Arizona republican., 1914-07-20
TRIAL OF DEFINING


 der trials of recent years was that of Frederick Bailey Deeming, which was concluded in Melbourn, Aus tralia, on May ?, 1892 It required a long fight to convict him against his heard this plea and the evidence produced at the trial were willing to was either the greatest fiend that ever lived, or he was insane. How ever, the jury judged him the former.
 In order to carry out his supposed insanity Deeming confessed to all sorts of crimes, even to the state ment that he had committed the ma jority of the Jack the Ripper" mur- ders in London. But as he was not in England at the time that most of these murders occurred and was in jail when the latter ones were committed, it is very evident that his statements were false.
 Deeming was no doubt guilty Of many murders. The murder for which he was tried and convicted was that of his second wife, Mrs. Williams, who was killed while he masqueraded under that assumed name. He was married to his third wife when he was arrested, but they were just spending their honeymoon,
 
 was saved through his arrest.
 When early in the nineties Deem ing arrived at Rainhill, England, he rented, in that pretty village on the outskirts of Liverpool, a handsome cottage. Shortly afterwards he brought to this home a wife and four children. He had resided there but a short time when the woman and children disappeared, and by way of explanation he told them it was sister and her children who hac been visiting him.
 Nothing further was thought o1 the incident, but every one was sur prised to find that Deeming hat suddenly taken his departure. H. sailed for Australia When he start ed away he changed his name t' Williams and carried with him wifi number two. who was known as Mrs Williams They began homekeepinl at Windsor, a suburb of Melbourne Australia. They had lived there un It Christmas time when he myster | til Christmas time, when he myster name of Swanston.
 The house where the Williams haA | lived at Windsor remained unoccu pied for two months and when was rented on March 1. 1892, tn family, in moving in detected a pc culiar and unplea sant odor about tn | fireplace, which showed evidence O | it having recently been cemente
 over This cement covering was re moved, and the body of Mrs. Will l liams was discovered underneath. De | tectives at once set to work to fin l Williams, and they located him i
 Melbourne living under the name c Swanston with a woman he had jus
 married as his third wife. He va
 carted off to prison, and along wit him a new barrel of cement whic he had just purchased, evidentl
 with the idea of walling up Mir Swanson after he had murdered he At the trial it was discovered tha
 wife number two had been murdere on Christmas eve, 1891. The deteC ltive force who had identifie
 Swanston as Williams began an ir
 vestigation of the career of the maj
 The account of the cement -hidde
 murder at Windsor was telegraphe
 to England and with the meag'
 information of the past life of tf
 man it was thought that be WE probably Deeming, and an investige ton was started to see if son light could not be thrown on 1T disappearance at Rainhill of MT Deeming and her four children. Tn was started principally through ev dence given by the mother of MT Deeming.
 The house in which the Deemint had lived in England was thorough ly overhauled, and when the floor the kitchen was torn up. It W; found that Mrs. Deeming numb one and her four children had bee murdered and cemented under il floor of the fire place A full il
 vestigation disclosed how the mu . ders had taken place.
 The trial of this murderer excite q great amount of attention in 6 parts of the world. The announc ment of the verdict at MelbOurl ] was greeted with cheers and gener ] expressions of satisfaction. Deemir was executed at Melbourne on M; 23, 1892 He persisted in denying the last that he was guilty of Il \ Rainhill murder. He had never he declared, Host his self-control England, as he had since his arriv in Australia He made no stat ] ment and left no confession. 1T execution was witnessed by a lar igathering, including government al civil officials and magistrates.
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