The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
Crippen and Ethel Clare
Leneve Accused of Kill
ing Belle EImore.
ARRAIGNED IN
LONDON COURT
Prisoners, Without Making Plea.
Remanded Until September 6.
Police Case Seems Stronger
4 and Leads to Belief That
Identity of Mutilated
Body Is Established.


London, August 2e.-Both Hawley II.
Crippen, the American doctor. and
Ethel Clare Leneve, his typist. were
accused OF the murder of Belle Elmore,
tho formers wife, In the formal
charge read to them in the Bow Street
Police Court to-day.
Miss Lenet. was charged also with
harboring and maintaining crippen af-
ter the crime and with knowledge that
he committed 1t.
During the proceedings Inspector
Dew, who brought the prisoners back
from Canada, introduced evidence to
snow that Crippen contemplated sui.
eide while at sea, following his flight
from this country. crippen was quoted
also as declaring that his companion
knew nothing of the trouble in which
new as involved. and Miss Ieneye was
said 10 nave protested her innocence
There was special interest in the
character of the formal charge, as the
Canadian warrant for the arrest of
the fugitives had merely laid at their
door responsibility for the death of an
unknown woman whose body was found
in the cellar of the Crippen home al
Hilldrop Crescent. The fact that both
were to-day accused of the murder of
.BfIe Elmore, the actress wife of the
4 or, leads to the supposition that
nutilated body has been identified
ae satisfaction OF the authorities
$50 suggests that the police be-
they have further evidence con-
,iing Miss Leneve's connection with
(; tragedy than they have made
lown heretofore
Heard Charge In silence.
To-day's proceedings consisted OF the
Introduction of evidence against the
accused. al the conclusion OF which
they ysce remanded until September
withou, having pleaded or made any
eonment in reply to the charge made
against them.
Few persons except these connected
with the case were admitted to tha
Police Court, although crowd assem-
blcd in the neighborhood In tho hope
of catching sight of the prisoners
Crippen and Miss Leneve stood II.
gether in the dock He wore a gray
frock suit, while his companion was
dressed in ailor-made suit of blue.
Arthur Newton. the solicitor engaged
by friends of his client, appeared for
Crippen. and j. Fl. Welfare, retained
by the girls father. represented her.
Prosecutor Trayers Humphreys had
cnarge of the case for the crown. and
after introducing evidence in justifica-
tion OF the arrests he asked that the
prisoners be remanded for eight days.
The prosecutor explained that the
governments evidence against the
typist pointed only to her as an acces-
cory after the fact. He said that he
proposed at this time to offer only
formal evidence in support of the ac-
tton OF the authorities in arrestinr and
holding the accused. A week henca
the prosecution would be ready to pro. |
:eed with the case.
Dew Describes Arrest.
Inspector Dew briefly described tho
arrests on board the steamer Montrose |
as the vessel approached Quebec. AS |
he took Crippen into custody the latter
said:
II am not sorry. My anxiety has been
too much"
Dew said that he told Crippen that
ne must put him in handouts "as |
you have written that you intended |
jumping overheard"
To this Crippen replied: II viii not |
do that. My anxiety has been too aw-
stul"
Explaining his suspicion that the
fugitive had planned to commit suicide. (
The Inspector exhibited to the court a /
+ business caro-, upon one SIDE or which I
were the words:
.P. Robinson & Co., Michigan. Pre-
sented by John f. Robinson" Il
This card was found among Grip
pens effects. and on the back of 1T.
apparently In the doctors handwriting.
was the following:
Wrote of Jumping Overheard.
II cannot stand the horror go I
through every night any longer, and
ms see nothing bright ahead and my |.
journey is coming to an end have
made up my mind to jump overheard
tonight. l know | have spoiled your /
life, but some day you may learn to
forgive me. My last words are OF
love-
Dew also introduced torn piece OF
card OH which Crippen had written
this question:
shall we wait until tonight about
40 or IL? If not. what time?"
Asking after Miss Leneve, Crippen
said to the Inspector:
II will do all ] can for her, 1t is
only fair to say that she knows moth L
Ing about 1t. I never told her any.
thing"
The witness said that in converstng
with Captain Kendall. of the Montrose
Miss Leneve remarked that she had not
seen newspaper since she left Lon
don, and referring to the murder mys-
terry added:
--.I know nothing about it."
10 the inspector the woman said. "I
assure you know nothing about 1t.
4 intended to write my sister when / 7,
got to Quebec
When the warrant was read on !
shtpboard Miss Leneye wept and seem Is
ed greatly agitated and fainted,n
Dew concluded his testimony by re-
peating a conversation which he had
with Crippen while the latter was en-
ercisinE on the deck Of the steamer
Megantic during t he return to Liver
pool, August "a,
Asked to Look at Girl,
Grippen said: want to ask a
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