The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-03
DEFINING Is DOOMED
The Jury Find Him Guilty Of
Murder.
HE is SENTENCED 10 DEATH
The Judge Asked to Refrain from the Usual
ExhOrtatiOn-The Story Of His Life
to be Told.

MELBOURNE May 2.-The trial of Fred.
erick Bailey Deeming for the murder of
his wife, was resumed this morning. The
hrst witness was DR. Springthorp, who re-
lated Deeming's explanation of how his
wives disappeared. Deeming said that
while he and his first wife were living at
Rainhill, near Liverpool, man named Bea
Young, told him that his Deeming's) wife
would leave him for $50. He paid the
money and his wife left him. He supposed
Young killed her, while he Deemine) was
coming to Melbourne with his second wife
Miss Mather; for whose murder he ia now
on trial. His second wife, Deeming said.
confessed she was already married and left
MIN In Melbourne because she was afraid
OF being implicated in the murder of his
hrst wife. The TACT is the Rainhill murder
was known to no one save Deeminp until
after 1t was known he killed his second
wife. 1t was the discovery of the
latter crime that led the police
here to notify the Liverpool police of their
suspicious that Deeming had murdered his
VIE and children at Rainhill. Therefore,
IL Will be seen his statement relative 20 his
second wife leaving him for fear of being
implicated in the Rainhill murders is with
out truth. After some further testimony
| by Dr. SpriIgthorp, the defense announced
its case closed.
] After the evidence was all in, Deemin9's
counsel appealed to the jury to give the
prisoner the benefit of any doubt as to his
sanity. The court room was packed with
| people who wished to hear the Jury an
nounce its decision. No one Thought it
would take them long to decide. Outside
| OF the court house the large crowd assem-
bled was DANGEROUSLY impatient for the
verdict. Finally they became so demon
! StrHtlV6 the nOlIpn forood to oIn 81,
streets.
The jury in the DeemiEg case returned
verdict OF guilty, and added that the
prisoner was not insane. The announce
ment of the verdict was greeted with ex-
presslons of general satisfaction.
The crown counsel contended there was
not particle of evidence of the insanity
of the prisoner. At this point Deeming
interrupted the crown counsel IL was
not the law, he said, put the press that was
trying him. If he could bring himself to
believe that he committed the murder, he
would plead guilty rather than submit to
the gaze of the people in court, the ugliest
faces ever seen. The witnesses against
him 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 was allowed him
to communicate with witnesses in England
/ ANU 1Huld. IL was not pleasant TO confess
to disease, mental or otherwise, but he had
determined to do SO in justice to himself
and the community. For weeks together
he had suffered lapses of memory. In his
own mind ne knew he was not guilty As
! long as Emily Mathers had been his wife
! he dealt with her as gently and Affection
ately as IS possible for any man to DO.
| The prisoner continued: Remember,
there is no incident which would lead TO
this awful crime with which [ am charged
I The statement that the body found in this
/ city was that of, Emile Mathers is lie
/ My own comfort is the knowledge that she
is alive. The newspapers have ruined my
life forever. If 1 were freed tonight I
would drown myself. L do not fear death.
| L do not expect justice from either the
/ Judge, jury or public"
| Deemtng infinitely criticised the evil
dence and declared q verdict of guilty
would be the greatest relief to him He
| said the use of aliases was a fad with him.
| After the verdict was announced Deem
ing asked the judge to refrain from his
usual extortation- The Judge complied and
simply announced the sentence of death
! Deeming responded cOmposedly, "Thenk
you" Afterwards Deeming said the pub
lie would known his real history after his
death. 1t was better the law should
destroy him than he should destroy him
self. In a strong voice he con tinued to
ramble in similar strain for some time,
and concluded by swearing he was limo
cent. He spoke altogether for an hour,
giving no signs of hesitation or nervous
ness. The judges summing up was
| strongly against the prisoner.