The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-03
DEFINING DOOMED TO DlE.
The Melbourne Murderer Found Guilty
by The Jury.
SEES{TIOEiL SCENES IN THE COURT.
{ha Prisoner EIh0rtS the Crowd for ever an Hour.
His COOIaesS Said to Have EeCH
Remarkable.
SEySgTIOIaL SCENES IN THE COURT.
Special to The MoRS1Ss CALL

MELBOURNE. May .2-The Jury in the
Deemiug case returned verdict of guilty,
and added that the prisoner was not insane.
When the trial of Frederick Bailey
Deeming for the murder Of his wife was re-
sumed this morning, the first witness was
Or. Springih0rp, who related Deeming's
explanation Of how his wives disap-
pesred. Daemipg said that while he and
his wife were living at Rainhll, near
Liverpool. q man named Ben Young told
him his (Deemjug's) wife would leave iin
for $50. He paid the money and his wife
left him. he supposed Young killed her
while he Deemiug) was coming to Mel
bourne with his second wife Miss Mather),
for whose murder he is now on trial. His
second WIFE Deeming said, confessed that
she was already married and left him in
Melbourne because she was afraid Of being
implicated in the murder Of his first wife.
Tie fact is, the Rainhili murder was
known to no one save Deeming until after
It was known that 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 suspicion that
DeemDg murdered his wife and children
at RainhiR. Il Will therefore be seen that
his statement relative to his second wife
leaving him for fear Of being implicated in
tie Rainhil murders is without truth.
After some further testimony Dr.. Spring
thOTp for the defense announced the case
closed.
The Crown counsel coutended that there
was not particle OF evidence Of the insan-
ity Of the prisoner.
At this point Deeming interrupted the
Crown counsel, and said, il was not the
law but the press that was trying him.. II
be could bring himself 10 believe that lie
committed the murder he would plead
guilty rather than TO submit to the gaze OF
the people in court, the ugiest race he had
ever seen. Some Of the witnesses against
him had deliberately lied. whatever he could
say would be dIsbeleyed. His witnesses
had been kept cut Of SIGHT. People had
sworn TO seeing him whom he never seen IN
his life. No time had been allowed him to
communicate with witnesses in England
and India. Il was not pleasant 10 confess
TO disease, mental or otherwise, but
he had determined to do so IN justice TO
himself and the community. For weeks to-
getheT he had suffered lapses of memory.
In his own mind he knew he was nOtguilty.
As long as Emily Mather had been his wife
he dealt with her as gently and affectionately
as It was possible for any man to 90.
The prisoner continued: Il remember
no incident which would lead TO this awful
crime with which / am charged. The
statement that body found in this city
was that of Emily Mather Is a lie. My one
comfort. IS the knowledge that she is alive.
The newspapers have ruined my life for
ever. If 1 was freed tonight l would
drown myself l do not fear death. I do
not expect justice from either judge, jury
or the public"
.Deemmg minutely criticized the evidence.
and declared that verdict Of guilty would
be the greatest relief to him. He said the
use of aliases was fad with him.
After the verdict was announced Deem
Ing asked the judge 10 refrain from the
usual exhoTiatiOB. The judge complied,
and simply announced the sentence Of
death. Deeming responded. compOsedly,
Thank you" Afterward Deeming said
the public would know his real history
after his death. II was better that the law
should destroy him than that he should de-
strOy himself In q strong voice he con-
tinued to rambie in a similar strain for
some time, and concluded by swearing his
innocence. He spoke altogether for an
hour. giving no signs Of hesitation OF ner-
.vousness. The judges summIng-up was
strongly against the prisoner.