The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
.GRUESON Omen
FOR DR.. CR|PPEN.
Rope Jerks Him Under Chin.
as He Boards
Vessel.
.D.EtPAR5 I FOR Lo.NID ON
Alleged Wife-Murderer and His
Companion Leave on
Steamer Megantic.

Quebec, Que.. August 2o.--Quebec
bade farewell tonight to DR.. Hawley
Harvey Crippen and Ethel Glare Lee
8neve. At o'clock they sailed for
England aboard the White Star liner
Megantic. due at Liverpool at noon
next Saturday. BY Saturday night
they probably viii be lodged in a
London jail to await trial for the MUIR
der of a woman supposed to be Grip
pens wife. Belle Gilmore.
An extraordinary accident occurred
as Crippen crossed the gangplank. II
carried an omen that might we'll de-
press a man in the shadow OF the
3hangman's rope. Crippen came hurry
ing across the plank handcuffed, his
hat pulled low over his eyes and his
chin buried in his collar. trying APP
fparently to dodge the photogra piers.
In his haste he ran squarely into q
rope that held the gangway steady.
The rope caught him under the chin
and jerked him backward, and had
not Dew. who was close behind. caught
him, Crippen would have fallen and
possibly pitched between the two yes
sells into the water. The next instant
Dew had stood him on his feet and the
pair disappeared inside the Megantic.
Miss Lcnevc Fnints.
E Miss Leneve. who had left the jail
with every evidence of willingness,
had to be supported as she crossed
the gangplank AS she reached the
deck Of the Megantic she tainted and
had to be carried to her cabin. It
was half an hour before she revived.
INSPECTOR Dew managed the depar-.
;ture Of the famous pair in q manner.
that furnished fitting climax to their
sensational capture. ~
The finishing touch to q erformance5
that more than once verged on opera;
s5ouffe came when the Scotland Yard
detective climbed the gangplank, and
with impassive countenance entered
his name on the passenger list as!
;Silass p. Boyle. This. in spite Of the
fact that Dew was probably the best.
known man aboard, and among his
900 fellow fully 500 had
met him before in Quebec.
Mrs. Stone one Of the wardresses
brought from London to look after
Miss Leneve. appeared on the passen-
ger list as MARY Byrne, and Miss
Foster, her companion. as Miss Ogil-
vie.y 8s
After making arrangements to board
the steamer. Dew conducted his pris-s
y
In an Suproar and brought every re-
porter and photographer in Quebec
upon his heels. He smuggled them
from the local Jail at 4 O'clock with
three hacks and five provincial de-
tectives to help hts own Scotland Yard
force Then, by circuitous routes. he
drove to the river at Sillery, a Village
onlysa mile from the iailgin straight
line.abu 1t measured seven miles over
the road he chose. Before the three
hacks had reached the river the whole
countryside was aroused. and, when
g party OF new spaper men came in
pursuit shortly afterward, they had n
trouble In following the trail. In an
automobil eI they reached Sillery K In
time to see the Queen putting up the
FLYER y, with lew on deck wearing a
triumphant SMILE Thus the British
detectives escaped the photographers
On q shore, but the Mesantic on her.
downward voyage from Montreal was
not .duleSuntil noon, and the Queen had
e II 9 off Cape Rouge for nearly three
hours until the liner arrived.
Dew Out-AIanoeuyred.
Alert photographers they we're
lot wanting hsd thus all the chance
n the world to charter tug In Que
oeo and steam SupEthe river. And they
ook The Queen was oVerhauled !
ust as the 9Megantic hove In ST ght. For
he next half hour there followed anil
exhibition of marine manoeuyrlng
hat would have delighted the heart |
i Captain Mahan--the Queen trying
oreach the gantic, so as to put tho !
aboard unobserved. 4 5 the
on the tug jockeying FOR
,lace. Finding his task impossib.s,SI
Dew finally had the Queen dashed 10
he steamers side and put Crlnpen ana
Hiss Leneve aboard under a camera
Ire partly ma sked \ by the efforts or
he two prisoners to hide heirs faces,
led \ to cabins Nos, 81 and ga, which
hey will occupy during the voyage.
Dew took the cabin next 10 Crippsen,
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