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THE
WINDSOR MURDER.
DEEMING'S BEHAVIOUR IN
GAOL.
BELIEVED TO BE FEIGNING
MADNESS.
THE BAIRNSDALE BOX.
DISCOVERED TO BE DEEMING'S.
THE ADELAIDE POLICE AND
DEEMING.
[BY TELEGRAPH.]
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MELBOURNE, April 8.
A summons issued by a Sydney firm of
clothiers, claiming payment for goods to the
value of £9 5s. 6d., supplied on January 4,
1888, against Deeming, has been received in
Melbourne. The case has been set down for
hearing at the District Court, Sydney, on
May 2. The summons will be served on
Deeming on Friday,
MELBOURNE, April 9.
Though the behaviour of Deeming in gaol
is peculiar and erratic, the medical officer, Dr.
Shiels, has not seen anything that leads him
to believe that the prisoner is insane. He
thinks that Deeming is playing a part and is
acting in an extraordinary fashion in the
hope of bolstering up the defence of insanity,
which, it is understood, he will set up. The
prisoner was particularly peevish on Friday.
He complained that the spirits given him
after the inquest, an indulgence that will not
be repeated, unless under medical orders,
were of inferior quality and poisonous. He
also persisted in his demand for his spec-
tacles, but on the advice of oculists who have
seen him, it has been decided to refuse these.
Respecting the Windsor murder the prisoner
continues to deny his guilt. He asserts that
his " dear little wife " is not dead at all, but
merely gone for a trip, and that presently
she may return and heap confusion on his
accusers.
The box which was left at Bairnsdale, and
which was supposed to belong to Deeming
arrived at Warrogul last night, and was des-
patched to Melbourne.
MELBOURNE, April 11.
The box found at Bairnsdale, addressed to
Mrs. B. Dobs, proves to ba Deeming's. It
was opened by the detectives yesterday, with
one of Deeming's own keys. The box con-
tained a white felt hat worn by Mrs. Williams
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Numerous feathers
which had belonged to the hat were found
amongst the prisoners own luggage. Among
the other clothing which the box contained
were the body of a dress of flowered material,
corresponding to a skirt, found in the
prisoner's lugggage, and also a torn body of
a dressing gown, the skirts of which were
among his effects. On the linen in the box were
some laundry marks the same as on the other
goods found in the prisoner's possession. In
the bottom of the trunk was a portion of the
Liverpool Express of August 29th, 1891. A
fragment of the same paper was found in the
house at Windsor where the murder was
committed. No blood stains were discovered
on any of the clothing.
Detective Cawsey has made a statement
with reference to the allegations against the
Adelaide police while Deeming was at Largs
Bay. He denies that the Adelaide police
interfered with the prisoner. On the other
hand he states that he is thankful to Com-
missioner Peterswald for the assistance
rendered by him.
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