THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4102, 2 May 1892, Page 2

THE WILLIAMS MURDERS.

A Denial of Insanity. [PBEB3 ASSOCIATION.] . London, April 28, In his affidavit, Edward Deerait declares that his father cruelly treat* hia wife before the birth of Fredericl He also says that his father alway disliked and ill-treated Fred, wl proved to be a stubborn and inttac able youth, Returning after lor wanderings in distant lands, Fh exhibited noticeable eccentricities, an showed a strange conceit of himsella tiaitin his character which had ni been observed before bo left horn His father, Edward goes .on to Say i the affidavit, attempted to coram suicide on four different occasion: and eventually died imbecile, , Mrs Edward Deeming has made a additional affidavit partly cohfirmin the account of Frederic 1 'a delusiot with regard to the apparition of h mother, but denying that she evi heard Frederick assert that his raotln prompted him to murder females. Owine to the fact that Mr Ly has withdrawn from the defence i Melbourne, the London solicitoi decline to cable the contents i affidavits made by Deeming's reli tives until a guarantee is given f< payment of costs, April 29. Albert Deeming denies that Fret erick, or any member of the famil; was ever in&ano, or under restrain He condemns Frederick for alatiderin his dead parents, and also denies tin he was ever known as' 1 Mad Fred," Melbourne, April 80. Nothing fresh has occurred t Deeming's trial. The exhibits in tl: case are so numerous that the Com resembles a general store. It is e) peeled that the case will conclude t( day. The prisoner's demeanour is that < a man who has abandoned hope. H looks careworn and dejected.