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THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

Tbo Inquest at Windsor. | . [By Telegraph.—Press A ssociation. j London, April 5, The city promoters of the Great 1 ftruger mine, South Africa, including some from Transvaal, deny Detective Brandt's statement that Deeming was connected with the conoern. Melbourne, April 6. ! Nineteen witnesses, including Miss Eourisefell, were axamined to-day at r the Windsor murder inquest, Nothing of an important character was elicited, the evidence for the most part proving the sale by accused of tlio contents 5 of the cottage at Windsor, The in--3 queat will probably finish tomorrow. ! Prisoner's Journey from "West Aus-? traiia, BoV to managol to altos his i appearance. (By Telegraph.] 8 [Per s,B. Wairarapa at the Bluff.] 9 Ou the way from Perth to Albany n crowds flocked to the various stations, r and the greatest excitement prevailed, cries of "Lynch him" being frequent «s gwanston appeared, After leaving [ Beverley the demonstrations ceased, 1 but the prisoner was evidently very ,e nervous. He had been thoroughly ~ frightened at York, and the scene ai Beverley had not tended to cilm him, r, He lay down at full length on the n seat, and dropped off into an uneasy sleep, which lasted for about , twe id hours, Suddenly he woke uf 3r with a start ai)j asked for somt ' water, There wgs none in the 1, carriage, bi|t 1)8 wag given a litlli a brandy, which be bad p soonei 1(1 swallowed than bo feil down in t faint. For about a quarter of an lioui efforts to rouse hiij) wprp gontinuet but without success, Then be wai apparently seized with a fit. Foui a, men in the compartment threw them .selves upon him, but though his armi 9 were useless his struggles were si ut desperate that it was hardly possi h e- to hold him. The fit was succeedei 3" by a fiollapse, and then the seizun ™ wa# constantly with sucl ' B ' violence tl,p Jio ( ur |nd a hal • tl of the journey was nothing but i continual struggle, When at 2 a.m the train arrived at Katauniuga , ft l Swanston completely collapsed, am ,1. fell into a sleep, which lasted unti ;al late in the morning, when be wok ne u'pi to everybody's astonishment ed without showing the BfgnH o exhaustion, Looking at his wrists «• which were badly swollen by hi t8 i severe struggles with the handcuff l|? ' be said," Hullo, what's this ? I inus " have been doing something Ins 4 nigh.U' Stf'.'pjjie is .able to tel whetier tbe'fitp wfifo genuine or not ed The prisoner .(?as Kepi' in Albap; Gaol in chargo of two policemen, am en he spent a whole day playing draught to ans weight, In botl ia ' of these he fas ,<Jefested ( and he ex cused hiinse]^ jby sayipg tliatljayiflgi mental strajn jiaij Cnfiited him. Hi id foy jjjijijjJy. Ai jf) o,' petcctiv ' 'lawsgygapfbp (Pflfler, foi)i}i :n v. -»i,i nj( m jilJriglit (jjjt g ie that everyi,,. Jlinn li r !j half-past five next wont to prepare the prisoner for em' jj barkation on the steamer, he fount Stt him clean shaved. Swanson,. whei 10 questioned, laughed and merely sail he bad wanted to shave badly. H' could not disguise bis triumph at tb r- success of his manoeuvres, and his fag ie wore a grin all the way to the steamer ;1 " Since this episode, it has been decidei st to always handenff the prisoner ti another man; n " The whole affair deepens the im lit pression that the file in the railwai to carriage were only a part of a clevo >e scheme to get his handcuffs taken off '• They were moved in the gaol, am thus the plot succeeded. He made thi alteration with a. piece of broker bottle, chopping off his moustache ii J 8 such a way as to completely alter liii [r appearance, making him look abou ut 20 years younger. Some of the hail 'I- was found in the cell, and 75 per cen P" appears to have been plucked out bi 3, the rOots, It is now evident that Deeming wil set up a plea of insanity,

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4084, 8 April 1892, Page 2

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THE WILLIAMS MURDERS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4084, 8 April 1892, Page 2

THE WILLIAMS MURDERS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4084, 8 April 1892, Page 2

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