Widnes Examiner. — 1892-04-16 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

DEEMING 1/117 PRISON. - •  A large leather-covered basket which had been Tying unclaimed at the Barnsdale Rail Way Station. in North Gippsland, since the 6th of January last, has been for warded to the Melbourne police by the stationmaster, who had been led by the recent disclosures to suspect that it might prove in have sorae connection with ther Windsor murder. rif was addressed to Mrs' L. Dobs,andi upori the label being serapared with the prisoner's Deem' ing's, hand-writing, ir was at on apparent that the suspicions of the railway officials were well founded. The basket was locked,' but by means of one of a bunch of keys found on Deeming when. he was arrested In I Western Australia, it was opened without the slightest I difficulty. It was found to contain's considepaile quantity of female apparel, including 801 rte linen bearing the .mark employed at Bueller's laundry..wfiither, it has been proved, " Drouin," as Deeming at thattirne called himself, sent various bundles of clothing from No. 57, Andrew-street (where the murder was-committed), about the end of December. Inside the liming of the basket were portions of the "Liverpool Evening Empress" of the 29th of August, 1891. The signcance of this discovery lies in the fact that another portion of the same newspaper bearing the sawn date, was found upon the scene of the murder.  The dresses which the besket contained having been shown to Mr. Hirschfeldt, he immudiatelY identified them as having been worn by Mrs. Williams in board the KaiserWilhelna 11. during the outward voyage. In consequence of these fresh discoveries, which tend to show that precisely similar methods were'employed irt England and Australia tie get rid of the murdered woman's clothing thevolice are causing a search to be made at every railway station, in the country, in the hope ofitrating the portions of the prisoner's luggage and effectS.which are it minting. . .  Deetning has, been very „quiet. He spends rno.it a his time in writing. When nolso engaged, he walks up and down his cellAncl discusses his case with his gablers. He speaks of the recent inquest as a "grand farce,"and says he is sorry it is at an end, as he is now deprived of all sources of amusement. To the governor of' the goal, speaking of the victim of the Windsor murder,.lie said, "She is not dead ;she will appear again all right." He continues to ask, for spirits and cigars,but is not allowed to have either He said to, the doctor on Saturday—referring to the.brandy which was given him after the inquest—" Why did yi,u give me that poison ,?":" Is is evident that he is doing his best to keep up the pretence of insanity,' As hezontinued to clamour for the spectacles whichtwere taken from him after his arrival,. the prison authorities have had his sight tested by oculists, and these gentlemenpronounce it perfectly good: The spectacles therefore-are still withheld from him: The Government medical officer, who has also examined the prisoner,, believes him to be perfectlYsane. He was unable tb findianything that tended in thedeast to support the opposite•conclusion. Deeming,he,thinks„ is merely acting a part,, and is not even ding it skilfully, being evidently a man with a certain, amount of superficial clevernessi, but no real deoth of character. The idea that the prisoner is not.entirely responsiMe for his actions is generally scouted, and no one would be greatly surprised if he.were to make a full confession. • A