DEEMING DOOMED.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 19, 23 April 1892, Page 8

DEEMING DOOMED.

SENTENCED BEFORE TRIAL.

''He mightn't be the man at all," oltf old Father William said; , " It's evident," his friend replied, "few papers you have read: " Each day I find fresh proof of gnilfc i when I my papers scan," "I know/ said Father William, "still. he mightn't be the man." , [ "Of course he is the man, a fool with

: half a head would know " He's 'Jack the Ripper' Deeming is— the Herald says its so — " Who carried out his awful crimes with i diabolic plan." "I know," said Father William, "still this mightn't be the man." "That Windsor murder proves he is» and I am quite content " No other man would kill his wife and lay her in cement; "Besides, there waa a woman killed before he left Prahran." ."I know," said Father William, "still this mightn't be the man." " Just read the Star, you'll find it says he is the man —no,doubt " He had a long career/but now his sin has found him out. " * Blood cries for blood' (that line waa writ when first the world began)." " I know," said Father William, " still this mightn't be the man." "The Argus gives us further proof— the fearful Rainhill.crimes ■(" As cabled from the columns of the mighty London Times), " Were his, beyond all doubt—the murder loving artisan." " I know," said Father William, " still this mightn't be the man." " Besides, he is a swindling thief —the papers prove that fact— " Who had to leave South Africa for some'dishonest act; / "He robbed a bank, and shot a girl in . '-90 in Durban."

"Iknow,'?:said Father William, ** still this mightn't be the man."

" Good Heavens!, read your papers, friend : the truthful Evening News "Produced. 'His next intended victim amongst various other ' views.' '** I do not doubt his gailt and don't know how it is you can." " I know," said Father William, " still this mightn't be the man." " But all the papers say it is—you surely ; must agree "That all cannot be wrong when each is certain this is he.

" Had I my way, short shrift were his • brief were his life's span." "I know," said Father William, "still this mightn't be the mam."