Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-04
Reported Confession Denied in
Quebec and London.
LAr YER TAKES FIRST STEP
Newton Demands That Independent
Physician Examine Remains.
QUESTION OF GIRLS MARRIAGE
If Proved to Be Prisoners Wife She
Can Refuse to Testify
Against Him.

QUEBEC, August 4.-The Quebec pro-
vincial authorities were insistent today
that DR.. Crippen had not made con-
fession. They maintained this attitude In
the face of persistent rumors that some
sort of a statement had been secured
from the prisoner that threw light upon
the mysterious death in London of his
actress wife. Belle Elmore.
| This much is known: Inspector Dew
and the Canadian detectives have not
visited Crippens cell or had any direct
communication with him since yesterday
| morning. Dew today breakfasted early
| at his boarding house and disappeared
| Whether he left town could not be de-
| termined, but members Of the provincial
police expressed the belief that he had
sought seclusion in order to avoid the an
noyance of being obliged to deny fire.
ouently erroneous statements attributed
| to him.
1t was reported yesterday that Dew
would go to Niagara Falls today. This
was thought significant, in that it sug-
gested that his case had been completed
so far as the development of evidence
from the prisoners themselves was con-
cerned.
Crippen has changed much in facial ex-
preston since he arrived here Monday.
, He is not allowed to shave and four
day growth of beard gives him quite
different look The Jail governor. Joseph
NORM, said that the precautions against
an attempt at self destruction were so
strict that the prisoner would neither be
allowed to have a razor nor even be
trusted in the hands of the Jail barber.
Started in Other Cities.
The rumors of statements made by
Crippen as to the crime with which he
is jointly charged with Miss Leneve have
reached here usually from Montreal, New
York and London.
In each instance they sent the corre-
spondents scurrying from one provincial
officer to another. Nothing in conflrma-
ton could be learned. 1t has been va
riously reported that Crippen admitted
having a scuff1e with his wife, after
which she was seized with a fatal Ill
ness, and also that the prisoner explained
that the death Of his wife was accidental.
To all such stories the police here reply
that, SO far as they know, neither Grip
pen nor Miss Leneve has made any
statement regarding the alleged crime.
Concerning the dropping out of sight
of Dew, his police associates declare that
it was matter of personal convenience.
The inspector, they said, practically had
nothing to do now but wait until the
process of the law permitted him to take
the prisoners back to London.
Jail Governor NORM said today that
the Canadian authorities expected to
get the pair off their hands by August
1S or 10. The time set by law for their
detention on Canadian soil will expire
at midnight August 10. The first Eng
lish steamer from this port sailing
after that date will leave August IS,
but a faster boat will leave the 10th.
and the deportation of Crippen and
Miss Leneve may await the later date.
May Not Appear in Court Again.
NORM said the prisoners probably
would not appear again in court here.
They have been remanded until August
IS. but that day 1t is proposed to again
remand them until the 18th, and the
18th to once more remand them until
the day upon which the vessel decided
upon sails. The law governing their
cases works automatically.
When Dew visited Crippen yesterday
morning he took the prisoner a fresh
outfit OF clothing from the scanty supply
which the latter brought with him. To-
day Crippen appeared In the prison cor
ridor for his daily exercise dressed in
these garments.
Judge Angers the magistrate before
whom Crippen was brought last Monday,
returned to Quebec today. He had moth
ing to add to the information regarding
the prisoners which has already become
public through the court proceeding. He
would not discuss current rumors or any
other feature of the case