Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-01
StenOgrapher Collapses When Pair ia
Confronted bv Officer.
JR1PPEN GLAD SUSPENSE is OVER
Fugitive Practically Confesses Guilty
Of Crime.
BELLE EIMoRE TO BE AvENGEr
Alleged Destroyer of Wife I'm PrisOA
After Capture Full of Dramatic
Features---ScOtInnd Yard
indicated Now. "

FATHER POINT, Que, July d.-Dr
Hawley r. Crippen and his stenographsr
Ethel Clark Leneve were arrested aboard
the steamship Mcntrose this morning. In,
spector Dew OF Scotland Yard Identified
both. Crippen was cosl, the girl collapsed
The Identification of the long-sought fugl
tives on board the fog-shrouded steamer by
the English detective who had raced across
the Atlantic ahead Of the Montrose, marked
the elimination OF one Of the most sensa-
tonal flights in recent criminal annals.
Accompanied by two Canadian officers, he
boarded the vessel at $3.50 o'clock this morn.
ing and fifteen minutes later both man
and girl were locked in their staterooms,
Crippen broken in spirit, but mentally re.
lieved by the relaxed tension; the girl
garbed in boys clothes, sobbing hyster.
ically. They were no longer the REV. John
Robinson and son." as booked at Antwerp.
July 90 After brief delay the Montrose
continued its 160-mile journey up the river
towards Quebec, where jail awaits the pair
Cripen is charged with the murder Of an
unknown woman, believed to have been his
actTess wife. The girl is held as an access
sorry. In charge of Inspector Dew, they will
be taken back to England for trial on the
Royal line steamship Royal George, leaving
Quebec on Thusday next.
the pursuit of a criminal so pregnant with
dramatic features as that enacted off this
little settlement this morning. Inspector
Dew had spent sleepness night at the
Marconi operators side, communicating
through the fog with the liner that bore
the man and the woman he sought. The
man had lied to him in London bv fleeing
the city with the mystery of Belle Elmore'a
disappearance unsolved. and strong per-
sonal feeling entered into the case, sc.
centuating the detectives desire TO carry
out the task assigned to him by Scotland
Yard. ass
At $50 a. m. this approaching ships whistl,
was heard above the believing Of the
Father Point fog horn. Like giant alarm
clock 1t awakened the nervous villagers
and the expActant newspaper men who
dressed hurriedly and waited in a drlzzling
rain for the liners arrival.
Shortly after 7:s0 o'clock the MontrosS
| pushed its nose through the fog and at
S:15 the pilot boat Eureka set out from
shore. It carried a host OF newspaper men
and photographers and the more fortunate
towns people who were able to crowd
aboard. But Inspector Dew was not among
them. AS a precaution, he had embarked
/ on the Eurekas small tender, accompanied
by Chief Mccarthy Of the Quebec police
and ex-Chief Denis OF the same city.
All wore the garb of pilots and over his
| florid face. Inspector Dew had pulled &
pilots vlzored cap to hide his features
from the man he sought He did not wish
Crippen to recognize him before he could
approach and take advantage of the only
avenue OF escape-suicde. Four sailorA
quickly rowed the tender alongside the
Montrose and Dew and his companions
| stepped aboard.
Crippen was standing near the rail talking
with DR.. Stuart the ships surgeon, and
apparently calm But that he was nervous
was Indicated by his glance and his re-
mark to DR.. Stuart. There are three pilots
coming aboard" he said, nervously. ia
that not unusual7"
The surgeon did not reply but kept his
eyes on the strangers who walked rapidly
toward them.
"Crippen, want YOU" said InspectoE
Dew, quietly as he approached. The den
tist recoiled lnvoluntarily as he recognized
the man who addressed him, then the
blood left his face. his breath came short
and fast and he gurgled inooherently as he
was being led away to the captains cabin
whence ne was transferred later to his owr
/, stateroom he said gratefully. Thank God
the suspense is over and ! am glad"
Crlppens arrest accomplished Dew
hurried to Miss Leneves state room, where
, he found her still dressed as John Robin
son, jr," on the verge of nervous break
down Her appearance when confronted
by the detective and told that she wai
| under arrest was pitiable All control tha
she had fought so hard to retain through
! out the voyage left her. She cried ou
hysterically and became so faint that re
storatives were administered. Shut in hei
room and restored to women's dress, sh,
was closely guarded as the vessel con
tinued its journey, for fear that she would
) take her life or collapse utterly.
LONDON, July 3l.-London, eagerly wait
ing got the first news Of the Identification
and arrest OF Rr. Hawley H. Crippen nnC
his companion, Ethel Leneve. through th'
Associated Press dispatches. which wer,
received here far ahead Of scores OF othe
messages announcing the event
Special editions OF the Sunday papers witt
the Associated Press despatch were issueS
by the thousands and were etagerly bough
up. It Is a long time since the newsboyl
had such a harvest
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