The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-15
DEFINING AS A LOVER.
How the Demon Courted a
Young Australian Girl
SHE THOUGHT HIM A BARON.
He Had just Made Himself . widower,
Cementing His Wife's Bloody Corpse
in the Wall of . House.

ton of Deeming to ascertain his mental
condition and makes report declaring
that Deeming is perfectly sane.
SAN Francisco, April 1.-THE steamer
Alameda, which arrived this morning from
Australia, brought details of the Deeming
murder. Nothing since the early days OF
settlement in West Australia has so stirred
the community to its depths. All busi-
ness was stopped at every place through
which Deeming passed on his way to Mel
bourne, and people turned out to have
look at the criminal. The crushed and
mangled body of a woman was found in
the populous suburb of Windsor, south
east of Melbourne, March 5, and week
later Deeming was in custody, charged
with murder. The last occupant of the
house was a man who gave the name of
Drew, and he disappeared suddenly. He
complained of the ieaky condition of the
walls of the house, and told the landlord
that as he was a practical man he had
bought some cement and would patch
up the walls himself. He cemented
his wife up in one of the walls. Drew was
apparently of sporting proclivities, dressed
in the height of fashion, and was bedecked
with diamonds and carried himself with
the air of a lord He was traced to tine
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm, where he was
identified as Albert Williams Eight days
after the crime Williams sought another
victim through matrimonial agency in
Melbourne, and went on by steamer. On
the voyage he made desperate love to
young lady passenger named Miss Kate
Rounsefelt, of Bathurst. His manner
captured the heart of the fair passenger,
and when they arrived at Sydney she had
promised to become his wife, He was
then travelling under the name of Baron
Swanson, and pictured to her his vast
revenues and made glorious promises for
their future.
Step by step detectives traced him, aided
in their search by his ostentatious display
of diamonds and general bearing, and his
love ENHANCEMENT with Miss Rounsefelt
evidently led to his capture. At Sydney
Swanson was identified as Albert Deem
ing, plumber and gasiitter, who was &C
companied by his wife and two children
and who served q sentence at Darlinghurst
for larceny, and eventually the record of
the man under the names of Deeming,
Baron Swanson, Drew, Williams and Law
son was made bare to the world. He was
traced by the police to the Southern Cross
mine, on the Yilgara gold field of West
Australia, where he was working as an
engineer, and was at the time furnishing a
house In anticipation of his marriage to
Miss Rounsefet. The latters father was
tradesman who died some years ago,
leaving widow and children. The eldest
sister is now a milliner at Bathurst, and
Deeming's fiancee secured employment at
the principal stationer's and news agency
ha ri ;al
her brother to Broken Hill, and while
there was taken sick and was obliged to
return to her sister in Bathurst. 1t was
on this trip that she met Deeming. She
was only country girl of 10, and never
doubted the sincerity of Deeming's mo-
tives. The elder sister was SO taken with
the alleged baron that she readily gave her
consent to the morriage. While Deeming
was at the mine he wrote his unsuspect-
ing fiancee constantly, and in one of his
letters, under date of February s, he says
he is in trouble, having had one of his
bags stolen from his cabin with f13O.
Further on he says:
must now tell you, dear, what I have done
since my arrival here. As soon as got here
put an advertisement in paper have sent you,
by which have been appointed managing en-
gineer at wages of &c per week with house for
the first six months, and Is los per week in
future. Besides this expect to make e. per
week. The mine at Yilgara is about go miles
from Perth. There is fine town and healthy
climate, and everything that can be wished for
Tor comfort. You must not think it Is like
Broken Hill. Far from It, Now as soon as Won
get this letter, dear, send me a wire and
let me know whether you can come ut
once. l viii have a home for you and
everything arranged Tor our marriage on
your arrival. Now, don't keep me waiting,
dear SO long as we are TO be husband and wife,
why not be 1t at once? There will be no ad-
vantage in waiting. l have written you brother
today, and told him of our coming union. and
you Will no doubt gee n letter from him on the
subject Now, you must not think, dear, that
We shall remain in the gold fields all our life |
intend to make money enough in two years to
take trip to England, so you must look for.
ward to the same. Please to send me a sydney
paper, and Melbourne. if you get it, Now,
dear, with love TO sister, must conclude. From
you ever loving and aflectiouate BARON
The young lady believed him in every
thing and went about making prepare
lions for her approaching wedding Ev-
erything was ready for her departure when
news of her betrotheds arrest came, crush
ing her completely. She was taken to
Melbourne to give her testimony, and as
sisted as much as lay in her power to bring
the pseud baron TO justice. She sent a
letter to her sister. in which she wrote:
suppose you know all the news now | an
80 weary OF nothing but reporters and artists for
papers. think every one sympathizeS with
me, hut was very fortunate. / will 10 doubt
get work here, and then, perhaps, might see YOU
again, but VIII never return. Perhaps, dear
idR' II would be better for YOU to change our
now notorious name under my picture, 'sTbo
intended victim" suppose that they viii mt
me III the wax works Every one wants 10 take
us about, but don't Ike leaving the house
Every shop has tiariug news OF the Windsor
murder. and under every gas jei stands a crowd
reading In ali the railway carriages aud tram
ears hear nothing hat the same thing. Whata
hoeAeiY my wedding clothes are. l was look
ing at them last night
1t has not yet been established that
peeming is the notorious Jack the
Ripper but five more brutal murders
have been traced 20 him, and the evidence
thus far gathered points TO him as the
Whitechapei hend. swanson, in spit, of
the damning proofs against him, declares
has Innocence. \ number of uhotogranhs
belonging to the murderer, which may
prove to be clues of value. have becp
handed over TO the police. One is of
cabinet size. and represents yaupe
woman fashionablv dressed. Il Is h.,
heved that IL represents Mrs. Williams
the victim Of the Windsor tragedy. Other
photographs have been found. One i
that OF a young woman, another Of A lad
and another of an infant. On one pboto.
graph of a woman, supposed 10
he The Windsor victim, the imrrin,
appears 20 have been carefully removed
other photographs, according 10 the ina.
PRINT on their backs. were taken Al Shelf
field, England; Whitehayen. England:
Liverpool. England: Ohio. United States