The sun., 1910-07-16
rRIPpEv uu M ~ LONDON.
Police NakinE n search There ton-
IInrntal Police Also Busy.

Z
LoNDNN July ij Scotland Yard and
the local police have not found a single
clue TO the whereabouts OF Dr CTIppen.
who is wante-i for the my ysterious mur-
der ot his wife Belle Elnore The de-
teCtlves at Scotland Nsrd are apparently
of th. belief that Crippen has not left
the CITY and they are searching every
lodging house m the city for traces OF
hun
They think that Dr Crippen. being an
American. read all about the Charlton
cas... and heing an intelligent man would
not try the same method Of escaping
from the clutches 81 the police Of England
and the ynit.d States
The inquest over the hody of Mrs.
IrIppen will be held on July u. The
poll - TODAY took up tn" tnNestigatipn ot
ihe l4i. singers financial Affairs They
p, ,y. discovered that she kept two casn
accounts II they can prove that Dy
Cripuen -urC-dHd m drawing on these
Accn,Ints y will IN their opinion. furnish
an additional motIv" Tor the crime.
\ n.Ighhpr of IN" tr.pr-ns IN an inter-
view to-day told Z hearing screams az
midnight and cries ~ on. DON'T at
the time of the supposed murder This
nat yhplr. hpwsv~r. was unable to FIX
the dote clo~.r than 90 say II was four or
five months ago.
Another n"lghhor. whose windows
overlook the Crippen houS" on Hilldrop
Crescent saws that SIX weeks ago ne
noticed tho 4" SeV" woman IN an upper
room irving on costumes which she was
taking from q theatrical basket These
costumes he had previously noticed
on Mrs trpp"n durinR her stage per
f.rp1nc.as Th"v were handed to the
I :. Neya woman by Dr. Cripp"n. who
hslf.ad nor TO dress lh's neighbor
added that tn. oOupl" appeared To 1--we
practically o. 'h" ki'Chen. lh"v washed.
drrs~..d AMI At" thsr". In" French
maid. ~ called was engaged Is a general
servant n. polio" ar" satisfied that
this r,ad had No inowledEa ~ reCant
events ~ sra had returned =" Francn
The police theory continues that mas
much ~ Inspector Dew ~ S"otlnt Yard
examined nr Cripn"1 late IN FRIDAY
night the latter had lots of tirnH tn he.-
fooled the police hv a plausible eNplnna-
tion Of his wifo's disappearance he might
have thought himself saie 10y remaining
in London This was all right unth
Wednesday mornings napers hnnounc"d
N. discovery of his wife's body Then
IL was ton late N fee They argue that
Crjnpen IN Disguise might -tiCC~asfIllv
hide himself in London tn" police say
that inasmuCh as Cr'pp"n - regardet
as q cunning criminal they Would not
daavor..i 20 make awav Ntth the lie Neve
woman ~ order 10 save himself
The t-"nch police ar" now IN th" clse
Thcv ar" searching th" former haunts
~ the doctor AZ BoIlogne-siIr- Ner. Os-
tend and Calais to find the doctor
Crippan'S personality was too marked to
enahl. him 10 escape discovery on the
Continent Even II he shaved % his
conspir-ious Tnustach". disCarded has
spectacles and 80 changed hls wearing
apparel a. To make him look like the
uniersiled IOndoner. the police assert
that Il would siill be easy to recognize
him because Of his pronounced American
accent. They argue that this accent
Will soon Civ. a clue to his hiding place
The police started an inquiry to-day
into the circumstances II a." death Of the
first Mrs Cripp-n. who died abo't two
years before DR. Irlpp"n married Belle
ElmOg.
Scotland Yard has onsr'-d s. reward
10 any caDman who will come forward
and testify ~ to any fare he picked up at
n lldrop tresCrnt since February
To-day'- developments se"m 20 show
that Crippen and the IT, Ness woman did
not No., from the hOm. ou llilldroD CTes.
..ut on saturday They left "a as'Ially at
the Usual time IN IN" morning and went
toth.' dO''or's oxford street ONCE. where
she Wa- employed a. hts stenographer
They Wcr" seen ~ the Office during tie