New-York tribune., 1910-07-29
CR|PPEN'S ARREST
REGARDED SURE
a Wireless Message from the
Montrose's Captain to
Ottawa.
DOCTOR SAID TO BE ABOARD

L
Inspector Dew-Excitement
at Father Point-De-
tectives Ready
sOn board the steamship Montrcse ~
sea. by Msrconi wireless, via Father
Point. Quebec, July q.
Suspected persons answering police
description Of Crippen and Miss LensVe
on board. No arrests made Other gas
senaers, who are all Continentals, IN is-
norance of the situation
"Montrose at D. m Thursday. 80
miles east of Belle Isle, Weather fosgy.
"LLEWELLYN JONES,
"Marconi operator
Quebec. July 2S.-The following wire
less message was received tonight by
THE Chronicle from Peinte Amour
.7:31 D. m. Crippen on board Mont
rose inward bound two hundred miles
east"
The dispatch Is presumed 10 be a wire
less message from the steamer Lauren
tic
A second wireless message received
this evening was from Inspector Dew.
II was addressed 10 Mr.. Walsh. de-
tective. and asked him to obtain leave
from the immigration and marine au-
thorities here for Dew's landing ~
Father Point. Permission was granted
Father Point Quebec. July 81
wireless message was received here to-
day from the captain of the Montrose-
II was addressed to the colonial GOV
ernment at ottawa. and was lrnmedl-
ateiy forwarded under the closest Sc
crecy-
1t is reported here. apparently on good
authority. that the captain said he had
absolutely uncOntrovertible evidence that
DR.. Crippen was on board. and asked for
instructions
This is the first wireless cOnmun1Ca-
ton received from the MOntrose on this
side Of the Atlantic. and it was guarded
with almost impregnabIe secrecy
Since there is no one on board Who
knows DR. Crippen personally, the mes
sage NAV mean that he has confessed
his identity. After the receipt OF the
dispatch here the wireless operator at
once began sending messages 20 the
Montrose- They are supposed to have
been instructions from Ottawa. but
nothing of their text could be learned.
At this little settlement on the south
bank of the St Lawrence. 100 miles east
Of Quebec. three officers OF the provincial
police were sitting near a wireless re-
ceiver. waiting for dispatches from the
steamship Montrose. which is supposed
to have aboard Dr. HawIey H Crippen
and Miss Ethel Leneve. the stenographer
with whom he is believed 10 have fed
before the discovery in London OF the
body believed TO be that OF Belle ElmOre.
his wife.
Unless the wireless brings news which
upsets all expectations. these detectives
will board the 8Iontrose when she takes
On the pilot 20 direct her course UP the
St. Lawrence. They will confer to-mor-
row with Inspector Dew Of Scotland
Yard. who is aboard the White Star
liner Laurentic.
The Laurentic is expected here before
noon. and while the English detective
probably viii not land he will have an
opportunity TO talk with the three Off
GERS
The warrant charging DIT CripDen
with the murder of a woman still un-
known, is carried by Chief Mccarthy. OF
the Provincial Police OF Quebec He sx-
poets Inspector Dew 20 identify the sus-
pected passenger Since Inspector Dew
has no authority 20 make the arrest.
however. IL is supposed that he VIII con-
tinue on the Lourentic to quebec. leaving
10 the Canadian detectives the task os
taking their prisoner to him for identi-
fication there IF Crippen is found he
will take him 10 England.
The time when the Laurentic and the
Montrose will take their pilots here -
still matter of conjecture One OF the
fogs for which the lower reaches of tho
St. Lawrence are noted shut down over
the thirty mile stretch OF the river. and
the Father Point foghoru IS bawling its
warning TO the ships
The few French Canadians who live
about the lighthouse. the telegraph sta
tions and the pilots boarding houses ot
Father Point are greatly sscited- At
the old town of RimoUski. fiVe miles up
the river. the Crippeu case IS the only
topic OF conversation among two thou
sand villagers. Iumbermeu aud summer
visitors. \ dozen newspaper men have
gathered there ready 10 board the Mont
rose when she takes her pilot.
Montreal. July 2S.-~The Montreal
Daily witness says that IL has received
wireless message from the Montrose
at $50 this afternoon through the
Marconi station az Pointe Amour.
Quebec. SAYING
"Dr. HawIey n Crippen the London