The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-03
IDENTITY OF THE BODY
Scotland Yard Officials Say That
They VIII Be Able to Prove
It Was His
Wife.

policemen from Scotland Yard.
Arthur Newton, a criminal lawyer
of London whose offer of legal servi-
ces, Crippen is said to have accepted,
is already at work on the case. He de-
MES that there is the slightest proof
that the body found in the Cripppen
home is that of the missing wife.
QUEBEC, Aug. 3.-Dr. Hawley HI.
Crippen has friends in London who be-
lieve he did not slay his wife, Belle
Elmore, and they are willing to pay
a lawyer to defend him when he is
tried there for murder. He received
proof of this when his jailer handed
him the following cablegram from a
London solicitor:
CDR. H. H. Crippen, care of Inspector
Dew, Quebec: Your friends desire
me to defend you and will pay all nee
essary expenses. Will undertake your
defense, but you must promise to
keep absolute silence, answer no ques
tions and resist extradition. Reply,
confirming, as good deal must be done
! at once.
ARTHUR NEWTON,
Solicitor, London.
Judging from his behavior since he
was arrested, the pale little prisoner
lon Qubec Heights did not need the
warming to remain silent. A negative
n1onosylable to his jailers inquir.
whether he wished to give out any
public statement was the only mes
sage that came from him for the out
1 side world.
Reading in his cell or silently pac
ing the corridor where he is allowed
! to exercise for part of tire day, Grip
1 pen shows a desire for little excep'
4 to be let alone. Today he wanted
something to read and when asket
his choice he said that for one thins
4 he would like Bible. He receive,
the book with other literature
There was persistent rumor tha
the dentist had confessed, but no con
firmation of the report was possible
The attitude of Miss Levene is VI
like the doctor. The Jail matron an
the women of the household of Chic
Mccarthy, where she spent part of tn
day yesterday say she is not AYERS
to conversation, but she declines t
say anything regarding the crime wit
which she is charged jointly wit
Crippen, or of their wanderings tc
gether through Europe
Reports that she has told the pc
lice enough to convince them of he
innocence are denied by the author
tiles. Nevertheless many of those VIII
have come in contact with the girl d
not hesitate to say they believe sh
knew nothing of the horrible end c
Bell Elmore when she fled with d.
Crippen.
AS the case now stands the onl
evidence in tie hands of the polio
: that may be constructed as hostile t
Crippen is the discovery of the di;
mond rings and the brooch the polio
: took from him on the steamer. Thes'
they say, belonged to his wife.
The accused pair now face tw
weeks or more nonotonous waitinl
There will be no more legal proceed
ings in the case until August s, whe
the dentist and his typist will hay
another purely formal appearance
:, court to give them last opportunit
= OF demanding a writ of habeas corpl
,, or any other legal relief to which the
may feel entitled. Unless they chang
their expressed intention, howeve
= neither will apply for writs or inte
u fere in any way VITA the methot
I adopted by the police to get the
2 back to England for rial. They a
expected to sail August Is.
e Denial was made today of the r
IS port that Inspector Dew had bee
notified by Scotland Yard that Il
body found at the Crippen home hi
been definitely identified as that
Belle Elmore.
D QUEBEC, Aug 3.-Inspector De
granted brief Interview this aft
" noon to the newspaper men in viii
he intimated that DR.. Crippen h
made a full confession of murderil
his wife in London. Dew refused
IS go into details.
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