Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-02
DETECTIVES WORKING
ON GIRLS SYMPATHIES
Hope to Gain Confession That Will
Help in Proving Crime.
COLOR IS BACK IN HER FACE
Wearing Neat New White Dress To.
day and Never Has Been Con.
fined in Cell-Bombarded
With Cablegrams.

QUEBEC, August 2-Dr Crippen and
MISS Leneve. the two prisoners that have
centered the eyes Of the world upon this
Old French city on the St Lawrence
slept last night the sleep of complete ex-
lhausiion, following the ordeal of the pre-
ceding hours from the time they were
arrested on board the steamer Montrose
on the charge OF murder and mutilaton
OF their victim, supposed to be Belle I'll
more, Crippen's American wife.
Crppen and the girl, who fed with him
from London, now face two weeks or
more of monotonous waiting. There will
be no more legal proceedings in the case
until August s. when they will have an
other purely formal appearance I'm court
to give them last opportunity of de-
manding writ of habeas corpus or any
other legal relief to which they may feel
entitled. Unless they change their ex-
pressed intention, however, neither will
apply for writs or interfere in any way
with the methods adopted by the police
to get them back to England for trial.
Legal Proceedings Closed.
So far as the province of Quebec is
concerned legal proceedings in the case
are practically closed. The official docu-
ments regarding the arrest of the couple
and their Interrogation by Judges Lange-
/ lier and Anglers of the court of special
sessions We're forwarded last night to
| Ottawa for the signature of the gov
| ernOr general.
The color is beginning to return to Miss
| Leneve's cheeks, and this morning the
matron at the Jail hospital said that she
looked a trife less forlorn than when
she was taken there yesterday afternoon
from the house of Chief of Detectives
| Mccarthy. Miss Leneve. who left the
Mnntrose in garments loaned to her by
the ships stewardess. was today sup
| piled with a neat white dress, which
added to the Improvement i'm her ap-
pearance.
/ The authorities hope to send the pair
back to England Immediately upon the
expiration of the fifteen days which the
law requires they should spend here after
their examination and Identification.
Crippen Regains Composure.
| Crippen, taciturn and seeming TO a
considerable extent to have recovered his
composure. has volunteered nothing since
| his arraignment yesterday which might
help the police in solving the mystery
! surrounding the disappearance of hts
wife. Belle Elmore the American actress
! The detectives would like very much
| to gather from the accused additional evi-
| dence that would facilitate the subse-
quent procedure Unless present signs
fail they will receive no help i'm this line
| from Crippen. ''Crippen is no fool" said
Inspector Dew, and no one questioned his
| opinion.
| AZ >ordingly it is generally believed
| that the police are resting their hopes
/ on Miss Leneve. If she does not pos
sess the key to the mystery they think
that she can at least aid them mate
| rally in reconstruction of the cir
cumstances leading up to the disap-
pearance OF Belle Elmore 1t is known
| that Mrs. Crippen was jealous of her
husbands typist. and the police have
no doubt that Miss Leneye was aware
| of this jealousy.
Subtle Influences at Work.
They will not use any third degree"
methods in interviewing Miss Leneve
but more subtle influences already ar.
at work. The girl prisoner is being
treated with the greatest considera-
ton. She showed the effect of this to-
day. being much better in body and in
mind than yesterday. when. following
the collapse after her arrest she was
considered too i'll to appear in court
Miss l.eneVe has never been placed in
Il cell here She has been kept in the
room OF one of the woman employees oil
the provincial Jail and has been al
lowed occasional outdoor exercise
The attitude toward her of the police
is sympathetic.
Inspector Dew has repeatedly said that
he believed the girl was innocent of any
knowledge of wrongdoing. She has been
visited by other women who have treated
her most kindly. At the same time Miss
LeneVe is being bUmba rded with cable
grams from members Of her family in
London urging her TO tell ali that She
knows. Tie pressure OF friendliness is
being cXerted upon her while there is
no prospects that she viii come III con-
tact with Dr.. Crippen or even See him
for long time.
Police Purpose Obvious.
The purpose in all this is obvious when
it is considered that far is gen
orally known Scotland Yard has been un-
able TO identify the dismembered body
found in the cellar CT the Crippsn home in
London. The police case is believed not
to be complete
To casual observers it appears that
very pretty little three-cornered game
is being played between the police, Grip
pen and Miss Leneve. Crippen seems TO
be playing lone hand. but whether the
police will receive assistance from Miss
Leneve is a question sufficiently In doubt
to make next move on her part mat
ter OF chief interest.
Loyal to Her Companion.
Even the Unconditional Dew, the typical
English detective, has been affected by
Miss Leneve's plight.
II am sorry for her." he said today.
Il do not believe that she knew anything
about it,
While the Canadian and English laws
strictly prohibit any attempt by the po-
lice to secure a confession, and especial
ly forbid third degree" tactics, if the,
girl should express a desire to make
revelations the police say that they would
accept her statement after she had been
warned that anything she said might be
used against her at her trial. Thus far.
even in her moments of extreme shock
and weakness, the police assert, Crippen's
companion has remained loyal to him so
far as her silence is loyalty, and has said
absolutely nothing about the crime or
their relations.
Crippen oday was permitted to receive