The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-18

the Montrose Crippen paled and ex-
claimed:
81 am not sorry that you have
caught me. This anxiety has been too
much for me TO bear
For the purpose of knocking out the
possible defense that Mrs. Crlppen died
a natural death, and that Crippen
buried her body to prevent susDictol.s
Muir pointed out that DR.. William Hen
ry Wilcox, senior scientific analyst TO
the Home Office, testified at the INQUEST
that death had been caused by injection
OF hyosein, one Of the deadliest Of pol
sons.
When the list of witnesses was made
known. II developed that Miss Theresa
HUM. of Brooklyn, n. Y. a step-sister
of Mrs. Crppen. is 10 be one Of the
chief witnesses for the Crown.
Immediately after Muirs address,
Frederick LOwndes. CriDpen's landlord,
was called. He testified Tega riding the
physical condition so the HIlldroE Cres-
cent home and OF his business dealings
with Crippen. swearing that no one had
occupied the house save the Crippens
about the time Of the alleged murder.
Surgeon Testifes.
Dr. Burroughs told of the condition
of the remains. His testimony was
similar to that given at the inquest.
Mrs Martinetti, of the Ladies Music
Hall Guild. told Of seeing Crippen and
Miss Leneve at the dinner dance of the
Music Hall Actors Benevolent Fund on
February 20. when Miss Leneve was
wearing iewelry which had belonged to
Mrs CripDen.
Mrs Martinetti declared that both
she and her husband had that night
pressed Crppen for details of Mrs
Crippen's death, Crippeu having told
them Mrs. Crippen had died IN the wilds
Of California while on a visit to her
homo.
Crippen gave her the address Of his
son, H. .. CTippen. 1927 Hanover street,
Los Angeles Cal, as the person who
could give them the information. A let
ter sent to Crippen's son disclosed the
fact that he knew nothing This
aroused the suspicious Of the Guild,
and the investigation that followed re-
suited in Crippcn's arrest and the dis
coverv of the body.
Ms. HUM Belle Elmore's sister. was
the next witness and her testimony
brought out that the Crown will seek
to identify the body found in the cellar
of the Crippen home as that OF MIS-
Crppen by means Of scar MIS- "Crip-
pen was known TO have.
Mrs HUM declared that Belle El-nore
met Crippen eighteen years ago at the
home Of another sister in America. and
that the marriage followed very shortly.
a few months after Belle Elmore
marriage" Mrs HUM testified, she
and DR. Crippen went to Philadelphia,
where they remained for some time. At
ter their return 10 New York Belle
showed me a large scar Of Wouhi
barely healed, which she said had peeh
made by an operation l saw the scar
again seven years later. so that l knew
it never disappeared from her body
Described Her Death.
In April OF this year. DR.. Crippen
wrote Mr.. HUM, my husband. pathetic
letter. in which he described in detail
Bellies death in California. where he said
she had gone to look after some bust
ness for him. In this letter DR.. CrippNn
referred 10 his 'dreadtul loss, decIar ING ING
il was all the more shocking 10 him. De
cause. as he wrote. 1 was not with my
Door Cora and could not see her at the
last In this letter he added that he
was giving up the Hllldrop Cresceht
home, because he could not stay there
alone. The memories would haunt me,
Mrs. HUM described the scar min
utely or the body found in the BILL
drop Crescent home was a scar Whlch
the crown believes Il will be able 10
show by ANTAGONISTS was exactly IKE
and in the same place as that on Mrs
Cnppen's body
next witness called. When Inspector
Dew examined Crippen, the latter final
IL admitted" he said, that his wife
had fec TO Chicago 70 join Bruce Miller
and that he had concocted the death
stories to avoid scandal
Miller testified that he met Belle FL
more while both were playing in the
music halls in London in December. 1873.
and that the last time he saw her was
in London in 1904.
Denied Exponent.
Questioned at considerable length by
Muir, Bruce Miller denied that he had
ever made proposition to Mrs. Crippen
TO Join him in Chicago, and said that he
never heard she was on her way there
TO meet him. He could not account for
Dr. Crippen's use Of his name, save in
his desperate desire 10 hide the fact
that Mrs. Crippen's body was then in
the cellar of the house where Inspector
Dew was questioning him.