THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4066, 18 March 1892, Page 2

THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

Williams' Career af Home. Another Sorrtylo Crime. [By Telegbatu—Press Abbooution] March , The detectives have elicited further particulars with regard to Williams' visit to Lancashire, It appoars that < ho rented an empty house in Bainhill, and duriug his residence thbre was frequently, visited by a woman, who suddenly disappeared. Id the light of what has transpired of late concern*. iDg Williams' career, there is grave suspicion in the village that her unexpected due to foul play, A number of persons who came into contaot with Williamsabout the time the woman wan last seen uow call to mind the fact that his \. clqthca wore wjth blood; aud bj ttie lahdlord of'tlib' houiio tf]ap | VVilliarps placed a cemeot under the floor of one rooms in a similar manner t" jnfe layer under the hearthstone oE the cottage at Windsor, The detectives have also ascertained that after leaving Bainhiir Williams and his wife lodged at as hotel in London for a few daya before taking the steamer for Australia. During his -» stiiy jji tjje cjty j]e obtained many cases of goods'by meajis t)( folpj) ■ pretences. He .also purchased' number of files and drills, and incurred bills at jewellers for altering articles of jewellery, diamonds and plate, apparently in order to change appearance. It wgs noticed tjiat during his residence at thq Jjotpl Williams wore a large number of diamonds, and that he was not backward in displaying his jewels. March 16. • The woman who used to be seen about Williams' house at. Rainhill, and aftowafds disappeared, was accotnpanied by tyyo children, The W. ; poljce are now exploring the floosof the house. When it was give ' Wilhaips sent away some heavy boxes; ■ . 34T??., The investigations of the police have disclosed another horrible trago* ily, which will no. doubt be laid to Williams' charge, Under the kitchen? • floor of the house he occupied have been found tho bodies of a woman and four children. One of the latter is a baby. The mother and one child .were strangled, and the other, threo had their, throats cut. All bad been, r buried together, which points to the murders being all committed at the cains tine.

• r . . Later ParticularsLondon, March 16, ■v .. When 'Williaiua arrived at Rainhill k in July his clothes wcro dirty and disarranged, and ho had every apjiearance of having travelled a long distance, He put up at tho Commercial Hotel in tho village, and engaged a bedroom, • Ho had very little luggage

* with him. Shortly after his arrival ___ ho was visited by a lady whom he described as his sister. She only called on biiu once, and he afterwards gnvfi out that she had gone to Port _- Said. Williams had not been long in • Rainhill bt-fore ho rented Deuliam Villa, paying six months rent in advaucf, The house waß situated in a lonely locality, and his exouso was tlat lio wanted it for a Colonel * Brooks, who, however, never put in an appearance. Williams paid a flying visit to Liverpool, where lie purchased furniture lor tho house, ' He tried to exclude all visitors from tbo premises, but in spite of his efforts a woman and two or three children were observed to gain admittance. Someone remarked upon ; : this to Williams, but ho was ready with an explanation, saying that the visitors were his Bister and her ; children, who had gone away but ; returned unexpectedly. Some time altor this Williams complained to the landlord that the > drainage of the villa was doJwive, and explained that he had 4Bn repairing the floors, and lwd employed a plnsterer lo complete the work of cementing the hearth. This was followed by a complaint from a charwoman with regard to an offensive smell about the preniises. Williams then left the house and returned to the Commercial Hotel, where he took up his abode, disposing of the furnijv ture at the villa for what it would || bring, j|| It was after his return to the hotel j|l that Williams entertained 17 of the ipf villagers at a banquet, during which tii he announced that lie intended to §| marry Miss limily Mather, Ho showed his guests an amount of money he had in his possession, and displayed his diamonds and other or" tides of jewellery. On several subsequent occasions lio appeared in public in a military uniform. After his engagement with Miss Mather he lived with her parents, His marriage took place hurriedly early in the morning, and tha newly wodded couple left the village verv Suddenly. A strong objection was taken to the marriage by tho girl's - brother, bnt the other members of tho family saw no reason why the union should not take place. * To-day the police broke the cement casing under the floor. After digging for over an hour they were met by a sickening 6mell, which almost compelled them to retreat from tho vicinity. When broken to pieces and the cement was cleared away, a tablecloth and a woman's apron were exposed to view, and under these they first discovered the bodies of a woman and two children, wrappod in cloth, and a quantity of turkish towelling, Iho woman was lying on her back between tho two children, who were V lying with their faces downwards. Further explorings revealed the bodies of a boy and another girl r * buried at their mother's feet. All the f bodies were buried in cement. The ages of the children were nine, seven, 1 five years, and eighteen months resJectively, while the woman's age was kyears. About the time he cemented the I floor Williams must have been courting Miss Mai her, and the police have ascertained that lie bought four barrels of cement, paying for them in $ Miss Mather's name. The revelations have caused intense excitement in Rainhill and Liverpool, and the public wildly declaro that ' Jack the Ripper has now been discovered,