THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9383, 24 March 1892, Page 2

THE WINDSOR TRAGEDY.

THE ALLEGED MURDERER'S ATTITUDE. A CAREER OV CRIME. \] fßy ELECTHIC TELEGRAPH.—CorYHIGHT.I (Per Press Association.) Perth, March 22. (Received March 23, at 12.30 p.m.) Barron Swanston was remanded until Friday The prisoner, who has now been conclusively identified as Deeming, appears to be breaking down. _ ° A striking deficiency occurred in the returns from the gold mine at Southern Cross durinc Swanston's engagement. When arrested Swanston had just received a newspaper containing the announcement of the discovery of a woman's body under the floor of ihe cottage he occupied at Windsor. Melbourne, March 23. (Received March 23, at 12.15 p.m.) The inquest on the body of Mrs Williams, which was found under the floor of a cottage in Windsor, has been adjourned for a fortnight. (Per Press Association.) London, March 22. (Received March 23, at 10.40 a.m.) Messrs Cook and Sons state that a man giving the name of A. E. Williams paid a deposit on October 27 last to secure two second cabin passages from Southampton to Melbourne m the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm The balance of the money was paid the following day in the name of A. E. Williams Deeming, with another taller man, stayed at Chester m October 1889, where be bought a gun, and ordered it, along with cartridges, to he sent to H. Lawson, care of Mathieeon, in Beverley. A receipt for the articles was sent on November 17, signed by " G. F. Gray, for H. Lawson," and written on a paper bearing the printed heading "Mount House Farm Rockhampton." Deeming's accomplice at the Cape circulated the report that Deeming died at Durban Many swindles were perpetrated at Port Elizabeth m 1889, and it has now been ascertained that they were the work of Deeming and his accomplice. The police have traced all the women who were known to have visited Deeming. He purchased a considerable quantity of scent •hortly before the murder of his wife and four children. A neighbour who casually called in at Denham Villa found Deeming on his knees cementing the floor and quietly smoking a cigar, with a glass of port wine beside him. Sarah Oates, a great friend of Emily Mather and Mrs Mather are completely prostrate at the terrible revelations which have been made during the last few days. (Received March 23, at 10.40 a.m.) Deeming while residing at Hastings attempted to swindle a publican of L 55. (Received March 23, at 8.20 p.m.) A spade bearing the marks of having been used in cement work and with blood stains on it has been found among Deeming's effects at Rainhill. The soil taken from the grave had been used to raise the panL-y floor level with the passage in the house, after which the boards were nailed down. A barmaid engaged at the Commercial Hotel at the time the murders are alleged to have been committed states that Deeming was usually abstemious, but indulged in liquor on the night succeeding the murder, .giving as a pretext that he was cold. Hewitt, a jeweller carrying on business in St Helens, a town 12 miles north of Liverpool, states that towards the end of July or the beginning of August he made Deeming a gold scarf ring, the stones for which were supplied by Deeming himself. It consisted of sapphires in the centre, with two large diamonds on either side surrounded by a scroll of diamonds. Hewitt suspecting the stpnes were the proceeds of a robbery informed the police. A lady closely veiled was with Deeming when ordering the ring. A pawnbroker of Prescott street, Liverpool, possesses two rings pledged at the end of August or the 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 diamond in the centre of a square of black enamel. The other is a diamond and pearl ring. Both are said to tally with the description in the hands of the Melbourne police. • (Special to Press Association). London, March 22. (Received Maroh 23, at 4.50 p.m.) The Liverpool Courier asserts that the details published regarding the criminal Deeming do not disclose his location at the time the Jack the Ripper outrages were being perpetrated. Deeming has been proved to have had a continuous record of crime in England, Canada, and Antwerp. The press contains columns about him every day.