DEEMING’S CAREER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2351, 3 May 1892, Page 3

DEEMING’S CAREER.

From facts which have come into possession of the Sydney Daily Telegraph there is some reason for believing that Deeming was married to a young woman in Sydney early in 1887, whom he deserted some four weeks later. The girl, it appears, became acquainted with a plumber who was doing some work in the house where she was, and after meeting her two or three times, he induced her to marry him secretly. He informed her that he had been engaged to be married and had furnished a nice house in the suburbs of Sydney, but at the last moment the girl’s mother refused to give her consent. As he did not want to sacrifice the furniture he urged the girl to a speedy marriage She consented, and was married on a Sunday by a Wesleyan minister while her parents thought she was at church. The clergyman’s wife and mother were the only witnesses. The girl was at that time under 21 years of age but was induced to declare she was of age. She was taken to a house in the suburbs the same evening, but on the following Tuesday her husband informed her that he had to go to a plumbing job up country for a day or two. She saw him again on Friday night, and about twice a week for four weeks, the man always informing her that he was still at work up country. She then saw him no more, and after consulting the clergyman who married her she returned to the house of her parents. The young woman is of opinion that her husband is identical with Williams. The clergyman who married the pair and bis wife both remembered the circumstances, and gave a description of the man, which tallies with Deeming. Both noted his “ flash ” display of diamonds, his bragging style of talking, and recall the fact of his putting himself forward as a great traveller,