Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-10-21

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legged pot which he had formed to
escape from the steamer Montrose
This concluded his direct evidence anG
court was adjourned.
London. Oct. 2O.-It was decided to-
day to place DR.. Hawley H. Cripper
on the witness stand and let him tell
his own story of the disappearance of
his wife. Belle Elmore. the actress
with whose murder he is charged
There had been much speculation
as to whether Crippen would testify
for himself. and the decision of his
counsel was not made known until
just before the resumption of the
trial this morning when Arthur New
ton announced to the press that this
course had been determined wise from
the standpoint of the defendants in
this case
Drs. Marshall and Spilsbury, medi-
cal experts, who examined the human
parts unearthed in the cellar of the
Crlppen home in Hilldrop- Crescent,
repeated their evidence given in the
lower courts. This was in confirma-
ten of the testimony given yester-
day by Pref. Pepper. the pathologist
who Swore that the members were hu-
man, but he could not determine ana
tomically the sex of the victim
The oss-eXamination Of the cx-
Derts in which Lord Chief Justice AL
verst"ne. who is presiding. Joined
centered on the alleged scar on the
body which the defense contends was
only fold in the skin.
Alfred Aspinall Tobn, chief coun-
sci for Crippcn. Sharply questioned
Spilshury and Marshall but they were
not shaken from their assertion that
the mark had been left from the
wound of an operation.
Crippen, paler than at any time, fol-
lowed the evidence with strained in
tentness.
DR.. William II. Wilcox, the scientific
analyst to the home office. testified
to having discovered in the BODY 8
poison which he was satisfied had
been taken through the mouth and
was the cause of death. This poison.
he said, was not used by Homeopath-
lists, as was suggested hy the defence
The medical evidence closed the
case for the prosecution. and the stir
in the courtroom as Mr.. Tobin rose
to address the court showed the-kcer.
interest with which the announce
ment Of the line of defence was
awaited This interest was whetted
by the first sentence of counsel, who
confirmed his earlier statement to the
press that Crippen would enter the
witness box Immediately when his at
I,nd 1~I l.:
Medical witnesses would follow, Mr.
Tobin said one of whom, who haG
the highest reputation as microscop,
ic expert would give conclusive rea.
sons why the mark on the skin was
not a scar. Similarly an authority
On poisons would testify that the al
kalod found in the body might b,
| easily animal alkaloid developed after
death.
The defence will attempt to prove
that the BODY found iE Crippens hon.
was not that of his wife. Mrs. Grin
pen had undergone a surgical opera.
loh. The prosecution claims to have
found on portion Of the body sea,
corresponding to the wound left OF
MRS Cripp"n's body by the surgeon
knife. In this way they have sough,
to establish the Identification. Th.
defence maintains that it was NOT =.
scar. but rather q fold in tho skin
Mr. Tobin contended that the prose.
cutlons claim that a desire for none,
ana the wish to marry Ethel Clara
LeNeve formed motive for tic
murder was untenable. Mr.. Crippen
nc said. owed nothing. and he hat
not married Miss LeNeve since the
disappearance of his wife. although
lie lad had chance to do so. No
purchase of lime in which the parts
had been buried, had been traced to
Crippen. nor had weapon with Which
the deed could be connected been
found. Mr.. Tobin said that Belle
Elnore had threatened frequently to
leave her huband and at last carried
oit her threat. Who knew, he asked
whether Belle Elmore was alive O,
dead.
Crippen. he said. took flight because
of the prejudice against him. Mr.
T"bin made the surprising statement
that CrippeD, two days before his ar
rest on the steamer MOntrOse, ar
ranged with the quartermaster to hide
him in the cargo and to land him
in the night time at Quebec The
discriminating card suggesting suicide
which Inspector Dew found in Grip
penc cabin. was declared by his
counsel to have been deliberately left
there by the fugitive with the object
of giving its finder the impression that
ne had taken his life and so causing
anyone who might be looking for him
to abandon further search of the
vessel.
Mr. Tobln said that Cripen had con-
cOted this deception because he had
been informed by the quartermaster
that he was to be arrested upon land
ing DIT Quebec. Crippen had hoped
to get safely into the interior of
Canada where he planned to be joined
by Miss LeNeve after the talk con-
cerning their hight had blown over.
Counsel revealed Belle Elmore 6
life, her association with a man before
she married Crippen. the appearance
on the scene of Bruce Miller at whose
assertion of innocent friendship Mr..
Tobin scoffed and finally asserted that
the defendants wife disappeared be-
cause of her dislike of Crippen had
turned to hatred.
AS soon as Mr.. Tobin had concluded.