Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-09
LINE OF CRlPPEN DEFENSE
Indication that Identification Of Body
Will Be Attacked.
MRS. HARRISON ON THE STAND
Friend of Belle EImore says Hail
and BIT of Clothing Probably
Belonged to the Alleged
Victim.

LONDON. Sept. Sat the resumption to-
day OF the trial Of Dr. Hawley II. Crippen
and Ethel Clara Leneve for the murder Of
the formers wife, Public Prosecutor
Humphreys introduced evidence to establish
T. claim Of the crown that the parts of the
mutilated body found in the Crippen home,
once formed part Of the person of Belle
Gilmore, the missing wife, and to strengthen
what has been popularity regarded as the
missing link in the chain of circumstantial
evidence against the accused.
The first witness called was Mrs. Adeline
Harrison, whose acquaintance with Belle
Elmore had extended over a period OF
twelve years Mrs. Harrison was asked to
examine strands of hair found when the
dismembered body was uncovered, and hav-
ing done SO. she swore that she recognized
the exhibit as similar u that worn by
Belle Gilmore.
A torn bit OF feminine underwear also
discovered by the searchers in the cellar
was next introduced and the witness de-
clared that she had seen Belle Elmore
clothed in undergarments of a like texture.
Testimony had been offered before showing
that the lower part Of the body bore a scar,
the result Of an operation Mrs. Harrison
| testified that she had seen a similar scar
on the body Of her friend
The accused were seated in the dock
within whispering distance and the doctor
was given an opportunity to speak to the
girl. Miss Leneve presented a woe BECOME
appearance and did not seem anxious to
converse. Crippen. to whom his spectacles
had been returned for the first time since
his arrest, appeared as the Crippen of early
| photographs. He spoke to the girl anx-
iously and she replied in monosyllables
In his cross-examination Of Mrs. Harrison
Arthur Newton, representing Crlppen, de-
| tracted somewhat from the strength Of the
evidence and incidentally indicated what is
believed to be the line of defense.
! In reply to Newton's question, the witness
said to the suggestion that the hair the
portion of a womans vest and the curling
iron found in the Crippen cellar were not
only similar to those worn or used by the
missing woman, but also "resembled thou.
sands of others"
When Mrs. Harrison left the stand the
prosecution called the chemist who claims
that he sold hyoscin, deadly poison, to
Crippen. The witness testified that the
doctor purchased five grains OF the drus
| on January 10, explaining that he required
the poison for use in homeopathic prac.
tice. AS is required of purchasers Of poi.
sons, he signed the registry book Of the
store, making this inscription: Munyon's
per H. II. Crippen."
Inspector Dew, who arrested the fuRt
tives and brought them back from Quebec
! re-entered the witness box today and read
a lengthy statement signed by Cripper
| when the police first asked him to max,
an explanation Of his disappearance from
London after suspicion had been directed
| Ui 81 Of h.
had already been covered by Prosecute
Humphreys in his opening address.
Inspector Dew also testified ra9a rain