The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-05

y
Gus London friends of DR.. Haw-
i. ley Harvey Crippen who have re-
tanned counsel to defend him on a
charge Of wife murder profered further
assistance by cable today.
Two messages were delivered to the
dentist in his cell The first asked il
he needed funds; the second inquired
about the rumors to the effect that he
: had confessed Crippen replied by ca
. Bile that he would appreciate some
money, and he reassured his friends he
had made no admission that would hur,
his case.
II was said that a local attorney
whose name the authorities declined to
divulge. sent word today to Miss Le-
neve, offering to represent her in any
legal proceedings. She declined his
services. In her answer the young
typist showed that the 80 year old den
tist with the pale face and fshy eyes
still everts a strong influence over her.
TYPTsT Is LOYAL
She sent back word that her case
was Doctor crippen's and that she
would return TO England to make her
hght with him And she has let fall no
word likely to incriminate the man.
Premier Gouin said this afternoon
that Doctor crippen has made no con-
= fession.
t:The crime If crime there was. he
said, was committed in England. AS
Canada is a part Of England there can
be no extradition Of Doctor Crippen.
His departure for London can be
brought about only through the pre-
:scribed operation of the fugitive Of
tenders act II viii be necessary.
therefore, for the English police to
prove only that the accused is a fusi-
tive from justice, charged with murder.
The question of whether the accused is
guilty of murder does not enter into
the matter here"
Detective Disappears
Inspector Dew and the Canadian de-
teetives have not visited Crippen's cell
or had any direct communication with
him since yesterday morning. Dew
breakfasted early today at his board
ing house and disappeared.
Members of the procincial police ex-
press the belief that he had sought
seclusion iE- order TO avoid the annoy
ance Of being obliged to deny frequent
ly erroneous statements attributed to
him.
Crippen has changed much in facial
expression since he arrived here Mon
day. He is not allowed to shave, and
a four days growth of beard gives him
quite a different look. The jail gov
ernor said the precautions against an
attempt al self-destruction were so
strict that the prisoner neither would
trusted in the hands of the Jail barber.
Rumors of Confession
The rumors OF statements made by
Crippen as to the crime with which
he-is jointly charged with Miss Leneve,
have reached here usually from
Montreal, New York and London. In
each instance they sent the corre-
spondents scurrying from one provin-
cial officer to another. Nothing in
confirmation could Be learned. 1t has
been variously reported that Crippen
admitted of a scuffle with his wife
after which she was seized with a
fatal illness, and also that the prisoner
explained that the death of his wife
was accidental
The time set by law for the deten-
tion Of the pair on Canadian soil will
expire at midnight August Is. The
'frst English steamer from this port
sailing after that date will leave on
August l6, but a faster boat will leave
on the 18th, and the deportation of
Crippen and Miss Leneve may await
the later date.
They have been remanded until
August s, but on that date il is pro-
posed to again remand them until the
18th and on that date OF once more
remand them until the day on which
the vessel decided on sails
Crippen's Defense Begun
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Solicitor Newton,
who has been retained to defend Doctor
Crfppen, hade his first move today when
he filed a formal application asking the
authorities TO permit Independent
physician to examine the bits of human
flesh found in the Crippen cellar.
II is understood that Newton will con-
ltend that they can not be identified as
having belonged TO the body of Belle
Elmore.
Sergeant Mitchell, accompanied by
two wardresses who will take charge
Of Miss Leneve. sailed this morning on
the steamer Lake Manitoba for Quebec