THE RAINHILL MURDER

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3071, 22 March 1892, Page 2

THE RAINHILL MURDER

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPTBIGHT). London, March 18. The coroner's inquiry in connection with the Itainhill murders has been adjourned. Further startling disclosures are expected. It is believed that the boxes sent to Plymouth contained clothes and earth which was removed from under the • floor. A box of clothes has been found at Falmouth, some of the garments in which are stained with r blood - Williams' absences from Eammll \ were caused by visits to his family at Birkenhead, and not by journeys to . T.» n ;i nn no of firaf. ■siinnnsf'rl. The

police are now looking for the nurse who attended his wife. The theory that Williams is Jack the Eipper is negatived by many of the dates on which the crimes were committed. At the inquest on the remains of the victims of the man Williams, Albert Deeming gave evidence to tho effect that seven months ago he had dreamt that his sister-in-law and her children had been murdered. His statement created a sensation. The clothes discovered at Plymouth included much belonging to the children including their toys. The large box is still missing. The inquest will probnbly result in a verdict of murder, jmpleting the case in every respect, so that if the prosecution fails in Melbourne Deeming (alias Williams) will be brought here to stand his trial on the capital charge. The inquest has been adjourned for a week. March 19. _ Further enquiries by the police elicit the fact that Mary James and her sister Martha, servants at Birknnhead and Pembroke, married Frederick and Albert Deeming respectively. Mary was a short dark woman bearing a resemblance to one of the bodies recovered. The Hull police have identified the portrait of Williams with the man who passed under the assumed name of Harry Lawson, and who married Miss Matheson. Considering him to be a daring and ingenious scamp, tho Governor of the gaol, caused a. portrait to bo taken of him before he left the Hull pi'ison. A Masonic costume and many of the clothes found at Plymouth are marked Deeming. Deeming left many portmanteau at Birkenhead, Hull, and Kainhill,.and these are believed to be the spoil of several robberies and burglaries. At the inquest Albert Deeming stated that he lasb saw his brother Frederick and his wife in July. He understood at tho time that they were ..._• l. ti_:«-u:ii *„„ „ f n ,,, Aaiia nnrl

gcing to Eainhill for a few days, and then to California. A fortnight afterwards he saw his brother Frederick, dressed in military uniform with silver facings, and the latter stated he was going on an exploring expedition to the Argentine Republic. Frederick told Albert's wife early in August that his family were at Brighton. Shortly before Mary (Frederick's wife) left Albert's house for Rainhill, Frederick took £100 from his wife, vho with her family stayed at Albert's for nearly two years after returning from the Cape. The medical evidence attributed the death of the wife and children, Marie Leila, and Sidney to their throats being cut, while Bertha had been strangled. Much of Frederick's jewellery has been discovered to bo spurious, and several of Frederick's transactions with forged cheques in Liverpool proved that ho had an accomplice. On mattresses sold to Mr Mather and the landlord of the Commercial Hotel slight bloodstains have-been discovered. Deeming had cards printed on which he stated himself manager new Novidgelacht Gold Mine at Klerskdojg in South Africa. His possession of large sums of money is accounted for by the discovery that while in Africa two years ago he swindled a Transvaal .Bank out of £4,000. For this crime he was wanted as well as for swindling a gentleman in Bedford of a large sum in connection with a Mining Company. It is reported that at Antwerp he had a Gladstone bag full of sovereigns. Adelaide, March 21. A man passing by the name of Ward arrived here from Sydney in t 1000 n ~A !,-,«• *r>7. KrmfJi

January 1888, and lett tor ooutn Africa in a sailing vessel. The steward and others have identified him as Williams. The third child mentioned in the London telegram was born on the voyage. Two fello.v passengers alleged they were robbed of all their money by Williams. Sydney, March 20. The police are busily engaged investigating the houses where Deeming, alias Williams, [resided in Perth, March 19. Williams arrived at Perth in cwstody yesterday. When arrested he declared his innocence, maintaining that his name was Swanson, not Williams. The police, however, have secured large quantities of Swanson's effects, including photographs and correspondence, which, it is understood, establish his identity. Duriu" the journey to York Williams ate and slept little, and fainted twice. He maintained a cheerful appearance, and spoke confidently of his ability to prove his innocence. At York railway-station he addressed the crowd, telling them that he was perfectly innocent, but had been victimised by a woman. At Perth a thousand people were in waiting for his arrival. The prisoner looked travel-worn and anxious, butsuput on an air of bravado.