Five More Vitims! Found.
LONDON, March 16 Detectives elicited further particulars with regard to Williams’ visit to Lancashire. He rented an empty house in Ramhill, and during his residence there was frequently visited by a woman who suddenly disappeared. There is grave suspicion in tbe village that her unexpected disappearance is due to foul play. Number of persons who came into contact with Williams about the time woman was last seen call to mind the fact that his clothes were spattered with blood. Landlord of house s'ates Williams himself placed a layer of cement under the floor of one of rooms in similar manner to the layer under the hearthstone in the cottage at Windsor, Vicioria. The woman seen about Williams house at Rainhill w»s accompanied by mo <»U>|.dren. fiolicassA are exploring the tWore of the bouse. Later : Investigations of pohee disclosed another horrible tragedy. Under the kitchen floor of the house he occupied they found the bodies of a woman and four children, one of the latter being a baby. I'he mother and one child had been strangled, tbe other three had their throats cut. All were buried together, which indicates that the murders were all committed at one time.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XII, Issue 22, 18 March 1892, Page 2
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201Five More Vitims! Found. Kaikoura Star, Volume XII, Issue 22, 18 March 1892, Page 2
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