Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
Crowd Assembled at Liverpool!
Dock Is Evaded.
PRISONERS SAFE IN LONDON
Lodged in Bow Street Station Pend.
ing Arrangement Monday.
BOTH STAND SEA TRIP WELL
Scotland Yard Guards All Ill on
voyage--Wardresse Also
Suffered.

LIVERPOOL, August 2t.-The steamer
Meganic. carrying DR.. Hawley II. Grip
pen and Miss Ethel Lsneve. brought back
from Canada on a warrant issued In con-
nection with the supposed murder OF DR..
Crippen's wife. Belle Elmore, arrived on
the port here shortly after noon today.
Great crowds gathered in the vicinity
OF the landing stage during the morning
and stood waiting for hours in the hope
OF catching view of Or. Crippen and
the young woman whose romantic fight
with him across the ocean in the dis
gutse of a boy had made her not the least
interesting figure in the supposed crime.
Barricade Keeps Back Crowd.
Strong barricades, however, had been
erected about the landing stage specially
to prevent any one approaching the ship.
The crowds were kept at such distance
as to give them slight prospect of a close
view Of Inspector Dew's prisoners.
DR.. Crippen and Miss Levene. in the Gus
tody of Inspector Dew. Sergt. Mitchell
and the wardresses who went from Eng
land TO take charge Of Miss Levene, dis
embarked at 2:15 o'clock at the regular
landing stage Oficers Of the local police
were on hand to assist the Scotland Yard
oficials.
Inspector Dew with his prisoners imme-
disteiy boarded the train and left for
London.
Attention Is Distracted.
Inspector Dew made use of a simple
ruse to attract the attention of the crowd
20 the bows of the Megantic. While all
interest was concentrated on that end of
the steamer he succeeded in disembarking
his prisoners from a gangway at the
stern Of the ship, scarcely attracting any
attention.
The crowd of spectators. which. after
being driven from the landing stage, had
rushed to the entrance of the station near
est the bow OF the ship. soon became
aware of the maneuver and hurried to
the other end of the station. They were
too late to get view of DR.. Crippen and
Miss Lenevs.
cially reserved saloon car OF the train.
Botf Or. crippeh and Miss Leneve were
in excellent health. The Megantic, it was
stated, had had an unusually good voyage.
Guardians All seasick.
Dr.. Crippen proved to be an excellent
sailor, and was not affected by the trip.
Inspector Dew and Sergt. Mitchell were
one the verge of seasickness. The ward
resses accompanying Miss Leneve were
Ill throughout the voyage.
Miss Leneye, who remained in her berth
during the greater part of the voyage, ex-
hibited a really cheerful demeanor and
chatted with the wardresses on duty in
her stateroom hour after hour during the
trip. DIR. Crippen, on the contrary, was
taciturn and scarcely spoke except for an
occasional word TO Purser Pomeroy dur
ing the officers visit to his cabin.
Arraignment Monday.
LONDON. August Glowing to their
late arrival In London DIR. Crippen and
his former stenographer, Miss Ethel
Leneve. will not appear i'm the Bow street
police court for arraignment on the
charge of being fugitives from justice be-
fore Monday.
The prisoners will in the meantime be
detained in cells in the new Bow street
station.