Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-03
GIRL SHIELDS
DIR. CRIPPEN?
Tells Officials That She
Believes He is
Innocent
FLOWERS SENT TO THE
PRISONER BY WOMEN

QUEBEC, Canada, Aug 3.-Dew,
the Scotland Yard inspector, who pur-
sued DR.. Hawley II. Crippen and Ethel
Clara lie Neve to Canada, was re-
ported as saying last night:
Ethel Clara lie Neve may be in
nocent OF any share in the murder
of Belle Gilmore. She has told me her
simple tale. and IL is sufficient TO
clear her of any guilt If certain facts
which she sets forth are established.
am in communication with Scotland
Yard now and detectives In England
are working TO prove her narrative.
She is doing all she can to shield
Crippen. however. and constantly in
her discussion of the case she repeats
her belief that he is innocent. We
know better
This report is denied In other quar-
ters said to be authoritative. Never
theless. many of those who have come
/ in contact with the girl do not hest
/ tate to say they believe she knew
nothing Of the disappearance OF Belle
| Gilmore when she fled with Dr.. Grip
pen
The authorities under the direc-
ton Of Dew have done their utmost
to keep the girl secluded since she
landed from the Montrose. She has
moved about from the Parliament
House prison to the Jeffrey Hale Hos
pital and to the home OF Chief McCar-
thy. of the Quebec provincial police
at ST. Sauvier
RumOr of Confession.
Montreal heard a rumor that Grip
pen had confessed.
Eyes, | killed the woman" DR.. Grip
pen is alleged to have said TO at least
one of the detectives who have been
engaged on the case.
Every one Of them denies this re-
port, and with emphasis
I'm glad you're here; misery loves
company" Crippen said with an at
tempt at a smile yesterday morning
when he awoke to see the keepers
just beyond the bars Of his cell.
He appears TO feel but light con-
Germ over his position. to judge SUI
perficially, but those who watch him
hour after hour attribute the appear
auce TO the fact that he has reduc-
ed himself to a state of nervelessness
Il was reported I'm Quebec that this
apathy was the result of drugs. The
allegation that Crippen was drug
fiend. made in London, while he was
still a fugitive, was recalled. The
prison authorities when questioned
refused to take notice Of the state
ment
Flowers From Women.
Crippen's cell. i'm which the ordi
nary wooden bench has been replac
ed by an iron cot, is brighter. Abou
II yesterday were several lunches O
! a 10 ha "a
legged murdered by a woman. Book
= and magazines poured into the priso
that the cell looked like a circulatin
library.
b Clara lie Neve sent cable messaf
+ to her parents IN England yesterda
? In 1t, according 10 report she sal
p that she had told all she knew OF n
r Crippen tragedy
+ The message was sent after De
] had spent several hours with tn
S young woman in the home of Chic
OF Police Mccarthy The Inspecto
! would not go into details as to wha
: she told him. Monday evening sh
5 was taken quietly to the house Q
= Judge Panet Anglers. and there tn
! formalities Of holding her for extra
dition were gone through.
b Mitchell, a Scotland Yard detectiv,
who has figured in the Crippen ease
viii sail on the steamship Lake Cham
plain for Canada on August wit
! the formal demand for the extraditio
! of DR. Crippen and the girl.
{ Crippen has friends in London VIII
believe he did not Stay his wife. Bell
Gilmore. and they are wiling to pa
for a lawyer to defend him when h
/ is tried there for murder