THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4070, 23 March 1892, Page 2

THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

' KtftU. • -\< Tet Aaotbor Love Aflair. Eovr Dooming Has Boon S&afloweJ. London, March 21. It is believed that amongst Deeming's luggage discovered at Plymouth is the clothing of another of his victims. A Hartlepool merchant, who was best man at Deeming's wedding at Beverley, declares tint the latter swindled him, as well as several tradesmen in Antwerp. Deeming tried to marry a girl in Liverpool in July, and presented her with much jewellery.' He regularly attended worship while in Rainhill. He desired Mrs Mather to sell her little property, it is believed with the object of securing Miss Mather's share, After his wife left the Cape, Deeming and an accomplice obtained £6OO in Durban for a gold commission, and next, he secured the confidence of Mesara Grice a'ud Anseli, who intw< duced him to a Johannesburg banker, from whom he borrowed £3OOO. In connection with the latter he gave Capetown references, and these were answered by the accomplice. Deeming made good the Bank's advance, Deeming defrauded Mr Courtenay, of Capetown, out of a large quantity of jewellery. When he returned to England he was shadowed by a private detective from the Transvaal and by the police at Birkenhead, Stockton-on-Tees, London, and Pembroke. Finding that he was dogged, Dcemino doubled back to Australia, taking passage by the s,s, Jumna, Another detective boarded the veasol at Thursday Island, but Deeming managed to evade him, and slipped away at Brisbane. He was next heard of at Port Said, and then at Birkenhead and Beverley. Perth, March 2.2, During the voyage here Swanson (Williams) asked the permission of a fellow passenger to pay addresses to thelatter's niece, but the request was refused. Detective Oawsey, of the Victorian police, accompanied by MrHirschfeldt who was a fellow passenger with Williams in the Kaiser. Wilhelm, has ar« rived here. A number of prisoners including Williams, were paraded, and Hirschfeldt picked out the ac> cused, Swanson has secured the services of a solicitor of well-known ability in criminal proceedings, and it is believed that every legal technicality will be raised with the view of preventing the prisoner being handed over to the Viotorian police. The case comes on to-day, Among gwanson's effects is a marriage certificate in the names of Albert Williams and Emily Mather. A. knife closely resembling a dissect- ■ ing knife has ako been found, Swanson eats smokes, and sleeps well, and. appears to be perfectly happy. He protests that he is not the Windsor murderer, although he believes his wife was murdered at Windsor, and says that in consequence of her conduct with another man he quarrelled with her at the Federal Coffee Palace in Melbourne, and has never seen her since, story o£ Man's Ocuel Dapliolty. How OTliama Oourtei a Sweet Australian airl. Nanw and Lucky Escape. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, March 16, , On a trip to Sydney, Williams made the acquaintance of a charming young; lady named Eounsefell, an orphan, ! some of whose friends live at Batlmrst, Now Soiith Wales, Miss Eounsefell . had been staying at Broken Hill with , her brother, who is a storekeeper | there, and was returning to New ' South Wales on the steamer Adelaide, , The young lady suffered from mal de mer, and Williams came forward in his role of medical adviser, just as he djd to some of the passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm 11, Ho was unremitting in his attention to the unaccompanied young lady, and she could not feel otherwise than grateful. 1 Utterly oblivious of any ulterior r motive, aha found him a pleasant [ man, and when he spoke of his » derings about the world and his 1 "loneliness" her womanly heart went forth to him, and she reciprocated his 1 sentiments, There we have the ' explanation of how Williams was 1 seen at Bathurst. Miss Eounsefell's 1 sister lives there, Brief as the ' acquaintance was, Williams induced [ Miss Rounsefell, who is little more 1 than 20 years of age, to engage her- ' self to him, and presented her with iiis'mohdered wipe's niscs 1 and brooch. One of the rings was a 1 very valuable one, set in sapphires and diamonds. He and his unsuspecting fiance spent some dajrs in Sydney, where he was seen by Captain Firth, but Miss Rounsefell did not hear the conversation when the Captain asked about" Mrs Williams," whom he had known on board the Kaiser Wilhelm'. Williams left Miss Eounsefell at Batburat, and wrote several letters to 1 her in most endearing terms. It was arranged that they should b,e married, 1 apd he still §tuck to the stp'ry that ho 1 was an engineer, and told her that ho had secured an appointment in Wcs--1 tern Australia. . He was liberal with | hia money, and the young lady secured 1 an extensive outfit with which to follow fjiin to Western Australia, wlrere the !! marriage" was to take place, ghp l)ad actually arrived at Melbourne 1 en route when THE POLICE INTERCEPTED HER 1 with the news of his arrest, When all had been made clear to her she sent the following telegram to her sister!-" I have gene to the seaside until this painful affair has blown over." She is a tall, rosy-complex-ioned young woman, with a good figure, Sjiealoppe'handeilovfr all the' presents sjie h.ad peeped fro'w Wjlliama to the detectives. nafflß did ppt appear pn the passenger list of the steamer Adelaide, and when they reached Bydney Misß Eounsefell noticed this. He gave the ii"!? e °f B ftr( m Swanson, Asked for the reason, he rep!L°l! tliat he had booked on board, but it is supppsej) that ho booked in yet another alias, lorepeaf al| tjm falsehoods that Williams told Miss Bon'nftefell • js unnecessary. He lied to her just as he has lied throughout the piece, and she recognises that she has had a narrow escape, for whjoh she is very thankful, 'Mjss Eounsefell on Monday regeiyed a te|egraphjc message from'the prisons in Western Australia, dated the 12th inst, from Southern Cross, as follows:—" Miss Eounsefell, P, and O. Company's office, Melbourne.; Do not conie. Go home. I aih leaving here tomorrow -B, Swanson." i He was arrested'on the 11th instl, so he appears to have had some feeling for the young woman, or perchance he did not care;; to face her under 'the fearfully altered cirotimstances, ■'•'■' .■'■

TOUAMgVIiOVE LEITEE. ' The last letter received by Miss Bounsefeil from him was on the 12th of February, ; as follows;—-' From B. Swanson, Southern Cross, Yilgam Goldfield, Western Australia.—My dear Kitty,—Lose no time in leaving Bathurat to voyage to Western kwv tralia, Do not keep me waiting for you dear, If you loved me half as much as i love you, you would not keep me waiting a day, As we are to he man and wife dear, why not let it be at onco. I have written to your brother at Broken Hill, informing him of our approaobing marriage. I have all in readiness here, so comejquickly. The appointment I have got gives me LG a week for the first six months, and then L 8 10s thereafter, In addition I have houseboat free, and Bhould be able to eatn L 3 a week extra. But Ido not intend to stay here all my lite. 1 shall make enough money in about two years to take a pleasure trip to England, and then we will spend a happy time indeed, Write or wire if you can eome at once. lam longing to hear from you, sweet one. Send me your photo, darling. It will be company for me in my loneliness here. Do try and come quickly, love, and you mightsenda Sydney or Melbourne paper if you can get it. Your own Baron. God Bless you." ; The letter was answered, and the photo sent, but Miss Bounsfell forgot about the paper.