The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-15
DR.. Cri ppen Being
Sought Throughout
the World.
NO DOUBT LEFT
AS TO HIS GUILT.
Kills Belle Elrnore, Noted Music
Hall Singer, and Buries Body
in Cellar of Their London
Home-Misspelled Word
Leads to Investiga-
ton.

London, July 11.-All the intrica =. ma.
Ijchinery of Scotland Yard has BEEN Sc,
in motion to effect the capture OF Dr.
Hawley II. Crippen. the battered body
of whose wife, a noted music hall sing
er. known under the stage name OF
Belle Elmore. was found buried deep
In the clay in the cellar of their home
at Hildrop Crescent, North London.
Crippen has been missing since last
Saturday, when apparently he could
no longer offer explanation for the
death OF his wife. which was alleged
to have occurred months ago in Cali
fornia. Then it was that the police.
in making thorough examination OF
the empty house, came upon the body,
nutilated and burned beyond recogni-
tIon by auIcklime which had been
thrown upon 1t. The thick clay. by
which It was partly surrounded. TO
some extent retarded the action OF
the duicklime. and go frustrated the
murderer's intention Of destroying the
body utterly. 1t is reported that the
body had been partly dissected before
burial, and that nearly all the bones
are missing
Steamers Watched.
Reouests have been sent out broad
cast that all incoming steamers be
watched. The belief is strong that
crippen sailed on Saturday for New
York, but there have also been rumors
that he was seen in London not long
er ago than this morning.
Nothing, however, devei"ned during
the course Of the day, althougn the
police continued their digging opera
tions at the hnns- hins "ss
found tina. would throw further hshs
on the mystery. which has become the
chief sensation In the London news
papers.
DR.. crippen. who is dentist and
nifty years of age. has made his home
for some time at 3s Hildrop Cres-
cent. North London. Some time ago,
actress and treasurer of the Music
Hall Artists Guild. disappeared. and
subsequently a notice OF her death ap-
peared in the local papers. The fact
of her demise was generally credited.
but there was more or less gossip
among the woman's intimates. and
this finally reached the ears of the po-
lice. The latter visited DR.. Crippen,
and the interview appeared to be sat
isfactory.
Saturday noon DR.. Crippen dlsap-
peared. and since then the police have
not been able to locate him Yester-
day a search Of the Crippen house was
made, and the battered body OF a wo-
man was found buried in the cellar.
1t had been placed in ou;ckline ana
was burned beyond recognition. but
the finding OF the body, together with
other discoveries to-day. left no doubt
In the minds OF the authorities that
me murdered woman was Mrs. Grin
pen.
Sir Melville McNaughton, chief of
the criminal investigation department
OF Scotland Yard, took the matter IN
hand, and Developments followed rap
idly
Carefully Planned.
ne indications point to a carefnlly
planned murder. Early In Febrnary
last letter signed Belle Ellmora,,
was received by the Vaudeville Art
lists Guild. stating that the writer
mad gone to America on business. n
was this letter which the police say
was intended to cover up crime that
as 1t turned out. furnished an eyi.
dence of criminality. Belle Eln1ore
spelled her name with one 81. This
dlscrepancy was recognized, and
aroused suspicion among members of
the guild, and largely Influenced them
in determining to bring the matter
of the woman's strange disappearance
to the authorities
Then the advertisement appeared.
announcing that Belle Elmore had
died at Los Angeles, Cal. An investi-
cation was put on foot, and the ad-
vertisement was found to have been
untrue.
1t was learned to-day that when
the officers visited Crippen they
forced him to admit that his wife had
not died in California. He then said,
according to the detectives. that he
and his wife had quarreled. and that
following the quarrel she disappeared.
The police refused to accept this ex-
because of the fact that the
woman was found to have left her
jewelry and money behind. Pursuing
their inquiry, the authorities discov-
cred that DR.. Crippen was born at
Coldwater Mich. He practiced in De-
troit, San Diego. Cal, Salt Lake City,
st. Louis and brooklyn, as an eye and
ear specialist.
He married Belle Elmore, as she was
known on the stage. at New York.
The woman's maiden name was Mack
amotski. The two came to London
four years ago.
Was a Brooklyn Girl.
New York, July 14.-Belle Elmore
was a Brooklyn girl. The first news
Of her death was received here by Mrs.
r, H. Mills, step-sister. in letter
dated April7. No. 80 Hildrop Crescent.
North London, England. and signed by
DR., Crippen.
The police regard the date as import
ant because, although 1t carried the