Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-30
Associated Press,


FATHER POINT, Que, July 29-The
man who holds the key to the Crippen
case, Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard
arrived here today on the steamship
Laurentic from London, and is waiting
here to unlock the secret the steam
ship Montrose will bring to Father
Point Sunday.
Dew is the English police officer who
made an examination of DR.. Hawley
H. Crippen's home in London after the
disappearance of the doctors acrtess
wife, Belle Elmore.
He made an appointment to meet
Crippen later, but before the date ar
rived the cellar of the Crippen house
unearthed the mutilated body of a
woman and DR.. Crippen was fugi-
tive.
Inspector Dew probably is the only
man in America tonight qualified to
say with certainty whether the two
suspects who sailed on the Canadian
Pacific liner MontroSe from Antwerp,
July 20, under the name of John Rob-
inson and John Robinson, jr., are DR..
Crippen and his typist, Ethel Claire
L.eneve. He will board the Montrose
when she stops here to take her river
pilot, seek out the two persons on
board whom Captain Kendall believes
are Crippen and Miss Leneve, and II
he clinches the captains suspicion, the
so-called Robinson will be arrested
by the Canadian police officers who are
waiting here with warrants charging
Crippen with the murder of an uniden-
titled woman.
His companion will be held as an ac-
cessory.
Chief Mccarthy Of the Quebec police,
who met Dew here today, says he is
confident the suspicious OF the Mont
roses skipper will prove correct.
PLAN SURPRISE
The fact that Dew sought out Chief
Mccarthy here seems to indicate that
the provincial officers and not the
dominion authorities will arrest Grip
pen If he is aboard the Montrose.
The Montrose will enter the mouth
of the st. Lawrence tomorrow and
should arrive here Sunday afternoon.
She is due at Quebec early Monday
morning. Inspector Dew and Chief Nc
Carthy visited the local wireless sta
ton tonight to make sure that the re-
strictions placed by the government
upon wireless communication with the
Montrose was regarded.
By complete surprise Inspector
Dew and the Canadian police hope to
break down the self possession of the
man and perhaps obtain confession
before they reach Quebec.
Frederick NJ Ryder, United States
consul at Rimouski, arrived here today
and conferred with Chief Mccarthy to
familiarize himself with the Crippen
case In the event the man thought to
be DR.. Crippen is arrested and demands
protection as an American. The consul
will be notified Immediately if any ar
rest is made.
Mr.. Ryder said he doubted if Dr.
Crippen would appeal to him if ar
rested.
1t was reported tonight that Inspec-
tor Dew had been in wireless touch
with Capt. Kendall of the Montrose
while the two vessels were approaching
Canadian shores. While it is impos-
sible to obtain the contents of the
messages exchanged, it is asserted that
positive identification of the couple
was established to Dew's satisfaction.
This has not been confirmed by the in
spector.
The man suspected of being Crippen
is said to be showing signs of nervous
ness, but no one on board has been per-
mitted to discuss his Identification with
the exception of Capt. Kendall, his
officers and the wireless operator.
The government has appropriated all
the wireless service, and it is impos-
sible to get private message to the
MontroSe.