The San Francisco call., 1910-07-15
CRIPPEN TELLS
OF grief At
WIFE'S DEATH
In Letter Full of FalsehOOds
Writes of Great "Sor-
row" and "ShOck"
Woman Companion of Fleeing
Doctor Said TO Be Disguised
in Mems Clothes

the detectives. that he and his wife
had quarreIed and that following the
quarrel, she disappeared. The police
refused TO accept his explanation be-
cause Of the fact that the woman was
found TO have left her jewelry and
money behind.
Pursuing their inquiry, the police
discovered that Doctor Crippen had
been born at Coldwater. Mich. He was
educated in Indiana and Los Angeles
and completed his medical studies in
Michigan. Cleveland and New York
city. He practiced in Detroit, san
Diego. salt Lake City, St Louis and
Brooklyn as an eye and ear specialist.
At one time he manag ged patent med
icine business at Philadelphia and in
Toronto. Canada.
He married Belle EImore, as she was
known on the stage. and the two came
10 London four years ago. Mrs. Grip
pen is described by acquaintances as
about 81 years of age.
STEAMERS SAIL
The steamer Lusitania sailed from
Liverpool on Saturday and from
Queenstown on sunday. She is due at
New York some time tonight. The Ce-
oric also sailed from Liverpool Satur-
day and the St Paul sailed on the
same day from Southampton and the
Minnetonka from London.
Recently Doctor Crippen appeared in
public with Miss Leneve, who, accord
ing 10 the police was introduced by the
doctor as Mrs. Crippen.
Neighbors Of the Crippens speak of
them as quiet folk. who appeared to be
1n prosperous circumstances They oc-
cupied well furnished and well main
tained semidetac cbed house of > rooms
They did not mingle with their immedi-
ate neighbors, but from the number of
callers at their home ii was judged
they had many friends.
Mrs. Crippen was very well known in
vaudeville circles. She attended the
meetingsof the Music hall artists guild
regularly up TO the time of her disap-
Dearance last February. Miss LeneVe
was the doctors stenographer.
It appears that Mrs CTippen fire.
quently had urged her husband to dis
miss his typist, Miss Leneve, and that
his refusal TO dispense with the serv-
ices OF the woman led often to bitter
Quarrels between the doctor and his
Wife.
MURDERS SIMILAR
The similarity in the fate of Belle
Elmore and Of Mrs. Charlton. who was
recently murdered by her husband in
italy. IS most striking. Both women
were actresses who left their American
homes to meet death by Violence in
foreign land and in each instance the
police pursued the American husband
10 the shores of his native land. Por-
ter Charlton was arrested at Hoboken.
hut in the absence of extradition treaty
between the United States and Italy
specifically providing for the return to
either country Of citizen of the other
country who has committed a crime
broad he may go free.
IN the Crippen case no such compli-
cations are probable, is the British
American eXtradition treaty leaves no
hole of which a suspected criminal may
take advantage. The London police
Doctor Crippen and propose to get him
Z with the cooperation Of the American
authorities.
No Word From Son
Los ANGELES. July An A. Grip
pen. father Of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who
IS being sought in connection with the
murder Of his wife in London. is resi-
dent Of this city. He said today that
ne had not heard from his son directly
in more than year and that Doctor
Crippen had failed to reply to numer
Gus letters he had written 10 hlm-
However. he does not think his son had
anything to do with the murder of his
wife.
Il do not know anything of the death
of nay sons wife" said Crippen. "ex-
cept that my grandson, Hawiey, re-
cefved a letter from his father several
months ago, in which he said his wife
had died in San Francisco on her way
10 Los Angeles. I thought it strange
that she should be there alone. but
took his word for it that she had gone
there TO settle an estate.
Doctor Crippen has been very lax in
writing TO me, but l have confidence
that he was not responsible for the