New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
CR|PP[N LOSES APPEAL
Murderer viii Be Hanged on
tuesday Next.
RETAINS HIS COMPOSURE
Criminal Court of Appeals De
cides Against American
on All Points.

London, Nov. 5.-Dr. Hawley H. Grip
pen, convicted Of the murder of his wife.
Belle Elmore. the actress. to-day played
his last card and lost He viii be
hanged on November 5.
The Criminal Court Of Appeals heard
his appeal from the conviction Of the
lower court and decided against him on
al points The court refused to grant
a new trial and confirmed the order Of
execution. which viii be carried out on
Tuesday next
C-ippen appealed on. the grounds that
the body found had not been positively
identified as that OF his wife and that
there had been technical errors by tbs
court during his trial. None OF these
points was sustained.
Cnppen. who maintained an air OF con-
hdence following his arrest and during
his trial. was changed man when he
appeared in court to-day. It was plain
that he had failed physically: his face
was pale. and II he had any hope Of a
new trial his looks belied him. His
counsel Alfred A. Tobiu. urged that the
conviction of. his client was not in ac-
failed 70 impress Judges Darling, Chan
nell and Pickford-
Crowd at New Bailey Court.
TIE hearing Of the appeal of Dr. Grip
per drew another great crowd 10 the
New Bailey Court to-day. Crippen was
brought TO the courthouse, but kept IN
g cell pending q decision on an appeal
against Justice Ridley's ruling that he
could not attend the proceedings. This
ruling was set aside.
The principal grounds on which Grip
pens counsel based their appeal were,
first. that one Of the jurors. having been
taken I'll during the trial, was removed
from the court by physicians without
being IN the custody Of an officer; second,
that The identity Of the body found in
tbs cellar OF the Crippen home had not
been established, and. third. that the
crowns rebutting evidence had been i'm
properly admitted.
Solicitor Tobin said that it was not
charged that any one had tampered with
the juror while ne was temporarily ex-
cused. but that an important principle
OF Law was involved. IN reply the crown
offered the evidence of a bailiff that the
1uror was in his charge throughout his
Illness. Deciding this point, the court
ruled that the temporary separation Of
the jury did not affect the trial.
crippen Maintains Cornposure.
Changed as he was physically. -Crippen
maintained his composure even in the
trying moment when ne heard his doom
pronounced. and did not betray himself
if his air was assumed. Al once when
the courts decision was announced a
waTder touched the prisoner on the
shoulder and the latter without word
or gesture turned and left the dock He
was conducted at once 10 PentonviIle
prison.
Those who. have seen Crippen during
his Imprisonment say that his bearing
has never changed from the moment of
his arrest. He sleeps throughout the
night soundly and eats heartily. He
spends much time n reading. Miss Le-
neve has visited him in the prison three
times
Save for the Office Of the executioner
to-days proceedings brought 70 a close
one Of the most sensational murder
cases with which the English law has
had to deal in many years. Crippen. an
American, married an American girl and
brought her 70. London. where he en-
gagged in dental manufacture. The two
became sstFanged because according 10
Crippen his wife accepted attentions
from other men. For himself he fell in
love with his typist. Ethel Clara Leneve.
Early IL the present year Mrs. Crippen
oissppeared. and later parts or her body
were unearthed in the cellar of their
Eilldrop Crescent home. In the mean
time crippen and Miss Leneve had fed
10 Canada, whore they We're arrested.
Cr.ppen was indicted as the principal in
1he murder OF his wife. convicted and
sentenced 70 death Miss Leneve was
tried as an accessory after the fact and
acquitted.