Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-20
Sensational Evidence AdduCed at
Inquest into Death of
Belle EImore
LANDLADY TELLS THE STORY
Noted PathoIogiSt Believes Body
Found in Doctors House
Was That of Female
Associated Press1

LONDON, Sept. 19-Something Of
what Ethel Claire Leneve felt as she
awaited the fulfllment of DR.. Hawley
Crippen's promise to make her his wife
was revealed at today's session of the
inquest into the death of Belle Ell
more, for the murder of whom the doe
tor and his typist are Jointly charged.
In her distress Miss Ieneve con-
fided in, her landlady, Mrs. Jackson,
and the story that the latter told on
the witness stand rivaled the most sem
sational evidence introduced at the
preliminary trial. Mrs. Jackson said
that the accused girl gave up the room
which she had occupied at the home
of the witness, March II, explaining
that she was leaving to be married to
Dr. Crippen.
Until the first week in February Miss
Leneve had slept regularly at Mrs.
Jackson's. After that she stopped at
the house only occasionally.
She said she passed the other nights
at the home of friends. On one occa-
sion Miss Leneve mentioned having
been at the Hilldrop Crescent home of
the Crippens, early in February, to
help the doctor in a search for a bank
book which showed an account of
$1,000. She added that a diamond tiara
and rings had been found in the house
and that the doctor had raised $3.50 on
these.
MISS IENEYE DEPRESSED
About the middle of February, the
witness said, Miss LeneVe appeared
miserable and depressed. Such was
her state that Mrs. Jackson followed
the girl to her room to learn, if pos
sible, the source of her trouble. Miss
Leneve, the witness said, was in a
terrifying state of agitation. Her eyes
seemed fairly starting out of her head.
The landlady insisted on an explana-
tion telling the girl she must have
something awful on her mind to be in
such a condition. The witness said
that the other replied:
Would you be surprised if I told
you that it was the doctor and Miss
Elmore? He was the cause of my trou-
BILE when you first knew. She IS his
wife and when l see them go away
together it makes me realize my posi-
tion as to what she is and what am"
Mrs. Jackson asked:
What is the use of you worrying
about another woman's husband?"
To this Miss LeneVe answered:
Miss Elmore has been threatening
to go away with another man. DIR.
Crippen has been waiting for her to do
so, when he would divorce her."
Solicitor Newton, who is looking out
for the interests of Crippen and Miss
LeneVe, closely cross examined Mrs.
Jackson, suggesting that her lodgers
excitement was due to the landlady
having resurrected a trouble which
the girl experienced during her earlier
association with Crippen, but the wit
ness maintained the correctness Of her
evidence as given.
THINKS BODY A FEMALE
Prof. Pepper, the pathologist, re-
peated the testimony which he had
given at the trial in the Bow street
court. In response to questions by
the coroner he said:
II have formed very strong opin-
ion that the parts were those of a
female. If 1 take the hair discovered
into consideration there is a strong
presumption, almost conclusive evil
dence, that the parts were those of a
female"
A juror was very anxious to know
why a Scotland Yard man had allowed
the doctor to get away once he had
fallen under suspicion. Dew re-
sponded that he had a perfect answer
to the attacks that had been made
upon him and he would like to reply
to the question, but the coroner would
not permit him to do 50, declaring that
the subject OF Crippen's fight was
"outside the scope of the present in
quiry."
The inquest was then adjourned un-
til September &c.