The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-07
CRIPPEN AND LENEN


Crescent. Camden road, had discovered
the presence Of large quantities OF
hvoscin. a coIorless liquid poison. and
also detected evidences that an opera
tion had been performed.
70 had been known that the autuoll-
ties had been working on the theory
that Belle Elmore had been IN ~
hands Of one having at least rude
knowledge of surgery. and turther 1hat
cutor spoke Of Mrs. Crippen as Belle.
the name used by Crippen When re-
ferring TO his wife. The Two tus
prosecutor continued. had occupleu
separate apartments for four years
For at least three years. he said, MISS
T.eneve had been Crippen's mistress. IN
January Miss Lenever was feeling her
position in regard to Crippen acu.ely
ana narticularlv so at that time. when
she expressed considerable Jeaiousy oi
Mrs. Crippen.
Excuses Of Crippep-
In a written statement made 70 IN
sDector Dew wbsn the lhV I,Sits 49,
living in the protection OF another man
when he married her m Jersey Sity
I The doctor also spoke OF Bruce Nil
| Ier's alleged acquaintance with ms
wife while he was In America and ire
quent threats which BELLE had tndHe
| to QUIT him and go with another man
who occupied better posiJoh an ,. LII
Crippen's statement concluded Win
/ n story Of the quarrel on the night OF
January 81. after Paul Martineti anu
| Mrs. Martinctti. who had spent w
/ evening with the Crippens. had lttl
~ house During the quarrel the
doctor said that his wife threatened
to leave him on the following gay
on returning from business on feo-
ruarv 1 Crippen said ne tound Una
hts wife had gone. He took steps 20
prevent a scandal and fabricated thg
story OF her going TO her tetnlly a..
her death there. C9unsel ,s,Vl'1le .,,o,
I'M ne were TO get Bruce Miller over
here from Chicago ne would be inNiteo
to- attend the court iu order that 'nt
prisoners statements might De pun "
SDeal<ing OF the post-mortem, the
prosecutor said Dr. wilcox mad toun'
more than half grain OF hyosclh
one Of the deadliest OF polSons, ~ ~
from the fact that such quantll,
mad been discovered after the part
had been buried for months the pny
stefan was able 20 say that seFeia
grains must have been administered-
or Jauuary 10. said Mr.. Humphrey
ICrfppcn purchased five grains - ny
ldro-hromide Of hyosctn. a poison @
such character that the person
whom a. was administered would DC
Iror,o unconscious almost Instantly
though life might remain Tor seVera
hours
counsel did not suggest the want .
/ money as the motive for the crime. hu
! ala say that the disappearance OF bell
Fillmore was a fortunate thing spr Ctip
pen from a monetary standpoint
IA wned ieweiTy. for which ne receive
$500. and on another day plwnfd c'he
| iewelry receiving S575- All the psOp
tbe propertv Of Mrs. Crippen.
| In conclusion the prosecutor said n
| questioned whether Miss Lenevc coul
have credited the extraordinary stor
| 81 Mrs Criupen's disappearance relate
| TO her hy her husband.
/ Popular feeling toward CriPpcn con
| tinucs bitter. because OF the nlde'u
| character Of the crime with which p
| ig charged. but there is apparently q
| undcrcurrent % sympathy Tor Tire 40
cused girl. The public at large -
| not had n good look at the prisoner
l since their return from Canada cne
| crlstodinns having better success !
shielding them from the annoyance {
being gazed at than attended the ci
. forts in the same line Of Inspector De
lat Quebec.
Cripneu seems not TO have suffere
physically from confinement though 2
| Is nervous.