The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-02
.CR|PPEN MAY Be
CONVICTED ON
W0NAN's STORY
Attitude. Toward Leneve wo.
man One Of Extreme Kind
ness and Consideration
her FAMILY IS uRG|NG HER
TO TELL WHAT She KNOWS

TO TELL WHAT She KNOWS
Police Believe She Is Innocent Of Any
Intentional Wrong Dsing and Are
Working to Secure Her Story -
Evidence Against Crippen.
Quebec, Aug. 2.-Dr. Crippen and
Miss Leneve, the prisoners who have
caused the attention of the world to
be drawn to this old French city, slept
last night the sleep Of complete ex-
halstion, following the ordeal Of the
proceeding hours from the time they
were arrested on board the steamer
Montrose on q charge of murder and
the mutilation OF the victim, supposed
to be Belle Elmore. Crippen's Ameri-
can wife.
Crippen and the girl now face two
weeks or moro monotonous waiting.
There will be no more legal proceed
ings in the case until August 8, when
they will have another purely formal
appearance In court to give them the
last opportunity of demanding writ
of habeas corpus or any other legal
relief. Unless they change their ex-
pressed intention, however, neither
willapply for q writ or interfere In
any way with the arrangements of the
police.
Even unemotional Dew, a typical
English detective, has been affected
by Miss Leneve's plight. II am sor-
~ for her." he said today. II do not
believe that she knew anything about
Il"
While the Canadian and English
laws strictly prohibit any attempt by
the police to secure confession, and
especially forbid the third degree
tactics. IL. the Girl should express
rdesira to make revelations, the police
ssy that they would accept 2 her
statement after she had been warned
that anything shs .1aid might Be used
against her Ut her trial. Thus far
even In her moments Of extreme
shock and weakness the police assert
Crippen's companion has remained
loyal to him 30 far as silence is con:
cerned! Crippen today was permit
ted to receive the first message that
has reached him from the outside
since his arrest. This message was
an invitation for him to make his first
public statement. His reply was sim
ply mo"
Crippen ID still taciturn and SEEM
ing to have recovered his composure,
has said nothing since his arraign-
ment which might aid the police in
solving the mystery surrounding the
disAppearamco Of his wife, Belle FL
morS, IN American actress
Miss Leneve has never been placed
In q cell here. She has been kept In
q room Of one Of the women employees
Of the psovincisd .jadl and has been
allowed an occasional outdoor exer-
else. Tho attttude toward her by the
police b sympathetic.
inspector Dow has repeatedly said
that he believed the girl was innocent
Of any knowledge Of the wrong doing.
She hes been visited by other women
who have treated her most kindly. At
the same time Miss Leneve b being
bombarded with cablegrams from
members Of her family in London urg-
ing her to tell all she knows. The
pressure OF friend1iness La being ex-
erted upon her, while there Is ne pros
poets that she Will come In contact
with Crippen or even see him for q
long time.
May Peach.
A London dispatch says Miss
Leneve's relatives have retained
counsel here to defend her but on this
point the police have received no Of
,icial Information,
Crippen. seemed utterly discouras-
ed, but, 80 far as can be ascertained,
he has let nothing slip that can be
Used against him when. he comes up
for trial. The police pin their hopes
upon Miss Leneve, but, following the
wishes Of Inspector Dew, they declare
that they are making no effort to OBJ
tain confessions and are not subject
ing either prisoner to anything ap-
preaching the third degree" Such
efforts would be contrary to British
police methods.
Talks with the crew and stewards
of the Montrose throw interesting
side lights on the action Of the pair
ON the voyage from Antwerp. Dom
mick Keen, the steward who looked
after their stateroom, had the best op-
portunity for observing their actions.
He said:
II was one Of the first to discover,
by her neat method in her room, her
way of walking and her effeminate
figure that John Robinson. Jr., was
. woman. Then we. discovered that
the labels had been taken from all
their clothes. that the lining had been
torn from the younger Robinson's hat
and. soon Capt. Kendall was convinc-
cd that he had the much sought fugi-
tives. The pair spent most Of their