Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-19
WITNESS AT THE INQUEST
Says Typist Told Her Dr.. Crippen
Expected to Divorce His Wife.
WAS woRR1EDOvER HIS DELAY
Gave Up Her Room In March, Say
ing She Was Going to
Marry Crippen.


what Ethel Clara Leneve suffered as.
half-mad with jealousy. she impatiently
waited the fulfllment Of DIR. Hawley
Crippen's promise to make her his wife,
was revealed at today's session of the
inquest into the death of Belle Elmore.
with the murder Of whom the doctor and
his typist are jointly charged. In her
distress Miss Leneve conflded in her land
lady. Mrs. Jackson, and the story that
the latter told on the witness stand rival
ed the most sensational evidence intro
duced at the preliminary trial.
Mrs. Jackson said that the accused girl
gave up the room which she had occupied
at the home Of the witness. March II. ex-
planning that she was leaving to be mar
ried to DR.. Crippen.
Until the first week in February Miss
Leneve had slept regularly at Mrs. Jack
sons. After that she stopped at the
house only occasionally. She said that
she spent the other nights at the homes
Of friends.
Visited the Crippen Home.
On one occasion Miss Leneve mentioned
having been at the Hilldrop Crescent
home Of the Crtppens early in February
to help the doctor In a search for q
bank book which showsc an account of
$1,000. She added that = diamond tiara
and rings had been found In the house
and that the doctor had raised $3.50 on
these.
About the middle of February, the Wit
ness said. Miss Lensve appeared miser-
able and depressed. Such was her state
that hn mir tn
her room to learn. if possible. the source
of her trouble. Miss Leneve, the witness
said. was In a terrifying state Of sgita-
tion. Her eyes seemed fairly starting
out Of her head
The landlady insisted upon an explana-
ton, telling the girl she must have some
thing awful on her mind to be in such a
condition The witness testified that the
other replied:
Would you be surprised II I told you
He was the. cause OF my trouble when
you first knew me. She IL his wife
and when LSee them go away together
It makes me realize my position - to
what she Is and what am"
Expected to Divorce Hsr.
Mrs. Jackson asked: what is the use
OF you worrying about another woman's
husband?'
To this Miss Leneve answered: Miss
Elmore has been threatening to go
away with another man. DR.. Crippen
has been waiting for her to do SO,
when he could divorce her."
Solicitor Newton, who is looking out
for the interests OF Crippen and Miss
Leneve. closely cross-examined Mrs.
jackson, suggesting that her lodger's
vA RI "
having resurrected a trouble which the
girl experienced during her earlier as
sociation with Crippen; but the witness
maintained the correctness of her evil
dence as given.
Prof. Pepper, the pathologist, repeated
the testimony which he had given at the
trial in the Bow street court. In response
to questions by the corotaer he said:
Il can form no definite opinion as to
whether the parts found were those Of a
man or a woman. There was a sugges-
ton that they were from the body Of a
female. / have formed a very strong
opinion, If ! take the hair discovered
into consideration there is a strong pre-
sumption. almost conclusive evidence. that
the parts were those Of woman"
Juror Questions Inspector Dew.
Inspector Dew, who arrested Crippen
and Miss Leneve in Canada after the
FORMER ndd gwen MIN the sip mere, WdS
recalled today and testified briefly for
facts already brought out. A juror was
very anxious to know why the Scotland
Yard man had allowed the doctor to get
away once ne had fallen under suspicion.
Dew responded that he had a perfect
answer to the attacks that had been
made upon him and he would like to re-
ply to the question. but the coroner would
not permit him to do so. declaring that
the subject Of Crippen's fight was out
side the scope Of the present inquiry.
Drs. Marshall and Wilcox. who ex-
amined the human parts, also were called,
but neither added anything to the testi-
mony which he had given at the trial.
Solicitor Newton notified the coroner
that he would not introduce any wit
nesses before the coroner's court, on be-
half of Crippen or Miss Lenewe.
The inquest was adjourned until Sep
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