Widnes Examiner. — 1892-03-19 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE MARRIAGE TO MISS MATHER. There was a curious circumstance about the marriage of Miss:Mather which has not gone unnoticed. Towards' the end of August Williams gave it out that holwas going to travel abroad for a considerable time, and it being .understood that he was bound for India, and that he would return in. the spring to claim his bride-Tor good, a banquet was held at the Commercial Hotel, towhich the leading residents of the place were invited. The following is a copy of the invitation card issued on that occasion :—Mr. Albert.O. Williams requests the pleasure of the company of-- at a social banquet at Mr. 'E. H. ,Shores Commercial Hotel, Rainhill, on Wednesday, August 26i 1891. previous to his departure from Rainkill. at 7.30 p.m. The evening will conclude with toasts, addresses, songs, &e." The card was artistically got up, and on the folded wings at the .back was the silvered initial." W." in conspicuous lettering. A very happy evening was spent, and the health of the future couple was duly pledged in flowing bunrpers. It was arranged that another banquet would be laeld at the same hostelry when the bridegroom returned. -He duly took his departure, but it was believed he never went further than,Liverpool, and he turned up again very unexpectedly at the village, when the marriage was hastily pushed on. ,A singular feature of the proceeding was that Williams did not take his bride to the villa in Lawton-road. •After the marriage the pair proceeded to New Brighton ,and subsequently to the South. of England. Withanas had lareviouslY disposed of the furniture he had purchased in Liverpool, by private sale. The banquet at •the • Com•nlereial was not settled for,, but he agreed to tet the landlord take some things in part payment of the bill, .and a dining table, some chairs, and a bed, ostensibly purchased for the.principal—Colonel Brooks—were accepted irr this .way, the balance being handed over in cash. Something.; was alleged as to the great-expense to whichiColonei ,-Brooks was put, and so the villa was broken up. It is stated that Williams had a lot of heavy beGes.at . the villa and these he wished :to have removed. HO spoke to the landlord of the Commercial Hotel about them; and he offered to take them away. but in the meantime, Williams engaged . a tradesman ,trf St. Helens to do the workoand they were somewhat ciandestinely removed: Cellrat they contained was never 'hnown. • Williams left at. the Commercial Hotel two leather travelling ,bags, one of the Gladstone type, anti the other a ‘portmanteau. These, in the light of the reYela,aans recently made, have been w...rowly scruti 'fbe portmanteau has the maker's label "Scott Brothers " distinctly impressed on it, but the place of. the manufacture has teen scratched out with a !penkore. Th.veare traces of sealing we at the apertures as-if the portmanteau Lad contaicaedeurnething of great , value. Inside there are stains applrently of bleed. 'Various partly-eff aced relway labels refer to Liverpool, Hull, and other places. There are aZzo some 'Masonic kigns4rtside. According to a further report from Australia, it is stated that, in addition .to the hady..c.l Miss Mather, vribictifiaas been discovers, a woman ard two children had :been missiec for some time. If these cases be conneertedwith Wikams, they bring up thetatal number of murders to nine.  tau'  When 'Wittiaras returned to Rainhill, letter a visit to London, ki his., gorgeous though somewhat faded and worn-otrtaailitaryclethes, he.created quite a sensation. People were not a little curioue to know to what regiment he -belonged, and he answered their imuisitivoness