The extraordinary tale of Frederick Deeming

Statement of Louisa Atkinson

PROV, VPRS 30/P0 Criminal Trial Briefs, unit 886, case number 261/1892


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Mrs. Louisa Atkinson, states:
I am a washerwoman at
present residing at No 60 Andrew
St. Windsor.

On Christmas eve I was
passing No 57 Andrew St. This
was about 7 pm. I heard a
man and woman quarrelling in
the house. I stopped and listened
for a few minutes. I heard a
crash and a woman ran out of
the back door and walked up
and down the side entrance.
She seemed excited. I said to
her when she came to the front
"If I were you I would leave
this place for a while, but the
woman smiled and said, "It will
be alright soon", and she went
back into the house by the back
door. I heard nothing more &
left. I was then residing at
No 10 Grattan St. Prahran.

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Can witness
give description
of the woman?

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memo to show witness
the photo of Mrs Williams

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