New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

! had European business with CTippen. IS
| known IN London under half dozen aliases
and al half dozen different address =
I He has been tor years past the financial
/ backer Of Crip2en's enterprises. and with
out his aid il IS said Crippen would never
/ have gained the material success he at
tained u is thought. too. that Crippen.
having been 4 good liver and a rather free
/ spender. VIII soon have need 70 call upon
him again.
Mari Put Up Money. Says Scott.
( Charles Thomas Mar. whose main.
! though secret Office has been at No Il
/ C,,erkenvell street, London is the man
who. Mr. Scott says. provided most OF the
financial support for Crippen's ventures.
Mari has used Crippen 10 further his own
/ purposes for several years. and the two
men are said 10 nave holds on each other
which would justly the belief that Grip
pen might even now call upon his hacker
{ for money 20 further his escape from JUS
/ tice.
Mari is known to Scotland Yard as a
/ buc ketseop proprietor who had dozen
other irons in the fire, most Of which he
/ carried along through the medium o.
men Ike Crippen.
/ Some Of Marr's aliases and addresses. all
OF which Scotland Yard is TOW watching
! for signs Of Crippen. were as follows: Pro-
/ fessor Harvey. No. Great James
street: Professor Elmer Shirley. No. III
! Holborn street. and Professor Erasmus
/ Colman. No. 2 Grays Inn Road. Marr also
used the names Of Arnold and Butler, and
il vas under this last name that he carried
or his bIcketshop business.
EcfHr ~
+ FAR as my business connection with him
went was never the financial power behind
the ventures which were supposedly his.
He handled these affairs and seemed 20
. be the man in absolute cnarge, but when
it came TO the actual settling Of accounts
and other matters where the purse was in
demand DR.. Crippen made pilgrimage 10
Marr's Office 20 secure the money.
"DR C'rippen when I knew him" added
Mr. Scott. was a confirmed absinthe drink
/ er. and when under the influence Of that
druglike drink was often oppressed with
/ suicidal or homicidal mania"
/ At the French and the American docks
/ yesterday a party Of determined women
/ relatives and friends Of Belle Elmore, was
! on hand when La Lorraine and the st.
/ Paul anchored. but their diligent scanning
! Of the passengers aboard was unavaillng
/ Mrs. Frederick Ginnett went down the
! bay with Detectives Lesson and Atkman,
/ Of Inspector RusselIs staff. and had 3
chance to look over the entire complement
OF passengers On each liner
Women Watchers Reinforced
The marty was reinforced yesterday by
the arrival Of Mrs B. Hyde, Of BriXton
Road. London she is a sister OF Mrs
( Ginnett and Is also member of the Lon
don Music Hall Artistes' Association She
has not seen Mrs. Crippen since last Octo-
her. but in the latter part of February she
called at the Crippen home in London br'
! C,rinnen met her, she said yesterday, and
when she asked TO see Belle told her that
hts wife had gone suddenly to California tc
spend four or FIVE weeks. He told her theh
che said. that though Belle would be in the
Far West for at least five weeks. there was
no telling when she would return to Lon
/ don.
The incoming Cedric, which left Liverpool
last Saturday. will be met by the party of
women and detectives this morning. as will
the Anchor liner Columbia, which left
! Glasgow last Saturday though the detec-
tives think there is small chance of meet
ing either DR.. Crippen or Ethel lie Neve
! who is supposed to be with him, on that
boat
Hoboken, Boston and other ports where
British. German or French liners dock are
keeping the same careful lookout on al
boats. though the police seem TO attach
1 more hope to the Red Star liner Kroonland
which viii arrive here tomorrow, than
! 10 any OF the others.
The Kroonland left Antwerp on Saturday
but she touched at Dover week ago to-
day, and it would have been easy for tht
fugitive doctor, either with or without
/ Ethel lie Neve. to have boarded her at tht
! English port of call.