The Washington times., 1910-07-15
Abandon Belief That Miss
ing Doctor and Typist Have
Fled From England.
HEARS
DEATH STRUGGLE
ShoPkeeper Says Shots Were Fired
Frequently-Singer's Insur-
ance Investigated

LONDON, July 15-Receiving today
an important clue. Scotland Yard au-
thorities have abandoned the theory
that Dr. HavIey Harvey CripDen and
his typist. Ethel Clare Leneve. have
fed from England
The search for the American physI-
clan and dentist, who is charged with
having murdered his wife and buried
her body in quickIime in the basement
Of their home, g HuIdrop Crescent. is
now being prosecuted vigorously IN the
southeast coast resorts
The detectives today declared they
were convinced Crippen and Miss
Leneve are stHI IN hiding in England
It became known that the pair had
been under police Surveillance for days.
and though this surveillance was some
what less strict after last SATURDAY.,
when the detectives questioned d.
CriDDen. the detectives say IT was. nee-
ertheIess, sufficiently rigid TO warrant
ths statement that Crippea has 1o-
gone 10 America or Europe
Death Struggle Heard
This afternoon the police made p-r-
lie the statement Of the Keeper Of 1
shop adjoining the Cri1peu home. 11
HiIldrop Crescent This man Cecla--f
that he often heard revolver shots ll
the Crippen house, and he had grown 50
accustomed 10 them Ihar when. four ur
i've months ago he heard d woman
piteousIy scream. "Oh, don't Oh don-,--
followed by revolver shots, he paid Erll.
ileed
As this HAPPENED about the time -la
police believe Mrs C-ipueu u-ls zli--l-
the ShopiCeeue- believes CT5p-su shot l-i-
wife 90 GeaCh on that occasion
While II lS possible chat --e S----=-1
heard was the death night or Ee-.a ~
more the police are making q s-sr--a
for other possible victims. The -leUr9--
-f the body not being absolutely eS-G.--
EShed, u is possibly that ~ aDO-l-f
The roI5ez are eudeavUrilE 10 t-a-s
The possible connection ct tl- eorEgs f--
the EElnula home with the LlSauDel--
auce of several women and ir Is no1
that the C-.-uel house VIII reveal
series OF crimes as shocking as The
Jack the Ripper cases u lWen-r
years ago
Inquest Tomorow-
The police have arranged with the
coroner 20 have the inquest held -Cuor-
row. when It IS expected that the chem
5ez1 analysis made by Dr- Pepper. the
famous rrimiuCloEisc. VIII SHOW shat
Mrs. Crirpeu vas kiIed by poison
Her physician husband is wen Versed
In roXlCcloSy-
The rriz-tfuI mutIation and dissec-
tion OF the body was an afterthouglt-
cESIEned merely TO facilitate TIE de-
composing action Of the quickIiue In
which the body was Inferred Many
Of the larger bones were removed
from the body, for they would not
soon disiuteEratG IN the bed Of quick
lime II Is said today that the reason
for the continued search being mad
through the house is that the police
are confident they VIII md these
bones hidden somewhere about the
premises
The police today resumed their
search OF the HuIdrOp Crescent houye-
Detectives Are Busy.
Detectives trained to such work this
began an examination Of all
The hoors and walls. tapping and a.
times CemOlishiuE, uuGer-ths super
vision cf Superintendent Forest and
Sir Melville MacNauElto-. chief OF
the criminal iuvsstiEa Jion department
OF Scotland Yard
The motive f0T the murder. accord
inE 10 the police. is q battling Trob-
lem. At variance with the poison
theory is the belief expressed in some
quarters that the murde-e- beat down
Mrs Crippen in a sudden III OF rage
The correctness of this view would
stan further carry OUT the analogy
between the Crippen case and the
Charlton murder, in which Porter
Charlton, the frau American youth.
beat his beautiful wife 20 death ia
their Lake Como VILLA and threw her
body II a trun k, into the lake.
The fact that the voman-S wardrobe
worth fully S5,u1l -t COuServativ eS-
innate, and her jeWeIry were Ieft u-Ifs-
Jurbec after Eer death. the police say. is
regarded as significant Miss Ienevc
was seen afJerward wearing some of the
uneTy- including q sealsllin saCque and
diamonds.
Investigate Life Insurance.
The police are making cI 1se fnvestf-
CATION to ascertain what life Insurance
was carried on Mrs Cr-ppen- II IL IN
lerstood that large policies were carried
inquiry at the headquarters Of the Music
ball Art Guild develop that the funds
OF the guild OF which the victim vas
treasurer are intact
An aspect OF the case that has at
tTacted much attention on the part Of
the authorities Is the report that Miss
ieDeve who had been CriUpeu's stem
1srapher for several years En- spite
1f his Wlfes pleas for her discharge
married CrIupen after Belle FI-nore's
wife
Her marital status would have great
bearing on her ability 10 testify regard
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