Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-30

Farther Point, Que, July 29.-The
man who holds the key to the Crippen
case. Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard.
arrived this afternoon from London
on the steamer Laurantic and is wait
ing here to unlock the secret the
steamship Montrose will bring to
Farther Point on Sunday.
Inspector Dew probably is the only
man in America tonight qualified to
say with certainty whether the two
person who sailed on the Canadian
Pacific liner Montrose from Antwerp
on July 20 under the names of John
Robinson and John Robinson. Jr.. are
Dr. Crippen and his typist, Ethel Clara
Leneve.
Going on board the Montrose when
she stops here to take on her river
pilot he will seek out the two persons
on board whom Capt. Kendall believes
are Crippen and Miss Leneve, and if
he clinches the captains suspicious.
the so-called "Robinsons" will he ar
rested 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
The wireless station here resounded
all day with the crackle of the spark
that told of messages exchanged be-
tween the Canadian authorities, the
Scotland Yard inspector and the cap
tain of the Montrose.
An immense amount of red tape had
to be unrolled before the British de-
tective could be landed here from the
White Star liner Iaurentic on which he
crossed the ocean, and which arrived
here shortly before 1 o'clock this after
noon. Farther Point has no quarantine
and no customs inspector but the cap
| tain of the tug which puts the pilot
aboard incoming liners received orders
from the quarantine and immigration
authorities al ottawa authorizing him
to take Dew off.
When the pilot boat left here at $50
o'clock this afternoon she carried two
physicians especially authorized to IN
cpect the Laurentic and in addition she
| had OH board three Canadian police Of
| fcialS. A score OF newspaper men ana
photographers and as many inhabitants
| Of this little seacoast town as could
crowd aboard When she steamed
alongside the big liner a mile from
shore one of the freight matches on the
Laurentic's lower deck was opened and
| Inspector Dew stepped aboard the
smaller boat. 1t was the first time in
| the history of Farther Point that a
| trans Atlantic passenger had been
| landed here. Before the pilot boat was
| allowed to leave the liners side. how
ever, the two physicians spent 20 min
| utes aboard. but they found nothing to
| warrant OBTAINING Dew
The long expected detective proved to
| be large man Of florid face and wear
ing a long green ulster. a black derby
and an air of reserve. He Immediately
| lodged behind the Canadian police Of
fcers and declined to discuss the case,
Il am sworn to secrecy, he said i
cannot answer any of your questions"
| When the pilot boat landed, Dew drove
with the Canadian detectives to a board
ing house, where they will stay until thu
arrival of the Montrose.
| Passengers on the Laurentic say thai
Dew guarded his identity from them until
I Yesterday, when a bombardment OF wire.
| less Queries revealed the fact that he
| was aboard. He was on the passenger
| list as "Dewhurst' and when he founc
| that he was known he withdrew from
among his fellow passengers and refused
| to answer questions bearing on the Grip
| pen case The fact that Inspector Dew
| sought out Chief Mccarthy of the Que
bee police here seems to indicate that the
provincial officers and not the Dominion
authorities will arrest Crippen If he Il
| aboard the Montrose
When Constable Charles Gauvreau o.
Rimouski. five miles southeast of here
who has been authorized by the Do
minion police to make the arrest, present
cd his card to Dew the latter waived hin
aside and the Rimouski detective mad
no further effort to approach him
| The Montrose will enter the broad
mouth of the ST. Lawrence tomorrow ant