The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-20
Said That His Wife Left Him for
Bruce Miller and He Reported
Her Dead to Avoid
Scandal.
THINKS SHE'S ALIvl
According to the Doctors Tale, Mrs.
Crippen Was Not Killed and
Buried in The
Cellar.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-At o'clock lais
afternoon the prosecution Of DR.. H.
H. H. Crippen closed it's case and the
evidence. There was general belief
in the court room that the prosecution
in tn court room that the prosecution
had failed to make strong case.
Barrlster Tobin opened for the de-
fense, declaring 1t was his intention
to prove that the remains found in
the Crippen home were not those of
Mrs. Crippen 1t is believed the de-
fense will try and prove this by show
ing that what was supposed to have
been scar was not a scar. 1t was
by this scar that the remains were
to be identified as those of Mrs.
Crippen.
For the first time since his arrest
on board the Montrose at Father
Point, Quebec, DR.. H. H. Crippen this
afternoon, gave his version of the dis
appearance of his wife, Belle Elmore,
whom he is charged with numbering.
After a sensational opening state
ment which revealed the plot to
smuggle Crippen from the Montrose,
Crippen took the stand He made it
clear Immediately that the defense
will seek to prove that Mrs Crippen
is not dead but that she fed to Amer
lea ostensibly to join Bruce Miller
Crippen was dressed in the height
of fashion and told long story on
the witness stand, during which he
| admitted that he had had improper
1 relations with Miss Leneve for three
4 years.
Crippen first gave the jurors brief
outline Of his early life both in the
United States and England.
IL knew that my wife had been
friendly with Bruce Miller" he con-
tinued "and I often upbraided her for
corresponding with him. In 1904
she admitted to me that she was very
fond of him. | ceased cohabiting with
her from that time on and our rela-
tions were strained. She threatened
to leave me and go to America and
Join Miller. believe that she did go
to America
ITO avoid scandal, l concocted a
story that she had gone to America
to transact some business in Cali
fornia and that she had died on the
way and had been incinerated there
I simply could not face my friends
with an admission that my wife haf
deserted me On the Monday nigh
before I wrote a letter in her name
to the Music Hall Guild resigning bel
position as treasurer, Mr.. and Mrs
Martinetti came to our house for din
ner. After they left, my wife abused
me and said this is the finish Of 1t
/ cannot stand it any longer vii
leave tomorrow and you will never SEE
me again. I went to business th'
next morning and found her gone
when returned. | tried to think hov
to cover up her actions withou
scandal. / told all her friends tha
she had gone away. Afterwards
realized that this would not be sui
fcient reason for her not comini
hack and I then told of her death.
do not know what my wife took Wit
!. her when she went away. | did TAX
money on several checks signed b
g her. we had joint bank account i
her name and 7 always carried seN
eral blank checks signed with he
name
1t when my wife left, Miss Lenev
z lived with me as my wife in the Hi
g drop Crescent home have been II
'f innate with her for several year
We have stopped at several hote'
but was never away from home
night