The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-09-09
POISON IN BODY
OF MRS. CRIPPEN
Trial Of Alleged American wife
Murderer Opens in London
GIRL HELD As ACCESSORY
Prosecution Announces That Poison
More Than Sufficient to XIII Had
Reen Found In Body.


More Than Sufficient to Kill Had
Been Found In Body.
DR.. Hawley Harvey Crippen as the
principal. and Ethel Clara Leneye as
an accessory after the fact, were
placed on trial in London. Eng, for the
murder of the formers vile, Cora
Belle Crippen. known on the stage as
Belle ElmOre.
The Bow street police court held a
curious, fascinated crowd, including a
few smartly dressed women and some
Americans.
Mr.. Humphreys, for the crown, set
forth that Crippen and his wife were
unhappily married. and that her death
was of monetary advantage to him in
addition to the fact that his relations
with his typist we're such that Miss
Leneve was unpleasantly jealous OF
the wife. The death of Mrs. Crippen
would relieve the situation from the
standpoint of the man who loved one
woman and was tied up to another.
Crippen needed money and pawned
jewelry, later identified as the prop.
erty of his wife When his wife dis
appeared he made an explanation that
he later admitted was untrue.
The prosecutor told of the admitted
quarrel between the Crippens, the
elopement of Crippen and Miss Len
eve. and the finding of the body al
legged 10 be that OF the doctors wife
in the cellar of the Crippen home.
Mr. Humphreys announced for the
first time that poison more than su"
cient to kill had been found in the
body. which also showed traces Of an
operation
Girl Only Accessory.
Mr. Humphreys said that the crown
had decided 20 change the charge
against Miss Leneve from that Of a
principal to that of an accessory after
the fact. In conclusion he stated thai
he questioned whether the girl could
have believed the extraordinary story
told her by Crippen in explanation OF
his wife's disappearance.
AT the conclusion of the prosecu-
tors address a few witnesses We're
called for the crown. In cross-examin.
Ing these Solicitor Newton confined
himself to a few questions designed to
show that Crippen was amiable and
kind-hearted and seemed to be on the
best of terms with his wife.
An application 10 admit the prison
ers TO bail was refused and an ad-
journment was taken until Thursday
Popular feeling toward Crippen con.
tinues bitter because Of the hideous
character Of the crime with which he
is charged, but there is apparent an
undercurrent Of sympathy for the ac-
cused girl
Crippen seems not to have suffered
physically from his confinement. He is
nervous. bnt he has always been OF a
rather nervous temperament, and if
his air of almost Indifference is as
sumed. he PLAYS the part well.
Miss Leneve had better control Of
herself than she had when she arrived
i'm London AT that time she appeared
on the verge of nervous collapse. /
is said that it had been intimated 10
her before the trial opened that the
original charge of being a co-principai
in the murder would be dropped and
that she would be held responsible
only for whit knowledge of guilt She
acquired subsequent to the commits
sion Of the crime.
This is said to have had a good
effect upon the girl, which. it is hint
ed. was the end sought by the prose
cution. who at the proper time intends
to use his companion as witness
against CrirDen.