Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-03

| De trlcQ 1Or murQer. so far as the prov
| ince of Quebec is concerned legal pro-
| ceedings in the case are practically
closed. The official documents regard
] ing the arrest of the couple and their
| Interrogation by Judges Langelier and
| Anglers of the court of special sessions
We're forwarded last night to ottawa.
| the seat of the Dominion government
| for the signature of the governor gen
| eral.
The color is beginning to return to
| Miss LIE Neves white cheeks and this
| morning tie matron at the Jail hos
| pital said that she looked a trifle less
! forlorn than when she was taken
| there yesterday afternoon from the
| house of chief of Detectives Mccarthy.
Owing to the fact that tho girl did
| not bring any feminine garments in
| her flight on the steamer Montrose,
| the Jail authorities have been obliged
| to supply her with a complete outfit.
| The clothes in which she came ashore
yesterday morning were loaned to her
| by the ships stewardess and We're d
poor fit and far from becoming Much
| of the improvement in both her ap-
pearance and her spirits is ascribed
| TO the neat white dress her custodians
| have provided.
Tho authorities hope to send the
| pair back to England Immediately
| upon the expiration of the Is days
which the law requires they should
spend here after their examination and
| Identification of yesterday
Quebec. Aug. Ethel Clara LIE
Neve who gave up home and friends
or Dr. Hawley Fl. Crippen and now
| finds herself sharing with him the
odium of a murder charge. is the cen
| trail figure in the pc''ce end of The
case today. Cripp taciturn anG
! seeming to a cons BILE extent t.
have recovered his mpoSure, has
| volunteered nothing nee his arraign
| ment yesterday, whit might help tht
police in solving the mystery sur
! rounding the disappearance of his
wife, Belle Elmore, the American
actress 1t is expected that Crippcn
and Miss lie Neve will be returned tt
| England for trial at the expiration of
| the Is days of grace provided by the
extradition laws of Canada. In the
meantime the detectives would like
very much to gather from the accused
| duull1OUdI eNlueHCe tIdt Woulu ldClli-
tate the subsequent procedure
| Unless present signs fail they will
| receive no help in this line from DR.
| crippen. "Crippen is no fool said
Inspector Dew, and no one questioned
his opinion.
Accordingly it is generally believed
that the police are resting their hopes
| on Miss lie Neve If she does not
| possess the key to the mystery they
| think that she can at least aid them
| materially in a reconstruction of the
circumstances leading up to the dis
| appearance of Belle Elmore 1t is
known that Mrs. Crippen was jealous
of her husbands typist and the police
have no doubt that Miss lie Neve was
aware of this jealousy. They will not
use third degree" methods in inter
viewing Miss lie Neve but more subtle
| Influences are already at work.
| The girl prisoner is being treated
with the greatest consideration. She
| showed the effect OF this today, ap-
pearing to be much better in body and
in mind than on yesterday when fol-
lowing the collapse after her arrest.
she was considered too i'll to appear in
court Miss LIE Neve has never been
placed in a cell here. She has been
kept in the room of one of the women
employees of the provincial Jail and
has been allowed occasional outdoor
exercise.
The attitude toward her of the po-
! lice is sympathetic. Inspector Dew
has repeatedly said that he believes
that the girl was innocent of any
knowledge of wrongdoing. She has
been visited by other women. who
have treated her most kindly. At the
same time Miss LIE Neve is being bonn
barded with cablegrams from MEM
bers of her family in London. urging
| her to tell all that she knows. The
pressure of friendliness Is being exert
ed upon her while there is no pros
poets that she will come in contact
with DR.. Crippen or even see him for
a" long time.
| The purpose in all this is obvious
when it is considered that so far as
Scotland Yard has--been unable to
identify the dismembered body found
in the cellar of the Crippen home in
London. The police case Is believed
not to be complete.
! To casual observers It appears that a
very pretty little three-cornered game
| is being played between the police,
Crippen and Miss Lie Neve. Crippen
seems to be playing lone hand. but
whether the police will receive assist
ance from Miss LIE Neve is a ques-
ton sufficiently in doubt to make q
next move on her Part matter Of chief
interest.
Even the International Dew. the typi-,