The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-06
Such Is the Statement Which the Prosecution
Intends to ve====Eyidence OF Poison
Discovered by Chemists ===-Crippen
Attacks His Wife'S
Character

London Sept. 6.-At the opening OF
the trial today OF Or. Hawley ii. Grip
pen. who is charged with the murder
OF his wife. Belle Elmore, the prosecu-
lion announced that large quantities
Of poison have been found IN the wo-
mans body and that there were eyi-
dences that she had been subjected to
an operation
Ethel Lencve. the doctors typist.
who accompanied him on his flight
10 Canada, also was brought TO the
bar today, but the crown stated that it
has been decided to confine the al
legations against the girl to being an
accessory after the fact.
This relieves Miss Leneve of any
lore knowledge OF the crime, and Is
in line with the belief OF her family
and friends that she did not share
Crippen's confidence up TO the time
that his wife dropped out of sight.
Interest in the Crippen case, which
was Intense during the search for
the doctor has by no means worn
out. AS was shown by the crowd which
gathered In the vicinity of the Bow
street police court when the trial was
opened today
Travers Humphreys appeared for
the public prosecutors office while
Solicitor Arthur Newton represented
Crippen
Nr- Humphreys made long open
ing statement The prosecutor def
inltely stated that the physicians
who made the post mortem examina-
tion OF the mutilated parts unearthed
in the cellar of the Crippen home In
Hi Drop Crescent, Camden Road.
had discovered the presence OF large
quantities of hyosin. a colorless liz.
uid poison aBd also detected evi-
deDces that an operation had been
performed. --
In january Miss Leneve was feel.
ing her position In regard to Grip
pen acutely and particularly so at
that time when she expressed consid-
cradle Jealousy of Mrs. Crippen, It
was charged.
In a written statement made TO
Inspector Dew, when the investiga-
ton first opened, Crippen said Belle
was living In the protection of an
other man when he married her in
Jersey City. The doctor also spoke
of Bruce Millers alleged acqualnt-
ance with his wife while he was in
America and frequent threats which
Belle had made to quit him and 90
with another man, who occupied a
better position in life.
Crippens statement concluded with
story of the quarrel on the night OF
January 3lst, after Paul Martinetti
and Mrs. Martinetti. who had spent
the evening with the Crippens, had
left the house. During the quarrel,
The doctor said that his wife threat
cned TO leave him on the following
day.
On returning from business, on
February 1st, Crippen said he found
that his wife had gone. He took steps
TO prevent a scandal and fabricated
the story OF her going to her family
and her death there. Counsel added
that il he were to get Bruce Miller
over here from Chicago. he would be
invited TO attend the court in order
that the prisoners statement might
be put 10 a test
Speaking Of the post mortem. the
prosecutor said DR.. Wilcox had found
more than half a grain OF hyoSin
one of the deadliest of poisons, and
from the fact that such a quantity
has been discovered. after the parts
bad been buried for months. the ply
sician was able TO say that several
grains must have been administered
On January 18th, said Mr.. Humphreys,
Crippen purchased five grains OF hy-
dro-bromide Of byosin.