The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-07-15
CRIPPEN BELIEVED
TOBE ON HIS WAY
TO AMERICA
Authorities Asked to Watch
For Alleged Murderer
MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM
Husband Of Belle Gilmore, a Brooklyn
Girl, viii Be Arrested II
Found

London, July l5.--All the intricate
machinery Of Scotland Yard, has
been set in motion to effect the cap
ture of Dr. Hawley II. Crippen, the
battered body of whose wife. a noted
music hall singer known under the
stage name OF Belle Elmore was
found buried deep in the clay in the
cellar of their home at Hilldrop Cres-
cent, North London. Crippen has
been missing since Saturday last,
when, apparently he could not longer
offer explanation for the death of his
wife, which was alleged to have oc-
Cured months ago in California.
Then it was that the police, in max
| ing a thorough examination of the
/ empty house, came upon the body,
mutlated and burned beyond recogni
/ ton by quicklime which had been
! thrown upon II. The thick clay by
which It was partly surrounded to
some extent retarded the action OF
the quIcklime and so frustrated the
murderer's intention Of destroying
the body utterly. 1t is reported that
the body had been partly dissected
before burial and that nearly all the
bones are missing.
Or. Crippen, who is a dentist and
so years of age has made his home
for some time at 80 Hilldrop Cres-
cent. North London. Sometime ago
his wife, Belle Elmore, a vaudeville
actress. and treasurer OF the music
hall artists guild. disappeared, and
subsequently a notice of her death
appeared in the London papers. The
fact of her death was generally cred
tied. but there was more or less gos-
sip among the woman's intimates,
and this finally reached the ears of
the police The latter visited Or.
Crippcn and the interview appeared
TO be satisfactory Saturday noon
last, Dr. Crppen disappeared and
since then the police have not been
able to locate him. Wednesday a
search Of the Crippen house was
made aud the battered body of wO-
man was found buried In the cellar.
1t had been placed In quicklime and
was burned beyond recognition, but
the finding OF the body. together with
other discoveries yesterday, has left
no doubt In the minds Of the author
tiles that the murdered woman was
Mrs Crippen
The indications point to coolly
planned murder Early In February
last letter signed Belle Elmore'
was received by the vaudeville ar
lists guild stating that the writer
had gone to America ON business II
was this letter which the police say
was intended to cover up crime
that as II turned out furnished an
evidence of criminality. Belle FL
more spelled her name with one a..
The signature affixed to the note was
spelled Fillmore" The discrepancy
was recognized and aroused suspicion
among members OF the guild and
largely influenced them in determin'
ing the matter Of. the womans
strange disappearance 20 the authori.
ties. Then the advertisement APP
peared announcing that Belle Elmore
had died at Los Angeles, Cal. An
investigation was put on foot and the
advertisement was found to have
been untrue Il was learned that
when the officers visited Crlppen they
forced him TO admit that his wife
had not died In California. He then
said, according TO the detectives. that
he and his wife had quarreled and
that following the quarrel she disap
cared. IRE police refused to accept
this explanation because Of the fact
that the woman was found to have
left her lewelry and money behind
Pursuing their inquiry the authorities
discovered that Dr. Crippen was
born az Coldwater. Mich. He was
educated In Indiana, at los Angeles
and completed his medical studies IN
Michigan. Cleveland and New York
city. He practlced In Detroit San
diego. Cal, Salt Lake City, ST. Louis
and Brooklyn as an eye-and-ear speci
alist At one time he managed {
patent medicine business at Phila
delphla and In Toronto, Canada. HI
married Belle Gilmore, as she wal
known on the stage, at New York
The woman's maiden name wal
Maokamotski. The two came 4
London four years ago. Mrs
Crippen Is described by acquaint
ances as about S5 years OF age
Recently Or. Crippen appeared II
public with the Leneve woman, who
according to the police, was intro
duced by the doctor as Mrs. Crippen
she Is an attractive person, % year
old. several years younger than tn
? murdered woman. Miss Leneve wa