The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-26
POLICE AWAITING
NEWS OF sLEUTH
Man Sent Across Atlantic to
Capture Dentist is Still
at Sea
CRlPPEN MAY BUTTON
HIS COLLAR BEHIND
Report Also Has Stenographer
Dressed II Trousers
Passing as His
Son. s-A

LONDON. July 26,--Scotland Yards
the boat on which Dr.H- H. Crippen,
the alleged wife murderer. and Miss
Leneve are believed 10 be fleeing III
Canada. and therefore doubt the ap-
thenticity Of the story published here
that the pair had been arrested In
mid-ocean by the captain OF the Ca
madam Pacific liner Montrose, and
that Miss Leneve had confessed.
This cfrcumstantial story did moi
tell how tho paper had received the
information. but told how Crippen
and Miss Leneve had been heard lis
cussing the crime; how they had oeen
placed under arrest and revolver
and knife taken from Crippen, ana
! how they were being neld under arm
ed guard in separate cabins.
The police officials declare the yes
eel on which Crippen and Miss Leneve
are passengers is equipped with q
very weak set OF wireless instruments,
which Will not transmit more than
200 miles at most, SO that 1t Is prac-
tically impossible that she could have
been In communication with the shore
yesterday. AS result, the police
story.
In point OF fact, the police are to-
day manifesting extreme nervousness
over the possibility that the captain
of the Montrose may nave been mis-
taken in his identification OF Rev.
Robinson and SON as DIR. Crippen and
his typist.
May Not Convict.
Even concediDg that Dr. Crippen
and Miss Leneve are on the Montrose.
prominent criminal lawyers in Eng
land suggest that the conviction of
DIR. Crippen and Miss eLneve Is al
most impossible. As the corpse can
not be Identified and as the police
surgeons are unable to swear thar {.
murder has been committed. the law
yers declare that "a conviction wou'G
be extremely difficult under the Eng
lish Law. unless Cripuen has confess
ed TO Miss Leneve or unless he can
be forced to confess to the police
In either event he will be able to
put up d formidable defense. which
the police might be unable To break
down because OF their inability to
prove the corpus deficit"
Although the police officials refuse
to tell on what steamer the suspects
are supposed to be. or even to tell
on what vessel Inspector Dew Is hur-
rying to Canada. there is little doubt
that the vessels are the Montrose and
the Laurentic. respectively.
The Lanrenttc will land first. so that
Inspector Dew viii have chance to
board the Montrose before any OF her
passengers disembark.
Dew is well acquainted with both
Crippen and Miss I4eneve and will
have no trouble In Identifying them,
Only $50 Miles
QUEBEC, July 2s.--Canada Ia
watching the dramatic cross-the-sea
race between Inspector Dew. of Scot
land Yard. and the pair supposed to
be DR.. II. III. Crippen and Miss Ethel
Clare Leneve. with increased interest
Although the officials here declare
they have not yet been in. wireless
touch with the Montrose officials, the
Canadian Pacific line. on which Grip
pen and Miss Leneve are reported 70
be passengers. they say the charts
| show the White Star liner Laurentic,
on which the Inspector is pursuing
them. Is only ESQ miles asterns, and
therefore probably in wireless com
munication.
The Montrose sailed from Antwerp
July 20. but she is very slow boat.
while the Laurentic Is fast mail
carrying liner and sure 10 overhaul
and pass the Montrose at sea, though
sailing several days later. Inspector
Dew should. therefore. land one day
ut least ahead of the suspected pair
and be on hand to arrest them.
The White Star line officials say
the Laurentic Will land her mail and
first passengers at Rimouskie the first
port of call on the Gulf of St Law
renee. about 100 miles from Quebec.
either Friday night or Saturday
morning. Only passengers in a hurry
to catch trains usually get OFF at RI
mouskf, but Ii Is not dobted that this
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