Deeming: From Rainhill to Melbourne's Horrors

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The Rainhill & Melbourne Horrors. Deeming, Sentenced to Death' [Fred Jones Printer, Sheffield, England], 4-page pamphlet published in 1892. Not previously seen by us. Finally captured and hanged in Melbourne Gaol on May 23, 1892, Frederick Bayley Deemings' execution made headlines in Britain, South Africa, the Us and Australia. Afterwards, it was widely speculated that Deeming had committed the slashing murders of eleven women in Whitechapel, London between 1888 and 1891. Deeming was found guilty of murdering six people with a knife and a battle-axe.

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