Milford chronicle., 1910-09-09
POISON IN BODY
OF MRS, CRIPPEN
Trial Of Alleged American Wife
Murderer Opens in London.
GIRL HELD As ACCESSORY
Prosecution Announces That Poison
More Than Sufficient 70 Kill Had
Been Found In Body.

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen as the
principal. and Ethel Clara Leneve as
an accessory after the fact. we're
placed on trial in London. Eng. for the
murder OF the formers wife, Cora
Belle Crippen. known on the stage as
Belle Elmore.
The Bow street police court held q
curious, fascinated crowd. including a
few smartly dressed women and some
Americans
Mr.. Humphreys. for the crown, set
forth that Crippen and his wife were
unhappily married, and that her death
was Of monetary advantage to him in
addition to the fact that his relations
with his typist were such that Miss
Leneve was unpleasantly jealous Of
the wife The death Of Mrs. Crippen
would relieve the situation from the
standpoint of the man who loved one
woman and was tied up to another
Crippen needed money and pawned
jewelry, later identified as the prop
erty Of his wife When his wife dis
appeared he made an explanation that
he later admitted was untrue.
The prosecutor told Of the admitted
quarrel between the Crippens, the
elopement Of Crippen and Miss Len
eve. and the finding of the body al
legged 10 be that Of the doctors wife
in the cellar Of the Crippen home.
MI Humphreys announced for the |
first time that poison more than suff /
cient TO kill had been found in the |
body, which also showed traces Of al
operation.
Girl Only Accessory.
Mr. Humphreys said that the crown
had decided TO change the charge
against Miss Leneve from that of
TO that Of an accessory afte,
the fact. In conclusion he stated that
be questioned whether the girl coul
have believed the extraordinary story
told her by Crippen IN explanation OF
bis wife's disappearance.
At the conclusion of the prcsecu
tors address a few witnesses We're
called for the crown. In cross-examin !
ng these Solicitor Newton confined
himself TO a few questions designed tc
show that Crippen was amiable and
and seemed to be on the
pest Of terms with his wife
An application to admit the prison
ITS to bail was refused and an ad
Ournment was taken until Thursday.
Popular feeling toward Crippen con
inues bitter because Of the hideous
character Of the crime with which h.
s charged. but there is apparent an
Of sympathy for the &C
used girl.
Crippen seems not to have suffered
physically from his confinement. He is
.ervous. but he has always been of a
ather nervous temperament, and if
lis air of almost indifference is as
umed, he plays the part we'll
Miss Leneve had better control o.
erself than she had when she arrived
D London. At that time she appeared
n the verge of nervous collapse
S said that it had been intimated tC
er before the trial opened that tn,
riginal charge of being a coprincips
q the mur'e or would be dropped anC
hat she would be held responsible.
My for what knowledge Of guilt sh'
cquired subsequent to the commits
ion of the crime.
This is said to have had goo6
hect upon the girl which, it is hin
d, was the end sought by the prose
ution, who at the proper time intend
D use his companion as a witnes'
gainst Crivpen.