| Show DEEiG IS DOOJIED The Jury Find Him Guilty of Murder HE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH The Jcdge Asked to Refrain from the Usual Exhortation Tho Story of Ills life to bo Told MELBOURNE May 2The trial of Frederick Fred-erick Bailey Deeming for the murder of his wife was resumed this morning The first witness was Dr Spnngthorp who related ated Deemings explanation of how his wives disappeared Deeming said that whilo he and his first wife wore living at iainhill naar Liverpool a man named Baa Young told him that his DeeminRs wife would leave him for 50 Ho paid the money and his wife left him Ho supposed Young killed her while he Deeming was coming to Melbourne with his second wife Miss Slather for whose murder he ia now on trial His second wife Deeming said confessed she was already married and left him in Melbourne because she was afraid of being implicated in the murder of his first wife The fact Is the Rainhill murder was known to no one save Deeming until after it was known ho Killed his second wife It was the discovery of tha latter crime that led the police here to notify the Liverpool police of their suspicions that Deeming had murdered hia wife and children at Rainhill Therefore it will bo seen his statement relative to his second wife leaving him for fear of being implicated in the Rainhill murders is without with-out truth After some further testimony by Dr Spricijthorp the defense announced its case closed After the evidence was all in Doeminprs counsel appealed to the jury to give tho prisoner the benefit of any doubt as to his sanity The court room was packed with people who wished to hear the jury announce an-nounce its decision No ono thought it would take them long to decide Outside of the court house the large crowd assem bled was clamorously impatient for the verdict Finally they became so demonstrative demon-strative the police were forced to clear the streets The jury in the Deeming case returned a verdict of guilty and added that the prisoner was not Insane The announcement announce-ment of the verdict was greeted with ex nrncainna nf cr rtnv > < i1 coiafnftitn The crown counsel contended there was not a particle of evidence of the insanity of the prisoner At this point Deeming interrupted the crown counsel It was not the law ho said nut the press that was trying him If he could bring himself to believe that ho committed the murder ho would plead guilty rather than submit to the gaze of the people in court the ugliest faces ever seen The witnesses against him deliberately lied Whatever ho could say would bo disbelieved His witnesses had been kept out of the way People had sworn to seeing him whom ho had never seen in his life No lime was allowed him to communicate with witnesses in England and India It was not pleasant to confess to disease mental or otherwise but he had determined to do so in justice to himself and the community For weeks together ho had suffered lapses of memory In hIs own mind he knew ho was not entity As long as Emily Slathers had been his wife he dealt with her as gontly and affectiou tely as is possible for any man to do The prisoner continued Remember there is no incident which would lead to this awful crime with which I am charged The statement that the body found in this city was that of Emilo Slathers is a lie Viy own comfort is the knowledge that she is alive The newspapers have ruined my life forever If I were freed tonight I would drown myself I do not fear death I do not expect justice from either the judge jury or public Deeming minutely criticised the ovi deuce and declared a verdict of guilty would be the greatest relief to him Ho aid the use of aliases was a fad with him After the verdict was announced Deem lug asked the judge to refrain from his ifmnl mrtnrtatinn Phn inflcrA r nTnTiliff1 nnr imply announced the sentence of death Deeming responded composedly Thank you Afterwards Deeming said the pubic pub-ic would known his real history alter his death It was bettor the law should destroy him than ho should destroy him elf In a strong voice ho continued to ramble in a similar strain for some time and concluded by swearing he was innocent inno-cent Ho spoke altogether for an hour giving no signs of hesitation or nervoun jess The judges summing up was strongly against the prisoner |
