THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4072, 25 March 1892, Page 2

THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

' AOontiauouaßecoriof Crimp. :: [United Press Assooution.l >, ' London, Marvb 22. ' k A spade bearing marks of having i been used in cement work, and with \ bloodstains on it, has been found ' among Deeming effects, at Rainliill. ' Soil taken from the grave had been used to raise the pantry floor to ' a level with a passage in the house, , after which the boards were nailed down. ;■: ? ■*. : : ■ ;.; \p- • : 'A barmaid engaged at the Com~ ; mnrcial Hotel at the time the murders are alleged to have been committed, - -states; that Deeming was usually abstetuiotia, but indulged.;in liquor on the night Huoceedirig the ; murder; giviug as a pretext that he wascold, l!,:: ' i;: '"■■■': - : Hewitt, a jeweller, carrying on business in St. Helens, 12 miles north of Liverpool, states that at the end of July or the beginning of August he made Deeming a gold scarf ring. The • stones, which were supplied by Deeming himself, consisted of sapphires in the centre, with two large diamonds on either sides, surrounded by: a scroll of diamonds. Hewitt, suspecting the stones were the proceeds of; a robbery,, informed the police. A lady closely i veiled- was with Deeming when ordering the ring. , - • ; A pawnbroker, of Prescott-street, Liverpool, possesses two rings pledged at the end, of August or tlie beginning of September last, by a man giving the name of John Taylor, ,but who is believed to be' Deeming, One is a striking mourning ring, with a raond in the centre of a square of black enamel;; the.othei is a diamond and pearl ring. 'Both are said. to. tally with the description in tho hands 1 of the Melbourne police. The Liverpool Courier asserts that the. details published regarding the criminalDeeroing do'not disolose his whereabouts at the time the Jack he' Eipper outrages .were being perpetrated. Deeming Las been proved to have' a continuous record of crime in England, Canada, and Antwerp.' The press contains columns about him everyday. ...,;.. ,- Maroh 23rd.: On the morning after'the murders Deeming went in his night ,drcss to, take in the milk. : Antwerp pipers allege that Deeuv ing moved in good circles during his visit there, and that he was known as Lord Dunn. He re-visited Antwerp despite the many swindles he had perpetrated., . . .'..■.,■.'■ Deeming claimed to be a Freemason, and showed the necessary signs, but it is helieved that he obtained the knowledge without membership. ! The police report that, when Deeming was being conveyed from .Monte Video to Hull, to answer the • charge of obtaining goods under false pretences, he was constantly on the alert, and in required the utmost' care to prevent him making his escape,..... : To-day the police dug toacousider- ' able depth in the lobby, pan try, . coaohbouse and stable of Deeining's residence in Rainhill, but nothing further was discovered.'; Deeming's charge of his wife's (Miss Mathers) infidelity in Melbourne has aroused, indignation in Rainliill, where sho was always known as a : modeat woman; ' _ < ' ":',;. Pbbtu, March 24. 1 Shortly after his arrival at the ' Southern Cross mine Swansbn entered into negotiations for the erection of a '• dwelliri'ghouse for Miss Bounsefell, ' his bride-eleot, and among the dirco- ' tions ho gave was that the floors cf some of the rooms be cemented." ' Accused was remanded to Mel--1 houme. His counsel strongly oppo» sed the remand, and it is believed he " will apply for a writ of Wow, corpus.