The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-18

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done all In their power 10 bring abou,
an encouragement and divorce, 30 tina.
Miss l.eneve might marry Crippen.
His income was being absorbed,
Muir continued, I'm supporting wom-
an he did not love. We will snow tina.
on Jan. 81 last, three days before this
crime il said TO have been commute.
Crippen Was badly pinened Tor money.
His wifes physical presence was also
AN obstacle to his pians. a.
be eliminated, her money and prop
erty would enable him to support Miss
Leneve.
After his wife's disappearance,
Crippen was forced to adopt cam
paign OF falsifcation TO account for
her absence and to prevent the sus-
picion OF murder from falling upon
him. Among the ostensible reasons
he gave tor her disappearance was
that she had fed TO America ana
Joined Bruce Miller. Miller was form
crly an actor In this country with
Belle Elmore, but 10 now In the real
estate business In Chicago. Ill. Mrs.
Crippen did not fee to America to
ioin Miller. Miller has been brought
here to prove that he has not seen
Belle Gilmore since 1904.
while he was telling all these
stories, endeavoring to besmirch the
character OF the woman, Crippen was
laying plans to fee.
"crippsn 10 the slayer" He ExeIaims.
THE remains were found after Grip
pens mysterious fight. and 1t Is sur
fcient that human remains should De
found In the house occupied alone by
the Crippens and In which no person
had lived after Crippen had disap-
peared. No one else had access to the
cellar. No one but Crippen could
have buried q human being there. The
fact that the body had been mutilated
gentlemen, and the manner in wnlch
1t was mutilated. proves that the muir
der was committed by a physician
with great anatomical knowledge and
surgical skill. Crippen was that man.
Muir told the Jurors they wouiu
have to agree that the body was tha'
of Mrs. Crippen, even without posi-
tive Identification, all circumstances
pointing In that direction. First she
was missing; second. Crippen would
have been able to bury the remains
where found.
But gentlemen of the jury con-
tinued the kings counsel. the guilty
conscience of Crippen exposed MIN.
When Inspector Dew arrested him on
board the Montrose, Crippen paied
and exclaimed: i am not sorry thaS
you have caught me. This anxiety
has been too much for me to bear"
When the list of witnesses was an
nounced it developed that Mrs.
Theresa HUM, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
step-sister OF Mrs. Crippen, Is to be
one of the chief witnesses for the
crown.
Immediately after Muir's opening
address Frederick Lowndes, Crippen's
landlord, was called He testified re-
garding the physical condition OF the
Hilldrop Crescent 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.
Bruce Miller, of Chicago, testified
that he met Belle Gilmore while both
were playing in the music halls in
London in December, 1899, and that
the last time he saw her was In Lon
don in 1904. He denied that he had
ever made a proposition to Mrs. Grip
pen to join him in Chicago.
Under cross-examination Miller ad-
mitted that the FIRST time he met
Belle Elmore, Crippen Was absent In
America on business. He visited her
many times in her home in Storey's
Square, and wrote her affectionate
letters. He admitted that he was
very fond of Mrs. Crippen. but AS
she was a married woman, | let 1t
end at that" he declared.
He admitted ending some of his let
tiers with such terms Of endearment
as with love and kisses to brown
eyes"
Under further questioning. he hest
tatingly admitted that he had kissed
Mrs. Crippen on several occasions
and that she had kissed him in re-
turn. When he said that he had
written his last letter to her between
Jan. and 10, OF this year, the de-
tense seized upon this point as vital,
in that Mrs. Crippen disappeared
about Jan. 20. II Miller wrote on
Jan. 10, the letter would have reach
ed Mrs. Crippen only few days be-
fore her disappearance. 1t appeared
evident that Crippen's defense would
be that his wife had really fed from
him after receiving letter from
Miller, and that he knew nothing OF
the body found In the cellar.
Miller further admitted that the
last letters he wrote Mrs. Crippen
may have been couched in affection
ate terms.
Were Belle Elmore's letters to you
written in the same affectionate
terms as those you wrote her." de-
manded Tobin.
Perhaps" reluctantly admitted
Miller.
Miller added that his wife, in Chi
cago, read all the letters he received
from Belle Elmore, but that she did
not seek to discourage the cor
respondence or the affectionate terms
employed.