Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-18
CR|ppEN ADMITTED
He LIED ABOUT
DEATH OF WIFE
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Police Inspector at Belle Elmore
Inquest Testifies Doctor Told
Conflicting Stories.
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AUTOPSY FAILS TO
DISCLOSE BODY'S SEX
Before Flight Suspected Husband
and His Typist Wrote Serv-
ant, "Going to Theatre"

LONDON. July 1s.--The latest theory
OF the Scotland Yard officials is that
DR.. Hawley H. Crippen and Ethel Clara
Leneve may be aboard the steamer
Krooniand, which sailed for New YORK
from Dover at II o'clock on the night
Of July 8, the day the two disappeared
The steamer Is due at quarantine. New
York, before IL O'clock tomorrow night.
Interest in the mysterious murder
centred today in the inquest, at which
Ait had been hoped the physicians would
! prepared to describe the manner OF
-. and possibly make positive the
e cation of the dismembered body.
ever the formal evidence adj
& Led added nothing material to what
was already generally known. The
only startling fact developed was that
the experts were not even in a posi-
tion to state definitely whether the
homeless mash of flesh dug under the
cellar floor was that of a woman.
, Instead of throwing light on the nys-
terry the testimony served to make the
case still more battling. When the ply
sicians had concluded their statements
1t was decided to postpone the conclu-
sion of the inquest for one month. in
surgery at the Royal Army Medical
college. opportunity to make a com
pIete examination of the pieces of flesh
and the police to continue the thus far
fruitless search for Crippen and the
Leneve woman.
Several witnesses recited the history
of the known occurrences surrounding
the tragedy from the time suspicion
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his fight and the discovery OF the
murdered one.
string ns Clue.
Inspector Dew OF Scotland Yard,
said that he first visited Ethel Len
eve at the Crippen residence. fhe
wntdan on that OCCASION told him that
she was crippen's housekeeper. Later
the inspector went to Crippen's office
z and had talk with the doctor At
this time, the witness said, the Doctor
admitted that all of the stories which
Tie had previously told of his wife's
death were untrue. He said he had
auarreled with Mrs. Crippen on the
night of January 81 last and that fol-
lowing the quarrel she had left him
saving that she intended to join man
who. the doctor said, he believed lived
in Chicago.
With the body, the inspector said, he
f,Ji;rd a piece Of string and man s
handkerchief. which might have peen
used TO strangle the victim, and some
pieces of clothing, including the jacket
az a suit of pajamas, the trousers OF
which were subsequently found In an
upper room of the house.
DR.. Thomas Marshall. one of the sur
qeons who performed the post-mortem,
testified that he had not been able to
fnd a trace of the bones and could
not swear, on anatomical grounds,
whether the members were those of a
male or female. One piece of flesh, he
4 said. had t<ven rise to some debate
among the medical men, but so far he
had been unable to definitely decide
the sex The witness said that a
rnicroscopical examination which might
disclose more than was now known
was proceeding.
/ Professor Pepper, who is the home
pffice expert, did not give his testi-
nlony. as had been expected. for he Is
unable as yet to state definitely either
the cause of death or the sex of the
victim.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-Detectives to-
day inspected the passengers on the
steamer Minneronka, from London, and
the Chicago, from Havre, on their ar
rival today in pursuance Of the search
fer DR.. Hawley Harvey Crippen. No
trace of the missing physician was
fouId on either steamer
PARIS. July 1S.--M Lepine. prefect
of police, today issued instructions to
the police of France to watch for and
arrest upon discovery DIR. Hawley H.
Crippen, the American, who Is wanted
in NLon1on on the charge of having
slain his wife. known in the theatrical
world as Belle Elnore.
s-'he French search for the fugitive
has taken an original turn. The police
here believe that Crippen is masquer-
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