New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
CR|PPEN GUILTY; TO
DIE ON NOVEMBER IS
Iury in Famous Case Out Only
Half an Hour-PrlSoner
Protests Innocence.
CALM WHEN HE HEARS FATE
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, IN
Summing Up, Says None but
Prisoner Could Have
Committed Crime.

London. oct. 22-Dr Hawley Harvey
C-ippen. the American practitioner and
medical agent was to-day found guilty
~ the murder Of his wife the American
actress Belle Elmore, and sentenced TO
death Il was announced this evening
rbsr ,rippen would be hanged on No
vember IL.
There is. however. the strongest pTeJu-
dice II England against executing man
on rurelv circumsIantial evidence ana
ST incident at the close OF Crippens trlaI
has caused the impression that the jury
my have recommended q lie sentence
After C-fppen was sentenced TO death
the foreman of the jury handed 10 the
Lord Chief Justice a note. after looking
"A which the Justice said. THAT shall be
forwarded 20 the proper quarter
The proper quarter means the Home
zec-etarv. who has jurisdiction in such
matters. The jurors refused % discuss
the incident
The jury was out Just thirty minutes
when Z returned and announced that X
had found the defendant guilty, LORD
chief Justice Alverstone asked the physl-
clan II he had anything 10 say Crlp-
Den replied II low voice: ! stlA pro
test my innocence"
The chief justice then donned the
black cap Iha- has rested near him
throughout the trial and pronounced the
sentence OF death. Addressing the con-
riemned man. Lord AIverstone said;
Won have been convicted on evidence
1rhich can leave no doubt in The mind o.
=-v reasonable man that sou cruelty
r-r--6e-ed voi- wife and then mUtilated
her body.
y advise YOU TO entertain no hope that
,-o- VIII escape the consequences OF
x-or- crime. 7 irnpIore you 10 make your
peace with Almighty COD
AS The Lord Chief Justice ended q po-
1icenan stepped forward, and IN the
hush that had fallen over the courtroom
LED Crippen from the dock
Trial Lasts Less Than Five Days.
Il the rule in England 10 allow three
SUNDAYS 10 intervene between a SEN
rence 81 death and the execution. The
-rial lasted less than FIVE DAYS having
begun al 1880 O'Clock last Tuesday
morning. The 1ury retired at 2:li
u'cIock this afternoon and returned with
xae verdict at 90 o'clock
Cr5ppen received the death sentence
with. The apparent calnness that charac-
rerized him throughout the trla4, ana
which IN fact has been noticeable from
-he moment OF his arrest He appeared
rather nervous during the judges sum
-rinE up. which was strongly against
him. AS Lord AlverstOne mercilessly
r7o-1-ayed his character as developed
during the trial. Crlppen twirieo MS
thumbs. crossed and recrossed his legs
and occasionally shufled his feet How
ever. as soon as, the charge had been
concluded the prisoner seemed 70 pull
himself together AS the jury moved
out OF the room ne appeared 10 ne mol
Quite sure what TO DO with himself. and
-or moment he stood IL front Of The
dock with his elbows resting OF the rail-
trEs and watched the men in whose
hands his fate rested file past him
During the half hour that the jury was
.,ut me courtroom filed up. and when
=r officer returned with the exhibits in
-ho case for which the foreman had
asked and intimated that verdict had
been reached every foot OF space IN the
room was occupied. There was a buzz
OF conversation. the spectators being
convinced from the brevity Of the delib-
.rariors that q verdict Of guilty had
been found.
CripDen Calm When He Learns Fate.
There was little delay after the judge
snd Jury had again taken their seats in
-ra open cour- before the prisoner
mounted the stairs and confronted the
-ura-s. BE walked between TWO WBrders
g. his scat he was paler than usual.
when the verdict was announced he did
uoc finch. and was ia no need u the
protecting arm which a warder held OU-
toward him
The. silence 1n which the sentence Was
received was broken by the clerk formal
question. "Pris0n-r al The bar have YOU
anything 10 sav why sentence OF the
court should nor be passed against you
for a fraction Of d second Crippen hest
-ated. then replied: betraying his emo
zion by 0nlv The slightest fturter OF the
voice. y Sill protest my innocence.
Lord AlversJone pronounced the SEN
rence of death, and the warders again
held our their arms 70 support lae pris-
one-. He ignored their pronere3 assist
snce ana, turning, walked frrliy from
1he room stopping only once and then
[or brief moment 10 take a Last look
ar 1he courtroom within which ne had
fought for ms life
The building was soon cleared. and
The news Of the conviction spread 20 the
streets adjacent 20 the New Bailey,
where, however. the crowd was not So
great to-day as If Was on the earlier
Cavs OF the trial
A large crowd awaited the departure
of CripDen from The New Bailey. There
were "a few "bO0s' az re drove away 10