The Detroit times., 1910-10-19
ADMITS he WROTE
|GUsAING NOTES TO
MRS.. CR|PPEN
Bruce Miller, of Chicago, Testifes
He Ended Letters With Endearing
Terms Such As Love and Kisses
To Brown Eyes"
= Argument for Prosecution Counsel
Points TO Dr.. Crippen as Slayer
of His Wife.

LONDON, Oct. 1s.-"I am moi
guilty"
Standing alone in the great prison.
ers' dock in Old Bailey, facing Judge
and court with cool assurance. DR.. IL
H. Crippen. today entered q plea of
not guilty to the charge of numbering
bis wife. Belle Gilmore, the music hall
singer, whose dismembered body is
alleged to have been found buried in
the cellar Of their Hilldron Crescent
home. .pst
The trial was Immediately opened
and With dispatch unknown in the
American. law courts. The defense
exercised. only three challenges from
N the hrst panel, the jury was quickly
completed, and Kings Counsel r. ID.
Muir opened the case for the crown.
II Is expected that Crippen will
know his fate in less than one week.
The court will be in session daily
from lO:3D until s, a,--s..-. /,
Kings Counsel, X. ID. Muir. II. Hum.
phreys and Inglesby Oddie. appeared
tor the crown IN the role u prosscu.
tors. Is s.sTrE &
a. A. Tobin, assisted by Huntley
Jenkins were attorneys for Crippen
with Solicitor Newton, Crippen's civII
attorney advising them. L. f. Lever
and Ronald Smith followed the pro.
ceedfngs for the Ladies' Music Hall
guild. OF which Belle Elmore was
treasurer.
e. +. Smith and harrington Ward
looked amer Ethel Leneve's interests
She was not In court.
Muir, In lopenlng for the crown. de.
ciared that the prosecution would
show thar Crippen and Miss Leneye
had been Intriguing for three years
10 set rid Of Mrs. Crippen and ha
4 done all I'm their power to bring abou,
an estraugement and divorce, so tha
Miss i1enete might marry Crippen.
His indome vas being absorbed,
Muir continued. lin supporting a won
an he did not love. We will show tina
on Jan. 81 last, three days before this
trime IL said to have been commit,
Crippen was badly pinched for money
His wife's physical presence was aisc
on obstacle TO his plans. IL she could
pc eliminated, her money and prop
erty would enable him TO support Mis-.
\ Leneve.
After his wife's disappearance
y CTippen was forced to adopt a cam
paign Of falsihcation TO account fol
her absence and to prevent the sus
& picion Of murder from falling upor
him. Among the ostensible reasons
ne gave for her disappearance was
hat she had fed to America anC
r Ioined Bruce Miller. Miller was form
orly an motor In this country witt
DoIlo fillmore, but Is now In the rea
10>oto business In Chicago, nl. Mrs
EriDDen did not fee to America t.
1oln Miller Miller has been brought
lew 70 prove that he has not seen
1o11o ulmore aimee 1904.
While he was telling all these
|r1of1on. t0deavoring TO besmirch tn,
|<1AGnetoE of the woman, Crippen was
laying Plans TO fee. ,
*'cvippsn h the slayer" He Exelaims
~The penains were found after Grip
Denp mysterious flight, and II Is SUI
(|fient that human remains should b'
<o>and In the house occupied alone b,
~ Crippens and In which no person
~ lived after Crippen had disap
ro}cd No one else had access to the
Mr. No one but Crippen could
~ bp5}ed human being there. The
~ &he body had been mutilated
~ and the manner In which
|oleds proves that the MUIR