Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-01


 l they found handcuffed in his state 1 room, No. 8. and Miss Leneve under 1 the care of a physician in No. ). News Spread Among the Passengers. i The news by this time had spread 1 among the passengers, who had beer l duped throughout the voyage by tht 1 bogus clergyman and his effeminatt | son Captain Kendall had kept iron 1 them the identity of the two mysteri- ous passengers and although the re- cent bombardment of wireless mes 1 sages had aroused their suspicious l none on board besides Llewel1yn Jones the wireless operator. knew that the two were Dr.. -Crippen and his girl con- panion. Neither Denied Their Identity Although neither Crippen nor the 1 typist denied their identity, neither death of Belle Elmore. Inspector Dew's task was only to point out the fugitives to the Canadian police and after their arrest bring them back to England. Neither he nor the Canada ans who made the arrest tried to get 1ncrimina ting admissions from the couple. Such efforts are contrary to British law and the prisoners volun- teered no information.
 Miss Leneve Again in Proper Gar ments.
 With the shock of arrest over.
  ing in which the girl had travelled as Crippen's son. for garments more fit ted to her sex. Then she collapsed again and lay for more than an hour in her berth, her features contorted and her body shaken with convuIsive sobs. In separate cabin, guarded by a detective, Crippen sat in silence with his chin sunk on his chest. On the deck. near at hand. group of French and Roumanian migrants were singing cheerful songs.
 Ship Surgeons Account of Arrest Of
 the Doctor.
 Dr. Stuart, who stood beside the fu- gitive as he Has arrested, gave the following account.
 T was walking on the promenade deck about 7.30 this morning, when Crippen, who was in the habit of ris- ing at s.sO each morning. joined me in my walk. We talked on various subjects and though Crippen seemed indifferent to the fact of which he was aware. that the pilot was putting out in boat at that time and might be accompanied by detectives. He re- however. on the number of men aboard, saying, There seems to be too many pilots aboard Then we resumed our conversation.
 ''The detectives climbed awkwardly up the rope ladder Dew first, followed by Mccarthy. then Denis. and finally Francois Gauvreau the official pilot,
 
 As Dew sterped aboard Crippen and myself were standing on the lee side of the vessel little forward of the main companionway. The purser waited at the top of the ladder and pointed out the dentist to Dew. The inspector walked quickly to up him and in a moment it was all over. Story Told by Another Eye Witness.
 Another eyewitness described the arrest as follows:
 When Dew reached the companion way he turned on Dr. Crippen and said:
 " Are you Dr. Crippen?'
 "Crippen replied Yes and Dew said, You're arrested on a charge of mur- der and. the mutilation of the body Of an unknown woman.
 crippen Appeared Dazed.
 Detective Mccarthy stepped forward and snapped the handcuffs on the den tits's wrists as a safeguard, even though Crippen made no resistance He appeared dazed and with a briet remark that he was glad it was all over he walked quietly to the captains cabin.
 Inspector Dew's question, Are you Dr. Crippen?' was purely perfunctory. for he had recognized his man instant Iy. Crippen's face was clean shaven and daathly pale and there was no resem- olance in the huddled up figure with | it's scanty hair, thin eyebrows and no noustache, to the photographs of the i ". The only jaunty touch in his cos tune was a light colored necktie. How Miss Leneve Was Trapped in Her l
 Cabin. Detective Denis gave the most inter | ssting account of how Miss Leneve was l trapped in her cabin. As soon as | |rippen had been taken in charge by | Mccarthy" he said, Inspector Dew 1 md myself went to cabin No. g. where | We were informed that Miss Leneve 1 vas reading magazine. Dew gave l instructions for stewardess to stand i in case the girl tainted, | hen he entered the cabin, followed by 1 myself
 Do you recognize me?' he asked | If the girl when she rose to greet him.
 No. she replied bluntly, as the 1 .olor left her face.
 We'll said he. I am a detective Of Yard and have here a war murder and mutilation of the body of -n unknown woman.' He used the anne words with which he had ad- Iressed Crippen. taking them from the wording of the warrant.
 "The magazine fell from the girls i land and she sank back on the sofa in 1 faint Then the stewardess entered | a word from Dew and forced q little [ the hquor between her lips. Breath ng heavily. she lay back on the sofa 1 Fith her eyes closed. She was not 1 andcuned
 Although clad in a bows n-fitting | ttire she showed some of the beauty hat the police believe led Crippen to urn against his wife. Her light brown air is cut short and parted in the lddle after the fashion Of the Eng ssh hoy. Her eyes are gray and large nd heavily fringed. and her complex m is clear. Her face is plezsingIy val and her exrression win11inE It was more than four hours after