Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-21
Girl Suicide in France Thought
to Be Miss leneVe.
POINTS OF RESEMBLANCE
Young Woman Ended Her Life at
Hotel at Bourges July Is.
POLICE CoNFDENT0F IDENTITY
Officials Hot on the Trail of Man
Who Stopped at Vernet-
Les-Bains

BOURGEs, France, July 21.--A Young
woman who committed suicide at a hotel
here July IS now is believed to have been
Ethel Claire Leneva, the companion of
DR.. Hawley H. Cnppen. There are
striking points Of resemblance. The
woman was a foreigner and gave the
name of Jeanne Maze The police of
Paris and London have been notified.
Much mystery surrounded the suicide.
Though POSING as a Frenchwoman, it
was recognized that the guest, who ar
rived at the hotel shortly before she
killed herself, was not Of French birth.
When the lifeless body was discovered in
her room every effort was made to de-
termine her identity or to get some trace of
her friends and acquaintance, but with
out success. The suicide was young,
probably about twenty-five years of age.
rather slight In build and of progresses
ing appearance.
When nothing could be learned regard
ing her antecedents the matter dropped
from public discussion. only to be revived
today when the authorities received from
Scotland Yard photographs of Miss
Leneve. Crippens typist, who disappeared
from London on the day that the police
lost track Of her employer. Those who
had seen the body recognized in the
| likenesses a remarkable similarity, and
directed the attention of the police to the
probability that the suicide and Miss
Leneve were one.
Scotland Yard Notified.
Further inquiry strengthened this
theory, and the local officials telegraphed
their belief to the police of Paris and to
Scotland Yard
VERNET-LES-BAINS France, July II.
The French police are hot on the trail
of the man thought to be DR.. Hawley H.
Crippen. He is believed to be still in
France. His announcement of proposed
trip to Spain is declared to have been a
subterfuge, and was successful in throw
ing the police off the track for a short
time.
Today a warrant was issued for Henry
Draubaut. otherwise known as Henri Tar
bot. Persons who saw the man during the
stop in this city Sunday say he is identi-
cal with DR.. Crippen, photographs OF
whom were shown them by the police.
The suspect left here Monday morning.
purchasing a picket for Mont-Louis. Be
fore leaving he telegraphed to Mont
Louis. engaged carriage to meet him
there and convey him to Puigcorda,
Spain. ten miles distant. The detectives
learned Of this and notified the police
on the other side Of the Spanish boundary
TO be on the lookout for the man, and to
apprehend him IL he turned up. as ex-
pected.
Did Not Reach Mont-Louis.
The traveller. however, did not reach
Mont-Louis, and later it developed that
he left the train at station between
that place and -Bains.
When the authorities learned that the
man was in all probability still in France
they swore out a warrant for his arrest,
and the police along the line of the rail-
road over which he travelled were in
structed to make thorough search and
seize the suspect wherever found.
Ever since the disappearance from Lon
don of DR.. Crippen and the subsequent
discovery in his Hilldrop Crescent resi-
by the police to be that Of his wife,
known on the stage as Belle Gilmore.
there has been great interest in the case
throughout France, and the police have
mystery. They believe that they are fol-
lowing up the right CLUE to Crippen's
whereabouts. Nothing has developed in
this country concerning Ethel Claire Lee
neve, Crippens typist, of whom sight
was lost when the doctor vanished,
July ..
LONDON, July 21.-The police today
discovered a small amount of jewelry
which DIR. Crippen pawned before he dis
appeared. The officials have been dis
posed to believe that Miss Leneve met
with foul play. They cannot otherwise
account for her silence. There is no
charge against the young woman and the
she would communicate with them as
soon as she was aware of the hue and
cry for DR.. Crippen.
The slowly moving International police
system had brought nothing to Scotland
Yard UP TO this evening regarding the
pursuit Of a suspect near Vernet-Les-
Bains. France The officials have moth
ing further than the newspaper dispatches
to base their opinions upon. and express
ed themselves as convinced that If the
French police believe the stranger seen
near the Spanish border to have been
Crippen they would have communicated
with headquarters here before now.
Circumstantial reports were afloat this
afternoon to the effect that Crippen and
Miss Leneve had been arrested In Wales,
but, like scores of other rumors, their
truth was denied by Supt. Froest as soon
as they were circulated.
Mrs. Crippen's jewelry was missed after
her disappearance and, according to the
police. Crippen carried it away. A
roundup of the pawn shops resulted In
the discovery OF a few OF the jewels to-
day.
WATSON MAY NOT RECOVER.