Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1892-04-09 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUM.) rather than annoy him. He laughed loudly when told he was reported to have confessed that he wee " Jack the Ripper," and he denied that he had seer mentioned the matter to Mr. Haynes, the solicitor who acted for him at Perth, or anyone else. The woodcuts of his portrait which had been published in the Melbourne papers he also treated as a subject of merriment, asserting that they were vile caricatured. Several attempts which were made to photograph him were unsuccessful, a. he so distorted his features as to render them unrecognisable. Ultimately, a true likeness was obtained when he was off his guard by means of a pocket camera. Mr. Webster, who was Governor of Hull Prison while Deeming was confined there two years ago, says: "I have this day seen in Melbourne Gaol the prisoner Swanston alias Williams. He is the same man who, in the year 1890, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in Hull Prison, under the name of Harry Lawson." When Mr. Webster went into the cell and stood looking at the prisoner, the latter angrily demanded, "What are you looking ? I don't know you." "But I know you, Harry Lawson," Mr. Webster rejoined. Detective Brant, formerly a private detective at Johannesburg, subsequently identified the prisoner as Frederick Deeming, whom he had known in connection with certain South African swindles, and with the murder of a white man and two natives, at Johannesburg, in 1888. Among the prisoner's luggage are 113 pairs of trousers, one of which is stained with what looks like rtPrioefobnler's 'effTeehtser: copy hue 'dor thbeeencerif "flncadte'o"; °l7s marriage with his last wife, Miss Mather. Deeming's boxes contained a lady's hat and several ornamental belts of peculiar patterns, which Mr. Hirschfeldt declares were worn by Mn. Williams on board the Kaiser Wilhelm during the voyage to Melbourne. Three excellent photographs of the prisoner, one full face and one from each eide, have now been obtained. When he was again placed in position, Deeming rose end exclaimed, "1 won't be photographed." 'The Deputy-Governor, who was present, said, "You will do what you are told. Sit down spin atonce." Seeing that he could gain nothing by disobeying, Deeming then quietly submitted to the operation. He has since been very quiet. He is allowed to wear hi. own clothes, but is not supplied with any luxuries, though he now takes advantage of the privilege of having Ins meats sent in to him from a neighbouring restaurant. All his food, before it reaches him, is carefully examined by the authorities. Deeming is stripped and seerehed every night before retiring to rest, and his every movement is watched through an iron grating in the door by warden stationed outside. He continues to ask at intervals for Miss Rounsevell, who absolutely refuse, to go to the gaol for the purpose of according him an interview. _ _ . _  ' When brought out for identification, Deemin,g is placed among a number of other prisoners, who, like himself, are in everyday attire, and is allowed to stand in any attitude. A telegram which has been received from Perth state, that the cell where the accused was confined there has been examined, and from the appearance of the hairs of his moustache which have bees found it is evident that about threefourths of them, as formerly conjectured, were plucked out by the roots, and that the remainder were broken off. The Johannesburg police, who are inquiring into Thseming's antecedents, have been unable to find any confirmation of the accused's supposed identity with the author of the murders perpetrated there in