New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-05
DIR. CR|PPEN MAKES
NO ADMISSIONS
More DeniaIs OF a Confession
from Quebec and
Tendon.
WOMAN LOYAL. TO DOCTOR
Strong Belief That Miss Leneve
Is lnnocent-Two Messages
from London.
WOMAN LOYAL TO DOCTOR

Quebec. Aug. 4-The mysterious Lon
don friends of DR.. Hawley Harvey Grip
pen. who have already retained counsel
to defend him on charge of wife muir
der. offered further assistance by cable
to-day. Two messages were delivered
to the dentist in his cell The first
asked if ne needed funds; the second in
quired about the rumors circulated
abroad as We'll as in this country to the
effect that he had confessed.
Crippen replied by cable that he would
appreciate some money. and he assured
his friends that lie had made no adnis-
sion that would hurt his case. The text
OF neither he messages nor of Grip
pens reply was made public, and the
names signed TO those from London
were not obtainable. 1t is supposed.
however. that the latter dispatches came
from Arthur Newton. the London So
llcitor who recently Informed Crippen
that ne had friends who would defend
him and pay for an attorney.
Miss Leneve received a cable dispatch
tonight from p London paper Offering
her so for a 2000-word article describ-
ing her wanderinss in Europe with
Crippen. After reading it with a wan
smile she told the detective who brought
II that she had no reply to make.
1t was said that 4 local attorney,
whose name the authorities refused to
divulge. sent word to-day to Miss Le-
neVe. offering to represent her in any
legal proceedings. Although this attor-
ney said that he had been retained by
the girls family in England, she de-
cIined to accept his services. In her
answer the young woman showed that
the ffty-year-old dentist, with the pale,
uastv face and fishy eyes still exerts a
stronger influence over her than her
own relatives
Miss Len.ve Still Silent.
She sent back word that her case was
Dr.. Crippen's and that she would re-
turn to England TO make her fight with
him. She has let fall no word likely TO
incrininate the man for whom she cut
of her beautiful light brown hair, put
OF boys clothing and fed from Eng
land.
Persons who have talked with the girl
here believe that she had no part in the
disappearance of Belle Gilmore, and
those who share this view think that she
still credits the story Crippen must have
told her to explain their flight after she
had learned through the newspapers that
they were wanted for murder. It is pos
sible that Crippen managed to keep
from his companion all knowledge OF
the cause for which he was hunted
This in a measure, would explain her
unfeigned surprise when she was ar
rested aboard the Montrose-
Premier Gouin said this afternoon that
Dr. Crippen has made no confession
The Premier. who also is Attorney Gen
eral for the Province Of Quebec, threw
some interesting legal light on the Cana
dian end of the case.
The crime, If crime there was" he
said. was committed in England AS
Canada is a part Of England, there can
be no extradition Of DR. Crippen- His
departure for London can be brought
about only through the prescribed OPP
Grafton of the fugitive offenders act It
will be necessary. therefore. for the Eng
1ish police TO prove only that the &C
cused is 2 fugitive from justice. charged
with murder. The question whether the
accused is guilty of murder does not
enter into the matter here.
The Procedure in Canada.
The papers on which DR.. Crippen will
formally be released from Canadian tur-
isdiction will be signed by the Governor
General of Canada at Ottawa. The only
manner in which the Attorney Generals
office might enter officially into the case
IS through the possibility Of DR.. Grip
pens announcing his decision to make
confession. In this case would be
called on by the jailer as his superiors
to take such q document in the proper
form. and with the observance of all the
accessory legal details
All the provincial authorities repeated
to-day that DR. Crippen had not made
confession. Inspector Dew and the Can
adam detectives have not visited Grip
pens cell or had any direct communica-
ton with him since yesterday morning.
Dew is said 10 have gone to Montreal TO
obtain written statement from Captain
Kendall. Of the Montrose. the steamer on
which Dr. Crippen and Miss Leneve were
arrested
Change IN Crippen's Appearance.
C-fppen is much changed III appear
arce owing TO four DAYS growth Of
beard lie is not allowed to shave The
jill governor. Joseph Morin. said that
the precautions against an attempt at
seif-destruction We're so strict that the
prisoner would neither be allowed to
haF- razor no1 even trusted in the
hands Of the jail barber
Norm said to-da. thnt thu Canadian
authorities expected TO get the pair off
their hands by August Is or ~. The
;irnt set ~ law for their detention on
Canadian soil viii expire at midnight on
. a ugust IL. The first English steamer
from this port sailing after that date
W lcaEe on August il. but A faster
l'oat will start on the 10th. and this vcs-
Sc l>oY carry the accused nersons.