Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-02

quebec. Aug. 1.-Probably not be-
fore Aug. Is will DR.. Hawley Harvey
Crippen and Ethel Clara LIE Neve be
taken aboard trans Atlantic liner
bound for England, there to stand trial,
Jointly accused of numbering a woman
believed to have been Belle Elmore. the
doctors American wife. The criminal
law of the British possessions estab-
lished this today when the haggard
dentist whose flight ended so dramati-
cally aboard the steamship Montrose
yesterday morning, was arraigned be-
fore a magistrate and remanded until
Aug s. Neither he nor the girl will
resist extraditiOn.
Although too i'll to appear in court
the questions prescribed by law were
put to Miss lie Neve as she sat Weak
~ in a chair at the home of Chief Nc
Carthy of the provincial police AS
Crippen had said at this arraignment
earlier in the day she too evinced will
ingness to go back to England for trial.
She answered the questions in an al
most inaudible voice and seemed on
the verge of collapse. AS was her male
companion She was remanded until
Aug. s.
Until late in the day the judge and
the police believed that the girls ex-
animation would have to be postponed;
but finally they decided to question
her at Chief McCarthy's house 50 that
both prisoners might be ready to re-
turn to England on the same boat at
the earliest~date permitted by law.
Crippen will not fight extradition
He is as a man exhausted, and he has
sunk into the quicksand of the law
without a struggle. OF the girls at
titude less is known. She is still brok-
| en- i'm body and spirit alternately shak-
en- with sobs. or silently morose. Her
relatives in London are besieglng her
| by cable to tell all and the Quebec po-
| lice are treating her with gentleneSS
rarely shown prisoner even if wo-
man.
Crippen was taken before the court
of special sessions today where he was
questioned formally as to his Identity
and informed that he was under ar
rest for the murder of an unknown
woman. Remanding him to Aug was
purely perfunctory. for he and his
companion, under the fugitive offender
act. must remain here at least 15 days.
So. on the Sth he will likely be re-
manded again until the 18th and the
first available vessel for England Will
not depart until three days later.
Bv that time, another detective from
Scotland Yard will have arrived. bring
| ing a formal application for eXtradl-
| ton, although this application PROB
ably will not be necessary in view OF
| the accused mans declaration that ne
will raise no obstacles to check his re-
turn Sergeant Mitchell. who brings
the application from London. will aid
Inspector Dew in taking the prisoners
| back for trial.
Although Crppen was the center of at
traction when arraigned. the most inter
esting development of the day was the
liberal treatment of Miss Le Neve by the
police. Like Crippen she is accused OF
| murder, but the girl was seen today en-
loving the freedom of the house of Chief
of Police Mccarthy.
| When taken from Jail today 1t was an
nolinced that because of her weak condi-
| ton she had been transferred to hos
| pitaI but this proved to be incorrect. She
| is back in Jail tonight under the cara
of a physician, but visitors to the chief S
| house say they had a glimpse of hei
walking about in the yard for breath OF
air under careful but unobtrustive sur
veillance.
Many believe the police are so mark
edly lenient with Miss LIE Neve not only
| because they pity her. but also because
they doubt she was equally guilty witt
Crippen and hope she may turn against
| him on the witness stand. This is the
course her relatives in London are urg
| ing her to take, as several cablegramS
received today made apparent.
| Crippen occupies cell in the provin
| ciaI iaiI on the heights east of the city
| overlooking the ST. Lawrence river. HI
| is not handcuffed and for several hour
today he was permitted to exercise in the
corridor The only other prisoners in the
| corridor were two French Canadians
| serving short sentences for street
brawl. His jailer said the dentist did no
| talk to them.
| Thus far he has been model prisoner
making no requests and giving the keep
| ers no worry. There are several ways II
which the prisoner might make himselt
troublesome to the authorities. He nigh
ask to have the American consul notified
or seek an attorney to insure that he get:
fair treatment. The United States con
sui here is Gebhardt Willrich. former
resident of Milwaukee and st. Paul
Mimi Mr.. Wiilrich said today that whil'
4 he stood ready to give Crippen all con
1 sistent assistance, he had had no appli
cation and he expected none. In fact
he added, he saw no way in which h
could better the situation Of the prisone
| in any way.
Inspector Dew, whom Scotland Yarc