The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-18
DARK DEEDS.
Tho Liverpool Fiend Sailed Undor
O False Namo.
4 ,COLD-BLOoDED VILLAIN,
Who Removed All Obstacles When
He Wanted n Now Wife, is Brother
Summoned Before tho Coroncr's
InGucst.-Hc is Taken for tho Muir
dcrcr Himself on Account Of His
Resemblance to Him, md Narrowly
Escapes Doins Hrobbod.

LIVERPOOL, March 17.4The excite
mcnt caused by tho discovery yesterday
of tho flvo bodies buried under tho floor
OF d house ut Rain Hill, part Of tho
town OF Liverpool, shows no signs OF
abatement whatever and further dovd-
opmcnts nthccase are eagerly awaitsd.
1t has transpired that before coming
to England Williams, tho man whose ar.
rest ut Melbourne, lod to tho unearthing
Of tho bodies was living inSydncy, N. S.
w. Shortly after ho left this wife and
four children disappeared and it was
supposed that they followed Williams
to England. Rumors OF his intended
marriage to ayoung girl named Mathcr,
had reached Sydney. and it was natur-
ally supposed that Mrs. Williams and
her children had left Liverpool to pre-.
vent tho consummation OF this crime.
Williams did marry tho girl, and took
her to Melbourne, whore he killed her
in order to marry another girl.
Tho more the facts in this strange
case arc brought to light, the stronger
grows tho belief that Williams is the
most consummato cold-bloodcd william
that this or any other country has ever
produced. A theory has been advanced
that he is insane, but there has been
too much method in his madness for
this theory to gain many supporters.
Flo certainly appears to havo had q
mania for marrying, and nothing seems
to have d deferred him from putting his
wives out of the way, did they prove
obstacles to his contracting other biga-
nous marriages.
The police believe that he has CON-
mitted othermurdcrs than those known,
and the authorities at every place he is
known or supposed to have ever visited
have been notified to trace his move
ments in their respective localities.
TIE MURDERER's BROTHER.
1t has been learned that tho namo OF
Williams is an assumed one, and that
the murderer's propernam is Deemine,
the name under which he married tho
woman whose mutilated body was found
under the hcarthstone at Dinham villa.
Deeming has n. brother who resides in
Birkenhead, across the river from Liy-
crpool. land Zhe was summoned to Mt,
tend tho coroner's inquest on tho bodies
OF Mrs. Deemine and the four children.
Hc arrived at Rain Hill this afternoon.
Hc bears a most striking resemblance
to his brother, and some OF the people
in the crowd thought it was the mur-
derer himself. ss
The news spread with lightning-lil,e
rapidity that the murderer had re-
turned, in the excitement no one rocall-
ing that he was safely in the custody OF
the police at Melbourne. Tho crowd
hooted and yelled and finally made a
threatening rush for Deeming. The
latter thought that his life was in
danger and wasted no time in irving to
explain matters to the infuriated mob.
He sought safety in flight, which was
no'doubt tho wisest thing to do under
tho circumstances, and rushed to
hotel, in which he found shelter from
the yelling crowd OF men and boys who
followed him to the very doors of the
hostelry.
Two sisters OF Marie Dceming today
visited the place where the bodies arc
lying and identified the remains OF the
woman and also OF tho four children,
whose names were respectively given as
Bertha, Marie, Lila and Sydney.
OF GOOD FAMILY. Il
1t was ascertained that tho murderer,
Frederick Deeming, is member OF
good family residing in Birkenhead.
He has always been OF a restless dis
position and has led rowing, unsettled
life. Ho married tho woman Mario
James in 1850, and she accompanied
him to Australia. She remained in
that country for q number OF years and
returned to England in July last, bring
ing with her four children. The woman
and her childron remained with her
sisters until they mysteriously disap-
peared. The excavations in Rain Hill
villa were continued throughout the
day, but, In spite OF the closest search,
no further discovery ofbodies made.
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, March H.
Williams, it is expected, will reach
Perth tomorrow. Ho is we'll guarded
by tho police in view OF any dangerous
outbreak OF popular feeling against him.
After formal magistcrial inquiry at
Perth, Williams will be remended ior
court proceedings here.
DYNAMITE AT HIS noon