THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4069, 22 March 1892, Page 2

THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

IVosh Crimo? joisolosoft. EsoapadoflinJoliaaiieflTjcrff, ! Absurd Rtunoma^Tao&t. (United Press Association,) ; Ji London, March 20, Deeming had'eards printed on which " he styled himself manager of the New " Novitgelacht Goldmine at Klerksdorp, , in, South Africa,•■,*>l His possession of large sumsiof -I money., is accounted for by tho <L covory that .while in Africa ago he swindled a Transvaal bank out >•' of £IOOO. For':.lbis crime he was i wanted, as well as for swindling a gentleman in Bedford ; out ; of a large sum.i.n connection with a mining com-« : pany, It -js reported;that :at Antwerp ha, had.a Gladstono.bag-fullof sovereigns, In 1880 Deeming, with the aid of ' an accomplice] swindled jewellers in *• Johannesburg but of £3OOO worth of goods. ( While Jio. was. there two mysterious miiiders,were committed. ' Tho Curate of KainLill announced from tho pulpit tondav that Mis? Mather, the . week prejfcs to hlr a Wding, censured'hinlHßr casting ' doubts' on 'UuemiDg's bona fldetf. j' ;: i .lt'ha i s';been.discovered that after bis l wife tad, children 1 Deepaing shewed his friends a blood -ii l stained knife which he alleged had ' savedihimifrom tho'Kaffirs. There wera serious fighting at Rainhill to-day ( the flrowds' whiofr ■; tbronged the place having ■ iof;,'opinion as to'how Deeming would bcstjbe'punished. J(iu Crowds are visiting Bainhill, - The .deteotives have secured a por* > " trait'.'ofiMisHMflher, who it has:been • ascertained,' sailed.with, her husband )' for Melbourne.

Deoming'a brothel's are prostrated with shame and grief, but general sympathy is felt for theni,' ' : Further crimes arc alleged against the muideror, and most absurd and wild rumours are prevalent, Idontlflod Is Adelaide. Adelaide, March 21. A man passing by the mimo of Ward arrived here from Sydney in January, 1888, and lelt for South Africa in a sailing vegsel, Thesteward and others have identified him as Williams, The third'ehild mentioned in tbo London telegrams was bom on this voyage. Two fellow passengers alleged they were robbed of all their niouey by Williams. : Eis Reported St&yinNow Soaland. Dunedin, March 21. In the middle of 1888 a man named Williams catne Irom Wellington to South Dunedin, where he lived some time, He was accompanied by his wife and a servant- girl. Ho .bought woollen goods here, and bad stuff consigned to him from Wellington, and went about trying to dispose of the same. He bought a horse and boggy in the name of Mvs Williams and suddenly disappeared without paying all his debts. Ho used to wear loud jewellery, and had a habit of showing his money to peoplo, Ho spoke with a North County, accent, and his description corresponds with that given in the cablegrams, >