St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
CR|PPEN CAUGHT
The Supposed Murderer OF
Belle Fillmore is Cap
tured Before He
Reaches Land.
His Pretty Sten0grapher
Disguised its IA Young
Man Arrested On
the Same Boat.
Both Lose Their Nerve On
Being Taken i'm Charge
BY the Detectives
from England. |
Miss Leneye is Urged by
Her Parents to Make
a Full Confession
lin the Matter.

dIICI OiuL, July Ol.-DT. f1d W
ley Harvey Crippen and Ethel Clare
Leneve, his stenographer, who fled
from London after the disappearance
of Belle Elmore, the doctors wife,
were arrested here to-day aboard the
Canadian Pacific Liner, Montrose, at
the command of Inspector Dew of
Scotland Yard.
The identification of the long
sought fugitives on board the fog
shrouded steamer by the English de-
. tective who had raced across the At
lantic ahead of them, marked the
elimination of one Of the most SEN
sational flights in recent criminal an
nails. Accompanied by two Canadian
officers, Dew boarded the vessel at
$50 O'Clock this morning, and fif-
teen minutes later both man and girl
were locked in their state rooms
Crippen broken in spirit, but men
tally relieved by the relaxed tension,
the girl, garbed in boys clothes, sob
bing Historically They were no
longer the Rev. John Robinson and
son." as booked from Antwerp on
July 20.
After brief delay, the Montrose
continued her 160-miie journey up
the river towards Quebec, where jail
awaited the pair. Crippen is charged
with the murder of an unknown
woman, believed to have been his &C
tress wife. The girl is held as an &C
cessory In charge Of Inspector Dew,
they will be taken back to England
for trial on the Royal Line steam
ship Royal George, leaving Quebec
on Thursday next.
END is DRAMATIC.
Seldom has there been a scene sur
rounding the pursuit of a criminal
so pregnant with dramatic features
as that enacted off this settlement
this morning. Inspector Dew had
spent a. sleepless night at the Mar
conf operators side, communicating
through the fog with the liner that
bore the man and woman he sought.
The man had lied to him in London,
and by fleeing the city with the ,mys-
terry of Belle Elmore's disappearance
unsolved, strong personal feeling
entered into the case, accentuating
the detectives desire to carry out the
task assigned to him by Scotland
Yard.
At 4:36 a. m. the approaching
ships whistle was heard above the
believing of the Father Point fog
horn. Like a giant alarm, it aWak-
ened the nervous villagers and the
expectant newspaper men, who hur-
riedly dressed and waited in a driz-
zling rain for the liners arrival.
The minutes and the hours passed
with tantaliZing slowness. Inspector
Dew's impatience increased. The
rain continued to fall and the more
ambitious reporters, not to be denied
the scene of capture, began to fill
their row boats and various craft
and hastened to the liners side cas-
soon as she arrived. Shortly after
1880 o'clock the Montr0se pushed
her nose through the fog and at S:15
the pilot boat Eureka set out from
shore. She carried a host of news
papermen and photographers, and
the more fortunate townspeople who
were able to crowd aboard. But In
spector Dew was not among them.
AS a precaution, he had embarked
on the Eureka's small tender, accom-
panied by Chief Mccarthy of the
Quebec police and ex-chief Denis of
the same city.
DRESSED AS PILOTS.
All wore the garb of pilots, and
over his fiorid face Inspector Dew
had pulled a pilots visored cap to
hide his features, from the man he
sought. He did not wish Crippen to
recognize him before he could ap-
proach and take advantage of the
only avenue of escape-suicide.
Four sailors quickly rowed the ten
der alongside the Montrose and Dew
and his companions stepped aboard.
Crippen was standing near the rail
talking with DR.. Stuart, the. ships
surgeon, and attempting to appear
calm. But that he was nervous was
indicated by his furtiVe glances and
his remark to DR.. Stuart:
"There are three pilots coming
aboard" he said nervously. rs not
that unusual?"
The surgeon did not reply, but
kept his eyes on the strangers, who
walked rapidly toward them.
"Cripen, want you" said Inspec-
tor Dew quietly, as he approached.
The dentist recoiled involuntarily as
he recognized the man who ad
dressed him; then the blood left his
face, his breath came short and fast,
and he gurgled incoherently as he
was being led away to the captains S
cabin, yrsrance he was transferred la7
go