The San Francisco call., 1910-07-30
CANADIAN POLICE WAIT,
ARMED WITH WARRANT
Accused Wife Slayer and Girl
Companion Kept in Ignor-
ance of Suspicious
WIRELESS MESSAGES
TO SHIP INTERCEPTED

TATHER POINT. Quebec. July %.
The man who holds the key to the
. Crippen case, Inspector Dew Of
Scotland yard, arrived today or
the steamship Ladrentic from London,
and is waiting here to unlock the
secret the steamship Montrose will
bring to Father Point on 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 actress
wife, Belle Elmore. He made an ap-
pointment to meet Crippen later, but
before the date arrived, in the cellar
of the Crippen house, was unearthed
the mutilated remains of woman, and
Doctor Crippen was a fugitive.
Holds Key to Situation
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
on July 20 under the names of John
Robinson and John Robinson Jr. are
Doctor Crippen and his typist, Ethel
Claire Leneye. He will board the
Montrose when the vessel stops here
to take it's river pilot, seek out the
two. persons on board whom Captain
Kendall believes are Crippen and Miss
Leneve, and if he confirms the cap
tain's suspicious, the so called Robin
SON. will be arrested by the Canadian
police officers, who are waiting here
with warrants charging Crippen with
the murder of an unknown woman. His
companion will be held as an accessory
Chief Mccarthy of the Quebec police.
who met Dew here today. says he is
confident that the suspicious of the
Montrose's skipper will prove correct.
Wireless Kept Busy
The wireless station here resounded
all day with messages between the
Canadian authorities. the Scotland Yard
inspector and the captain of the Mon
trose.
An immense amount of red tape had
to be unrolIed before the London de-
tective could be landed here from the
Laurentic.
Father Point has no quarantine and
no customs inspector. but Captain Jean
Baptiste Belanger of the tug which puts
the pilots aboard incoming liners re-
ceived orders from ottawa authorizing
him to take Dew off.
When the pilot boat left here at $50
o'clock il carried two physicians es-
pecially authorized to inspect the Lau-
rentic.
The long expected detective proved
to be large. forid faced man, wear
ing a long, green ulster black derby
and an air of impenetrab1e reserve. He
Immediately lodged behind the Cana
dian police officers and declined to dis
cuss the case
Sworn to Secrecy
Il am sworn to secrecy" he said ct
can not answer any of your questions"
The fact that Dew sought out Chief
Mccarthy here seems to indicate that
the provincial officers and not the do
minion authorities will arrest Crippen
if he is aboard the Montrose.
The Montrose viii enter the mouth OF
the st. Lawrence river tomorrow and
should arrive here Sunday afternoon.
It is due at Quebec early Monday morn
ing. Inspector Dew and Chief McCar-
thy visited the local wireless station
tonight to make sure that the restrie-
tions placed by the government upon
wireless communication with the Mont
rose were regarded.
The police say the couple aboard the
vessel do not vet know they are under
suspicion and every precaution is being
taken to prevent their getting wind OF
the preparations to receive them. .
Ignorant of Suspicious
No private messages to the Mon
trose are received here and II is said
the captain of the vessel exercises su-
pervision over everything received.
The police fear that if any of the pas
sengers hear of the suspicion regard
ing the alleged Crippen the latter may
learn of il and the task of Identifying
and arresting him on Sunday will be
made more difficult. BY a complete
surprise Inspector Dew and the Cana
dian police hope to break down the
self-possession of the man and per-
haps obtain confession before they
reach Quebec
Frederick NJ. Ryder. United states