The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-14
American Woman Killed bv
Her Husband Who Has
Fled to America
Case RIVALS THE FAMOUS
CHARLTON COMO LAKE MURDER
Woman Was Vaudeville Actress and
Her Disappearance Caused Friends
to Talk Notwithstanding the Pub.
lished Notice of Her Death.

London, July 14.-Scoland Yard ia
engaged with the murder of an
American, and today cabled the police
OF the United States requesting the
arrest OF the woman's husband, DR..
Wawley Harvey Crippen, also an
American, who is believed to have
sailed for New York on Saturday
last.
The case Is striktngly similar to
that OF the Charlton murder at Lake
Como. Italy. Both the women were
actresses who left their American
homes to meet death by violence in a
foreign land, and in each instance
the police pursued the American hus-
band to the shores of his native land.
Porter Charlton was arrested in Ho-
boken, but m the absence OF an ex
trs dition treaty between tue tuned
STATES and I.a.v spec:Scaiiy p ovid
ing for the return to ether country
of q citizen Of the other country who
has committed crime abroad. may
go free.
In the present case no such COM
pltcations are probable, as the Brit
isa-AmertcAn extradition treaty leaves
no loop hole of which the suspected
criminal may take advantage. The
London police have mada definite
charges AGAINST DR.. Crippon and pro-
pose to get him with the cooperation
of American authorities.
DR.. Crippon, who 10 dentist and
80 years Of age. had made his home
for some time at 80 Hill Drop Cres-
cent, North London. Some time ago
his wife. Be Gilmore, q vaudeville
actress al: iurer of the Music
Hall Arts I'd, disappeared and
subsequent. zee of her death ap-
peared in the local papers. The fact
LOT her demise was generally credited,
but there were more or less gossip
among the woman's intimate friends
and this finally reached the ears of
the police. The latter visited DR..
Crippon and the interview appeared
to be satisfactory.
Saturday noon DR.. Crippen disap-
peared and since then the police have
not been able to locate him. Yester-
day search of the Crippen house
was made and the battered body of
the woman was found buried in the
cellar. 1t had been placed in quick
lime and burned beyond recognition
but the discovery of the body, togeth-
or with other discoveries today, leaves
no doubt in the minds Of the authori-
ties that the murdered woman was
Mrs. Crippen.
The indication points to q coolly
planned murder. Early in February
last the letter signed Belle Fillmore"
was received by the Vaudeville Ar
lists Guild stating that the writer
had gone to America on business.
This letter, the police say. was in
tended to cover up the crime. but as 1t
turned out 1t furnished the evidence
Of the criminality. Belle Elmore
spelled her name with one "a" The
discrepancy was recognized and
aroused suspicion among the men,
bers of the guild and largely infiu-
enced them in determining to bring
the woman's strange disappearance to
the authorities attention. Then the
advertisement appeared announcing
that Belle Elmore had died at Los
Angeles, Cal. An investigation show
ed the advertisement to have been un-
true.
1t was learned today that when the
oficers visited Crippen they forced
him to admit that his wife had not
died in California. He then said, ac-
cording to the detectives, that he and
his wife had quarreled and that fol-
lowing the quarrel she disappeared.
The police refused to accept this ex-
planation because of the fact that the
woman was found to have left her
jewelry and money behind.