Evening journal., 1910-07-14
WOMAN FOUND
MURDERED
Supposed to be the Wife Of
an American Dentist in
London
HEAD CRUSHED TO JELLY
WITH FIENDISH BLOWS
BY United Press Leased special wirs.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
LONDON. July IA Scotland Yard
authorities to-day are bending every
effort 10 locate Dr. llawley Crippen,
an American dcntist, who disappear
cd last Saturday The body of
woman. supposed TO he that of his
wife, who was formerly Belle Elmore,
a noted singer. was found late last
night buried In the cellar Of their
home No. 80 Hilldrop Crescent,
lslington, on the outskirts of Lon
don
Two collins were taken to-day by
the police undertakers TO the Crippon
home at Hilldrop Crescent. indicating
that another corpse had boon found
IN the house. Every one IS barred
from the promises and the police are
yelling their movements In mystery
II was officially announced this af-
/ ternoon that Crippen has been form
ally charged with murder and mutila-
! tion and tha, the police all over the
world have been asked TO arrest him
on sight. Crippen Is said TO have
fled with another woman with whom
he was living and who had assumed
tho name of Mrs. Crippen.
Dead Woman Philadelphia.
The dead woman, If she is really
Mrs. Crippen. was famous all ever
England as a concert singer II is
said she was born I'm Philadelphia.
the daughter Of a Polish family of
noble birth, who had fed from Poland
TO escape persecution She mace he .
first professional appearance i'm Lon
don, under the ncme of Belle Elmore
and sprang into instant favor.
Returning TO Philadelphia IL is
under. to q, she there met "a dentist
named CIippel. After her marriage,
it is declared she learned that she
was entitled TO a title aud estate. She
and Crippen, the London police say,
then left Philadelphia with the an
nounced intention of going to Poland
to lay claim TO her e-tate and title
Of Baroness Makomaski. They never
returned to America. Little Is known
OF her efforts to re-establish her title
In England. Crippen conducted an
b agency business in New oxford street
, Mrs Crippen was we'll known in th,
neighborhood. Last February. wheI
E Mrs. Crippen's absence WIS noted Dr
3 Crippen said that she had gone To th'
T continent for her health. IN Ma
e theatrical paper carried an announce
ment OF the death of Belle ElmOre
1 The neighbors became suspicious ant
4 notified the police. who learned tina
; no such death had occurred IN IN,
place mentioned in the advertisement
< Scotland Yard officials questioned
r Dr. Crippen. who was then living with
a second Mrs. Crippen.' Saturday hs
: disappeared. Then the police begar
searching the house, almost tearing
/, Il 10 pieces. Gardens were dug up anc
walls sounded. Last night the body
was found buried under a cement hool
, in the basement ltpwas so badly de.
composed that Identification has beer
b impossible
p The Star to-day declares that az
ter his wifes disappearance last Feb
ruary he variously told neighbors that
she had gone TO the continent, that she
had gone to America and that she was
touring with a theatrical company
, Later he told them that she had died
at a watering place on the continent
on With His StenOgrapher.
The Star adds that the woman now
missing with Crippen is his stenog-
I rapher.
DR.. Crippen was the London agent
of Dr. Munyon, the Philadelphia pat
cnt medicine nrm, the Dean Drul
Company, and the Dr. Eut Institute
a medical concern of Paris
The police charge that Dr. Cripper
slew his wife and then told her neigh.
bors she had gone abroad. To sub
stantiate this story. they charge, h,
forged the letter and then inserted the
advertised notice Of her death. The ef
forts to conceal the crime and dis
tract attention. the police say, brand
DR. Crippen as an unusually clever
criminal. The police are certain The
corpse is that of Mrs. Crippen from
the general shape OF the body. Th'
head had been crushed to jelly will
70 nendish blows and would have beer
unrecognizable even before decompo
sition set I'm. The entire corpse wai
. hacked and iabbed, as though with I
r knife