Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-23
Ion. ThIs was reveaIed by purely


lsition. This was revealed by purely
physical signs on two occasions. Fol-
lowing his sentence at Old Bailey he
had short fainting spell, and again
after dismissal of his appeal he was
near collapse for an hour or two. In
these attacks, however, his mental
courage was as firm as ever, and, af-
ter stimulants had aided him in cast
ink of the physical shrinkage from
death, he resumed his usual iron com
posure.
He was extended every considera-
tion by the Jail authorities His pris-
on fare was of the best, and extreme
care was taken of him by the med
lcal authorities. Once, when he had
slight cold. he was treated by DR..
Wilson constantly.
Every precaution was taken
against Crippen harming himself, but
the prisoner never showed any in
clinatlon TO take his own life. Twice
daily Crlppen was marched to the ex-
ercise yard, and frequently he was
permitted interviews with his solicit
tors and Miss Leneve. No one was
permitted TO see him last night, to
question him regarding the alleged
confession published in the Evening
Times.
The Times ~ afternoon repeated
the putative confession and pub
lished an ostensible statement in the
third person, alleged to have been
made by Crippen. The paper says
that Crippen confessed to friend
before he was executed The story
related the unhappiness of the doc
tors life, and his wife's alleged un-
faithfulness, her "tantrums. slattern-
liness, drunkenness and jealousy
These causes, It says, brought about
Crippen's determination to kill his
wife. Deliberately and cold-blooded-
ly, says the Times. the American
physician planned the details of the
murder.
The statement asserts that Crippen
purchased hyoscin and began impreg-
mating with the poison certain diges-
tive tablets that his wife was taking.
The first poisoned tablet caused her
death.
The body remained in bedroom
of the Crippen house at 80 Hilldrop
Crescent, Islington, North London.
until the evening OF February 2.
Then Crlppen began the CHASTITY task
OF dlsposlng OF the remains without
exciting suspicion.
lie carefully dissected the corpse.
cutting the arms and legs into small
pieces and burning them in the kitch-
en- stove. While he was engaged In
the work an ashman called at the
house and Crippen narrowly escaped
detection.
The grewsome task finally over
came the iron nerve of the doctor,
and he became fearful of attracting
the notice of his neighbors. Besides
the increasing odor of the decom-
posing flesh filled him with horror,
and one night he fed from the house,
leaving It wide open, with its hideous
secret exposed. In his flight he
threw the bloody scalpel into an adj
Joining yard Of a vacant house. After
wandering about London for hours,
his reason returned, and he went
back to his house.
All was as he had left it, with
nerves composed he deyised plans for
hiding the rost of the mutllated body.
Then he carried the remains to the
cellar broke the concrete pavement,
dumped in the relics, sprinkled them
with acid TO aid dissolution, and re-
paved the floor
Following this Miss Leneve came
to the house and posed as Mrs, Grip
pen. The doctor for a time silenced
neighborhood tongues by saying his
wife had gone to America, and later
that she had died there.
There seems to bo no way OF prov
Ing that the confession Is true or
false, according to lawyers, but they
assert that the confession, II made
must have been procured before Grip
pen was placed In jail, During oon'
finement at Pentonville no one spoke
to the condemned man, except in the
presence of his warders.
WE..N