New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
LONDON POLICE At SEA
No Trace of DR.. Crippen-Au-
topsy Inconclusive.

they may be able TO clear UP the nlys-
/ terry surrounding the body of woman
which was found badly mutilated in the
! cellar Of the doctors home, in HilldTop
! Crescent, North London. The police and
! the detectives of Scotland Yard still are
of the belief that the dead woman was
the wife of DR.. Crippen and that she was
murdered and buried in the cellar in the
hope of hiding the crime.
a woman housekeeper to-day told the
police that some time ago-possibly four
or five rnonths-she had heard, appar-
emily in the Crippen home, the screams
/ of a woman, followed by a revolver shot.
Mrs. Crippen was last seen in February
A three hours post-mortem examina-
tion Of the body by an expert of the
Home Office tonight proved inconclu
/ sive as to the cause of the death of the
woman Her head. the lower limbs and
most of the bones are missing, but there
are some indications, such as portions of
clothing and a necklace adhering to the
flesh of the neck, that the woman might
have been strangled III her sleep. The
! internal organs will be subjected to fur
| ther analysis.
| In addition to their search for Crippen
and Miss LIE Neve. Superintendent Froest
and his force of Scotland Yard deteC-
tfves are investigating the circumstances
Surrounding the death of Crippens first
wife.
Detectives gave little credence to-day
! to many reports which reached them re-
garding the destination of the LIE Neve
woman and of DR.. Hawley H. Crippen, in
the cellar of whose home was unearthed
the body believed by the police to be
that OF the physicians wife, the Amer
lean, who was known on the stage as
Belle Elnore. Superintendent Froest
said this evening:
"AIl clews concerning Crippen and Miss
LIE Neve received thus far have proved to
be false. In my opinion Crippen either
has gone to America or is hiding in the
suburbs Of London"
Whether the matter of identificatio will
also be determined is a matter of doubt,
but the Importance of this point has not
been overlooked. Though the police ap-
pear to be satisfied that it was Crippens
wife who found a grave in the cellar Of
her home, so far as known the identity
of the victim has not been established to
tn satisfaction of the law. After death
the body was cut to pieces, and some OF
the bones were removed as if by a hand
skilled in surgery, and the flesh was COW
cred with quicklime, which destroyed the
possibility of easy recognition.
The police consider the story of the
ports from revolver practice in the Grip
pen garden on different occasions, and
later of being aroused during the night
by a woman's screams, facts significant
when a revolver was found near where
the body was buried.
Jewels May Trace Missing Man.
It seems that Crippen had in his pos
session only $3.50 when he disappeared,
but according to the police he took with
him the greater part of his wife's jew
elry. From this they argue that his
funds cannot hold out lor ;, and that he
may attempt to dispose OF the jewels.
The police late to-day closed their ex-
animation of the Crippen residence and
grounds. having disposed of the theory
that the premises had been used as
burial ground for bodies other than the
one discovered.
The first story of what may have been
the actual committal of the crime was
told to-day by a neighbor Of the doctor.
Since the discovery of the body and
the disappearance of Dr.. Crippen and
Ethel Clara Leneve. his typewriter, the
Scotland Yard detectives have inquired
diligently among those living near the
Crippen home in Hilldrop Crescent,
North London, for some information
that would throw light upon the domes-
tic ha bits and relations of the American
doctor and his actress wife. Nothing
helpful was learned until to-day, when
woman proprietor of a small shop at
the rear of the Crippens residence, told
of hearing a womans screams and pleas
for mercy arising seemingly from the
cellar in which the burned and mutilated
corpse was later found.
Screams Heard in crippen Home.
Mrs. Crippen disappeared in February
last It was four or five months ago
WIleu lnS SSEto4llo NNi1 iANO4O "a ltiS
woman said Her shop overlooks little
garden back OF the Crippen home To
the police she said:
Il had often heard revolver practice
in the garden. One night about four o.
five months ago-I cannot place the time
more exactly-I was awakened by a
woman's cries II was midnight The
screams appeared to come from Dr.
Crippen's house I listened, and heard
a woman's voice pleading: Don't; oh,
don'tv To me it seemed that the cries
were from a woman in the basement Of
the house occupied by DR. and Mrs
Criupen. AS nothing developed further
soon forgot the occurrence, and did
not recall it until yesterday, when I
learned of the discovery.
The Music Hall Artists Guild issued
an official statement to-day declaring
that all the books and accounts of Mrs.
C,rippeu. who was treasurer Of the guild,
we're found to be in perfect order.
Woman May Have Been Shot.
The finding In the cellar of a revolver
gave rise this afternoon 10 the report
that the vaudeville artist had been shot
hsfora the body was battered into an
unrecognizable mass and buried in