The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
Murderer Of Belle Ell
more Sentenced to,
Die on allows.
JURORS ARE OUT
BUT 80 MINUTES
Wife-slayer Hears Fate Pro
nounced Without Flinching.
November IS Fixed as Date
Of His Exccution-Trial Of
Miss Leneve This
Week.

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London. October 22.-Dr. Hawley
Harvey crippen, the American prac-
%titioner and medical agent, was to-
day found guiltysof the murder OF his
wife. the American actress, Belle
Gilmore and sentenced to death. The
jury was out Just thirty minutes.
When 1t returned and announced that
It had found the defendant guilty, Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone asked the
physician II he had anything to say.
crippen replied In a low voice: y still
protest my Innocence" The Chief JUS
,tce then donned the black cap that
has rested near him throughout the
trial and pronounced the sentence OF
death.
Addressing the condemned man, Lord
Aiverstone said: You have been con-
victed on evidence which can leave no
doubt In the mind of any reasonable
man that you cruelty murdered your
wife, and Their mutilated her body. l
advise you to entertain no hope that
you Will escape the consequences of
your crime. i implore you to make
your peace with almighty God"
AS the ord Chief Justice concluded
a policeman stepped forward, and In
h hush that had fallen over the
courtroom led Crippen from the dock.
Crippen will bic hanged.
Trial Of Miss Lencve.
The trial OF Ethel Clara Leneve as
an accessory after the fact in the
murder OF Mrs. Crippen will begin next
TUESDAY. 1t was announced this even
ing that Crippen would be range. on
November Is. 1t is the rule In Eng
land to allow three Sundays to inter
yene between q sentence of death and
the execution. The trial lasted less
than five days, having begun at 1890
% clock last Tuesday morning,
Erippen received the death sentence
With the apparent calmncss that char
aeterized him throughout the trial.
and which. In fact, mas been notice.
able from the moment OF his arrest.
lie appeared rather eryou sdurtng
the Judges stunning UP. which was
strongly against him. As Lord Aver
stone mercilcssly portrayed his char
acter as developed during the trial.
crippen tWirled his thumbs. crossed
and recrossed his legs and occasionally
shuffled his feet. However, as soon as
the charge had been concluded the
prisoner seemed to pull himself to-
gether. AS h Jury moved out OF the
room he appeared to be not quite sure
what to do with himself, and for a
he stood in front of tho dock
with his elbows resting on the railing
and watched the men in whose hands
his fate rested file past him..
During tho half-hour that the jury
was out the courtroom filled UP, and
when an officer returned with the ex-
hfbits in the case for which the fore
man had asked. and intfmated that q
verdict had been reached. every 1901
of space In the room was occupied.
spectators being convinced from the
brevity of the deliberations that a YER
dict OF guilty had been found.
Little Delay.
There was little delay afterthe Judge
and Jury had again taken their seats
in the omen court, before the prisoner
mounted the stairs and confronted the
Jurors. He walked between two war
ders to his seat. He was. paler than
usual. When the verdict was n
.nounaed he did not finch n was In
no need OF the protecting arm which q
warder held out toward him. The ST
lence In which the sentence was re-
ceived was broken by the clerks formal
question:
.Prisoaer at the bar have you any
thing ftoEsay why sentence of the court
should not be passed against yon?"
For a fraction of a second Crippen]
hesitated, then replied, betraying his
emotion by only the slightest futter
aof the voice: 81 still protest my inno-
cence."
Lord A%lverstone pronounced the sen
tence ofsdeath, and the warders again
held 5out5their arms to support the lpris-f
oner. He ignored their proffered as
sistance. and. turning, walked firmly
from the room, stopping only once,gand
then for a brief moment to take a last
look at the courtroom within which he
had fought for his life.
Tho building was soon cleared, and!
the news of the conviction spreadstol
the streets adjacent to8the New Bailey.
6where,showever, the crowd was not so
great to-day as 1t was on the earlier
days of tho trial.
Called Back to stand.
When the proceedings We're resumed
this morning LordEChief Justice Aver
stone called Crippen to the stand and
asked him questions regarding the use.
of hyoscin, the poison with which, 1t
Is charged, the accused killed his Wife.
The Justice ELECTED the informationSth that!
hyoscinSwas administered through the
mouth and also hSpodernically.
Richard Muir henSbegan8t the speech
81 OF the prosecution. lie said the
defense had relied largely on; the
theory that Crlnpen was too kind
hearted to commit murder. Counsel
b pointed out that the defendant had,
however, lived for months q life of
Hypocrisy, knocking the grief of his
II vVstfa's dearest friends. The gprosecu-l
tors nddress occupied scarcely more
B thar an hour, He concluded Dy say,
Ing that the prosecution had proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that the
body found lin Ggrlppen's home was
= OF his wifes@SBelle Fillmore. the
actress, and that none hut the prisoner
could have cut upSthe body and buried.
~ II tn&the cellar.
Lord Chief Justice AlVerstono began
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