended marriage to young girl named Natter MAO
reached sydney, and It naturally supposed thht
Mrs. Williams and her children had left for Evcrpool
TO prevent the crime The police expect TO prove that
Williams killed them IN order to marry Nils Mather
without moestation. lie did marry her and took her
10 Melbourne where he killed her I'm order to marry
another glrl.
II has also been learned that Williams IS assumed
name and that the murderer's proper name Is DeennS
the name under which he married his first WIG
Deeming has brother who lives In BrRenhead, across
the river from Liverpool and he was summoned {" no
tend the coroner's inquest on the bodies OF MIS-
Deeming and the four unfortunate children lie ar
rived at Rain Hi this afternoon. lie bears most
striking resemblance his brother, and some OF uie
people in the crowd thought it the murderer HIM
self The news sprcud quickly that the murderer h"
returned in the excitement one recalling That no
was safely In the custody Of the police al Melbourne
The crowd hooted and yelled and finally made Il
threatening rush for Deeming. The latter c"lsW
that his life IN danger and wasted no time III t!
Ing TO explain matters 70 the iniuriated moO' Du'
sought safety In fight and rushed TO a hotel In when
he found shelter nom the yelling crowd OF men ana
boys who followed him THE doors OF the ho'ely
Afser the body OF the woman and the four children
were taken 10 the morgue yesterday tn"y were h@'e
as pre.entable Is possible for purposes OF ldehuhcao
Today a gardener recognized one body as that oi a
woman he had seen in tie back yard Of Dnham WIG
on August last. ON August 10 ne heard children
nah AZ feutiO
some OF the children had been hurt. lie never ga"
the woman or children afJerwaId
Another man recognized the body as that OF AaI1e
Deernpc ,7,o had been Ia the employ Of Liverpool!
lshmonger. Declining at that time dcscnOeu n"''e"
as mining engineer. Deeming and his VIE u.e
man said, aiterward went 10 Hull, where De was ar
rested and convicted for forgery For this crime A'
was sentenced to years imprisonment. 'h
being discharged from PRISON after having served A'7
sentence lie married "a young woman al num- a.
wished her 60 abroad. iut she refused 70 10 VIII
him. 30 Deemng deserted her ana returned 10 M"F'c'
ACCOMPANIED by Marie. went 10 Cape Town "heIc
they remained for Il time Then they returned |"
birkenhead where Marie had tlnce brother, and two
sisters The man believed ihat Decmlng WAS the
same individual who married young lady named
Matheson, at Beverley, IN loJo at That ume de'uh'
Ing the name of Harry Lawson. lie then desciib-d
himself as large farmer in Australia. lie gave Il
number OF valuable presents u Mis- Mathe'oh b"'
South America. Miss Matheson ewoTe out warrant
against him. charging him with the theft Of the
pre- ents he had given her, and he was arrested IN
Uruguay brought back to Hull and sent 10 l"I ioF
pnc months During the time lie was IN prison II
was asceltaned that lie had married and deserted
young woman in Bnkenhead, In 1850.
Is Is considered strange, IL view Of ali these de
yelopmens, that proceedings were not taken aguiis'
the man for bigamy, bat for some reason this was ho
done aud when he ~ e.-sed he vanished Ihe
more the tacts in this strange case are brought I"
light the stronger grows the general belief that VIII
iams Is the most cOnsummate, cold-bOoded Villain
that this any other country has ever produced. \
has advanced That he II lnsaEc, Dui There
mas been too much method IA MS ma'inc,s Tor th1s
theory 10 Supporters. lie ccdLbnIf Appears
TO have had a mania for marrying and h"thns apPd'
10 have deferred him from puthnS ms "Ne7 "uI "'
the way when he got ready to marry % sOne cc ~ -;
Even tae police themselves appear thunder 7ruch ~
| the devlsh cruelty shown by THIS man lhey DcIe'c
that he has committed other murders than those no"
hnown and the authorities At every place he !, known
trace his movements while In their respective l0''il
ities. -, IL, - ,u..,.o.. io,o
this afternoon identified the bodies OF the woman ana
also the four chriidren, whose nane' were Veh a.
| Rertha Marie, Luh and sydney. Tie excavations III
| the Rain Hi villa were continued thi"n-i'"t '"'
day but no further discovery 0 bodies "d' I;",
| A chd's cOpy-took was found. however III "hI'h II
written the name Bertha Dccning. ,
IL has been learned IL Plymouth that man avn
tie name Of Williams, from Liverpool sailtd iIoln VA,
port on october Il, On the Ne" Lealahd Il'I AA
AT the time Of going aboard he was complaining bDDd'
the non arrival Of luggage lie had cXPct'l. ne Wa
met aboardon friendly terms by second class phsacii
! ger known as Miss Wilson. who had cHtdIh'd III
I London with considerable luggage
Melbourne, Victoria March l7-"llldms' u i eH
pectnd win reach Perth 10 morrow. lie IS We
Guarded by the police IN view Of any dangerous ou
hreak OF popular feeling against him AIT a iorihA
| macisterlal inquiry at Perth. Williams VIII be re
mandeG for court proceedings mere