THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4067, 19 March 1892, Page 2

THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

Revelations at RsiSaMii. T&s OarsMofWimatts/.v His Experience In (Jaol. [By Telegraph,] (Per United Press Association,) London, March 17. The children found under the floor of the house occupied by Williams in Rainhill had only tbeir nightshitlß on, but the woman was fully dressed, hoc clothes being of a particularly rich character. Her features were rather dark, and she was apparently a half, oaste. A rope was tied tightly round ber body, '

The results of enquiries prosecuted bythe policeshow thai Fredk, Deeming, alias Williams, was born near London.- He served ps a steward in various sailing ships during the early part of his life, and in 1881 married a women named Mary James, at Bir« kenhead, They had two children, Bertha and Mary, born in Sydney, and a boy named Sydney, born at sea. Williams returned" to England in' 1890, and a baby named Leila was born at Birkenhead. . Tie bodifes found jit Rainhill are those oi the wife and children. A copybook found in tho house bears the name of Bertha Deeming. 1 | It has been ascertained ibat another wOroan is missing who was seen in Williams 1 company. I In 1890, Deeming, under the name | of Harry Lawson, an Australian farmer, lodged with Mrs Maiheson, of Beverley, and married her daughter in May of that year, He gave ber a large quantity of jewellery, but deserted her at Huli at the end of the honeymoou, taking away with him thejewellery he bad given her. The articles had been obtained from local tradesmen under false pretences, and a wairant was issued against Lawson, who waß arrested in Uruguay and extradited to Hull, where lie was imprisoned on the charge for nine months. Dming the proceedings it came out lhat he had been already married at Birkenhead. Williams was released last July. Many robberies occurred in the vicinity of Rainhill una St, Helens last year, From the position in which the hodies were found it is jupposed that the cement was poured on them wet. The police are now digging in the pantry, which also bears traces of being newly cemented. It is believed that the heavy luggage which Williams is known to have sent away contained the blood-stained clothes of bis viotims, It is supposed that the murders wore committed on tliß 10th August, a few days after tho villa w&s.reuted. London, March 17, On examining the bodies disinterred at Eainhill, it was found that, the baby's brains Imd been dashed out,

Although • thoy are making a minute search tho police do not expect to find any other bod'es. The press ridicule the idea that Williams is "Jack the Ripper." The residents of Eainhiil frequently hud their suspicions, roused, by Williams' behaviour. The postman always nsed to find the doors bolted. Williams visited London on Saturdays and Mo days, and made a great display of his diamond rings and nugggets. He was once known to flourish notes to the value of £IOOO. Melbourne, March 18.

Williams is now known to the police under the names of Deeming, Lawson, Drew orDiowin, and Bailey, He firßt disappeared from Sydney in October, 1887, and is supposed then to have gone to England. He again returned to Sydney between tlwt and the present dates, He alleged that his wife and ohildren died in South Afrioa of intermittent fever,

The Latest Denouement.'' . New Phjiouth, Saturday. With reference to the Windsor murder many here say that a man named Arthur Williams, who in Deo. 28th, 1890, wbo charged with assaulting a girl near Inglewond, is the same man who is now under arrest, He got off with a fine of £ls, o? a month's imprisonment. Williams paid the fine and costs, amounts ing to nearly twenty pounds. Williams was hawking cloth about. He had a great deal of jewellry, and from the description of the man charged with murder, many here think lie was the same person, I