Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-30
.CRIPPEN IS HELD
FOR CRIME WITH
GIRL COMPANION
American Doctor and Miss Len
eve Hear Murder Charge
in London Court
LOVE NOTE TO TYPIST is READ
Questions Indicate Police Have
Secured New Evidence in
EImore Case
LOVE NOTE TO TYPIsT is READ
ASSOCIATED Press,

LONDON, Aug. 29.-Both Hawley
Crippen- the American doctor, and
Ethel Claire Leneve, his typist, were
accused of the murder of Belle Ell
more the formers wife, in the formal
charge read to them in the Bow street
police court today.
Miss Leneve was charged also with
harboring and maintaining Crippen
after the crime, knowing he had COM
mitted 1t.
Before the proceedings Inspector
Dew who brought the prisoners back
from. Canada, introduced evidence to
show that Crippen contemplated sui
eide while at sea, following his flight
from this country. Crippen was quoted
also as declaring that his companion
knew nothing of the trouble in which
he was involved, and Miss Leneve was
said to have protested her innocence.
There was special interest in the
character of the charge, as the Cana
dian warrant for the arrest of the
fugitives had merely laid at their door
responsibility for the death of an un-
identified woman, whose body was
found in the cellar of the Crippen
home at Hilldrop Crescent. The fact
that both were today accused of the
murder of Belle Elmore, the actress
wife of the doctor. leads to the sup
position that the mutilated body has
been identified to the satisfaction of
the authorities. 1t also suggests that
the police have further evidence con-
cerning Miss Leneve's connection with
the tragedy than they haYe made
known heretofore.
BOTH PRISONERS ARE REMANDED
Todays proceedings consisted Of in
PRODUCING evidence against the ac-
cused at the conclusion of which they
Aad 1VNfil
without having pleaded or made any
comment in reply to charge against
them
Crippen and Miss sLeneve stood to-
Eether in the dock. He wore a gray
frock suit, while his companion was
dressed in a tailor-maNe suit of blue.
Arthur Newton, the solicitor engaged
by friends of his client, appeared for
Crippen, J. II. Welfare, retained by
the girls father, represented her.
Prosecutor Travers Humphreys had
charge of the case for the crown, and
after introducing evidence in justif1ca-
ton of the arrests he asked that the
prisoners be remanded for eight days.
The prosecutor explained that the
governments evidence against the
typist pointed only to her as an ac-
cessory after the fact. He said he pro-
posed at this time to offer only formal
evidence in support of the action of
the authorities in arresting and hold
ing the accused. A week hence the
prosecution would be ready to proceed
with the case. Inspector Dew briefly
described the arrests on board the
steamer Montrose as the vessel ap-
preached Quebec.
CRIPPIEN SCOUTS SUICIDE STORY
Dew said he told Crippen that he
must put him in handcuffs. "as you
have written that you intended jump
ing overheard"
To this Crippen replied:
"I will not do that. My anxiety has
been too awful"
Explaining his belief that the pris-
oner had planned to commit suicide,
the inspector exhibited to the court a
business card on one side of which
were:
"P. Robinson & Co, Michigan. Pre-
sented by John e. Robinson"
This card was found among Grip
penis effects, and on the back of 1t,
apparently in the doctors hand
writing, was the following:
81 cannot stand the horror / go
through every night any longer, and
as see nothing bright ahead and my
journey is coming to an end, have
made UP my mind to jump overheard
tonight. L know I have spoiled your
me- OuI oOlllS Qdy yOQ may lCfIIn "
forgive me. My last words are Of
love-
Dew also introduced a torn piece of
a card on which Crippen had written
this:
"Shall we wait until tonight about
10 or II? If not. what timer"
DECLARES GIRL TO BE INNOCENT
Asking after Miss Leneve, Crippen
said to the Inspector:
"I will do all can for her. It Is
only fair to say that she knows moth
ing about it. / never told her any
thing"
The witness said that in conversing
with Captain Kendall of the Montrose,
Miss Leneve remarked that she had
not seen a newspaper since she left
London, and referring to the murder
mystery added:
"I know nothing about it,
To the inspector the woman said:
II assure you 1 know nothing about
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