Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-06
CROWNS CASE
AGAINST CR|PPEN
Prosecution Announced Large
Quantities OF Poison Had Been
Found in Woman's Body.
INTEREST STILL CONTINUES
Allegations Against Ethel Clare LcneNe
Arc She Was Accessory
After the Fact.

London. Sept 6-At the opening
today Of the trial OF Or. Hawley II.
Crippen. who is charged with the muir
der OF his wife. Belle Gilmore the pros
ecution announced that large quantities
of poison had been found In the won
ans body and that there were evil
dences that she had been subjected to
an operation,
Ethel Clare LencYe. the doctors typ
list who accompanied him on his fight
TO Canada, also was brought to the
bar today, but the crown stated that
1T had been decided 10 confne the allie
cations against the girl to being an
accessory after the act.
This relieves Miss Lonove Of any
foreknowledge OF the crime and is in
line with the belief Of her family and
friends that she did not share Crippen's
confidence up to the time that his wife
dropped out OF sight
Interest in the Crippen case which
was intense during the search for the
doctor. has by no means worn out, as
WIS NHbNH ny w NipNu WINCH S"Nii-
cred in the vicinity OF the Bow street
police court when the trial was opened
today,
pRnsEct-TroN,s OPENING
Travers Humphreys appeared for the
public prosecutors office while Solicitor
Arthur Newton represented Crippen.
Mr.. Humphreys made long opening
address. The prosecutor definitely
stated that the physicians who made
the post mortem examination of the
mutilated parts unearthed IN the cellar
of the Crippen home In Hilldrop Cres-
cent. Camden road, had discovered the
presence of large quantities OF hyoscin,
colorless liquid poison, and also de-
tected evidences that an operation mad
been performed
IL had been known that the authori-
ties had been working on the theory
that Belle Elmore had been IN the
hands OF one having at least a rude
knowledge OF surgery and further that
she had been poisoned The prosecutor
spoke OF Mrs. Crippen as Belle. the
name used by Crippen where referring
to his wife. The two the prosecutor
continued. had occupied separate part
ments for four years. For at least three
years. he said Miss Leneve had been
crippen's mistress. In January Miss
Leneve was feeling her position in re-
gard TO Crippen acutely and particu-
larry go at that time, when she ex-
p prssSnn cons'u'f"o'e jealousy OF "rs'
Cp,ppr,>,,S sr.rr,,r.-r
In a written statement made to In
spector Dew when the investigation
first opened, Crippen said Belle was
living in the protection of another man
when he married her I'm Jersey city.
The doctor also spoke OF Bruce Miller $
alleged acquaintance with his wife
while he was in America and frequent
threats which Belle had made to quit
him and go with another man who oc-
cupied a better position In life.
Crippen's statement concluded with
a story of the quarrel on the night
OF Jan. 81, after Paul Martinetti and
Mrs. Martlnetti, who had spent the
evening with the Crippens. had left
the house. During the quarrel, the
doctor said that his wife threatened to
leave him on the following day.
On returning from business on Feb.
/. Crippen said he found that his wife
had gone He took steps to prevent a
scandal and fabricated the story Of her
going 10 her family and her death
there. Counsel added that II he were
to get Rruce Miller over here from
Chicago he would be invited to attend
the court in order that the prisoners
statements migat be put TO n test
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Speaking Of the post norton the
prosecutor said DR.. Wilcox had found
more than half A grain Of hvoscin. one
OF the doadliest OF poisons and from
the fact that such a quantity had been
discovered after the parts had been
buried for months the physician was
able 10 saw that several grains must
have been administered
on Ian 10 seId Mr. Uumnhrevs
crippen purchased fve grains of
hvdro- bromide ~ bvoscin noisor 80