Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-09-08
DEW'S TESTIMONY
ABOUT CRIPPEN
Had QuarreIS With His Wife
Owing to Her UnGOvern-
able Temper


BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
LONDON, Sept. S.
When the hearing was resumed
after lunch. Dew again took the stand
and read from the statement made TO
him by Miss Leneve. IL was to the
effect that Crippen told her that his
wife had gone to America and that
he wanted her to live at the HilldrOp
Crescent home during his wifes alb
sence. When Miss LeneVe went to
Crippens home, the doctor told her
his wife had died on the voyage. He
told her. the statement said, that II
was too far to go to the funeral.
Il finally told Crippen that he
would have to find his wife," Dew
said, "and he offered to advertise Ia
newspapers in the United States"
In the statement made to Dew by
Crippen in the latter's Office. Crippen
told of his meeting Belle Gilmore for
the first time when she was living
under the protection Of New York
man named c. c. Inwood.
"crippen told me-" Dew continued,
that he had frequent quarrels with
his wife owi6g to her ungoyernahle
temper On the night Of January 81
after the Martinettis had left the
Crippen home. Crippen said he and
his wife quarrelled and that she told
him that she would leave him the next
day and that he would never bear
from her again.
According to Crippen. his wife told
| him That she was going to man
who was better able to keep her than
! Crippen. Cripen confessed to me that
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/ posed death to hide the scandal OF his
wifes leaving him. He said that so
] far as she knew. his wife was till liv-
ing and expressed his belief that she
had gone to-.
Mrs. Harrison gave damaging testi-
mony against Crippen by declaring
body of the murdered woman were
similar to Mrs. Crippen's hair Mrs.
Harrison also said that piece OF an
undergarment, found with the body,
was of the same quality. color and tex
ture as underwear that she knew Mrs,
| Crippen to have worn. After hearing
the description of a scar found on the
victim. Mrs. Harrison said It tailed
with a scar on Mrs. Crippen.
This testimony, IL is believed, Will &c
q long way toward Identifying the re
mains as those of Mrs. Crippen. Grip
pen WINGED frequently while Mrs. har
rison was on the stand.
Dew said that when he visited tn
doctors Hilldrop Crescent hone
Crippen was most courteous and con
I posed.
Cross-examiued by Newton. De
! admitted that the piece of undergo
-issl1 ENC me jajSinSs & ana y ~ n
1 body of the woman might have bes
4 purchased by anyone and were
ordinary quality. Dew was forced
admit that he had not taken n
S pains to verify Crippens statement
= regarding Bruce Miller. even thong
! he believed Miller was in England q
2 the time mentioned by Crippen.
Newton attempted to show by De-
that the cellar where the huma
remnants were found had not bee
disturbed for years and that II wa
possible that the remains might hav
been there long before Mrs. Crippen'
absence was noticed Dew said tn
cellar did look as though It had no
been visited for a long time, but h
said the fair state of preservation il
which the remains were found pre-
cluded the idea of their having beef
there for a long time. only PARTON
of the body were decompesed," h
said.
Detective Sergeant Mitchell cor
, roborated Dew regarding the dis
covery of the remains. At the con
clusion OF Mitchells testimony, tn
: hearing was adjourned until mex
, Wednesday.