Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-29
AUTHORITIES IN A CLASH
Montrose. With Doctor Probably
Aboard. Passes Belle Isle Strait.
CAPTAIN SURE OF IDENTITY
Officers Will Not Board Vessel I'm
til She Takes on Pilot Sun
day Morning.

steamer Montrose, which is believed to
have on board Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
and Ethel Clara Leneve, will not be
boarded by officers of the law probably
before Sunday morning. when she VIII
stop off here TO take on a river pilot. Inn
mediate interest among the assembled
crowd of detectives, reporters, photog-
Japhers and villagers shifted to lively
contest between the Dominion authorities
and the provincial police. both being jeal-
of the honor of making the arrest
Detective Charles Gauvreau is here
and shows letter from \. p. Sher-
wood. chief commissioner of the Do
minion Police. authorizing him to take
DIR. Crippen and Miss Leneve into Gus
tody il he is sure of their identity. He
is warned not TO give his prisoners an
opportunity to harm themselves. The
authorization reads:
IF sure of your people make the ar
rest and keep the prisoners in separate
cabins; and make certain that no
chance is given either of committing
suicide"
This Is enough for Gauvreau, and he
proposes to carry out his orders to
the letter.
another Side OF case.
However, there is another side. Chief
OF Police Mccarthy of Quebec is also on
The ground. and he is armed with a war
rant from the government of Quebec
province. which he is instructed TO serve
on Crippen as soon as he finds him.
Beyond these two men. who just now
occupy the center of the police stage,
mis- little village fairly swarms with po-
tr1xa md 1r-iyr In<n
whom would be glad of the glory at
taching to the apprehension of man
who. after spending several years in
canada. got mixed up abroad in an at
fair that, If the charges made are borne
out. does not reflect credit upon the Do
ininion. Then. too, there is that matter
cf Sl,25o reward offered for the capture
cf CriDpen.
1t would seem that Chief Inspector Dew
ot Scotland Yard would have the say to
who should lay hands on the fugitive, or,
at least, exert much influence, as the ar
Test cannot be made until Dew has estab-
lished the matter of identification.
1t is understood that the English in
spector would not have the right to make
the arrests. but they probably will be
made only upon his say SO.
The Montrose steamed through the
strait of Belle Isle this morning.
This places the vessel, about whose
arrival the greatest interest centers.
some 500 miles east of Father Point.
She is expected to take on pilot here
sunday morning.
Early today a thirty-two-mile wind
swept away the fog that had covered the
broad mouth of the ST. Lawrence river
since last night, and the Montrose will not
experience the delay feared for her when
the weather thiekened yesterday. unless
the prediction for the next forty-eight
hours fail
The White Star liner L.aurantic aboard
which is Chief Inspector Dew Of Scotland
Yard. already had entered the st. Law
renee. and. under favora BILE conditions
should pass this point between 3 o'clock
and O'Clock this afternoon. At $50
O'Clock this morning she was 1876 miles
east of here.
Dew Accomplishes Purpose.
The purpose of Scotland Yard has been
accomplished in that Inspector Dew,
travelling in faster steamer, has outstrip-
ped the suspects, and will he in posi-
ton to make his attempt at identifica-
ton when the John Robinson and John
Robinson. jr..' of the Montrose passenger
list arrive at Canadian port
The provincial police understand that
Dew Will land here and wait for the
Montrose. His subsequent procedure is a
matter of doubt to those here. He may
board the Montrose and continue to
Quebec. 1t is believed that his plans
detail and that there can be no hitch.
Sandman Eliminated.
The Allan liner Sardinin, which was
first enormously reported to have the
suspects on board. passed here early to-
day. Her captain already had sent a
wireless message stating that no one
answering the description of DIR. Crippen
was aboard. thus eliminating that vessel
as a factor in the case. The Sandman
however. figured materially in the early
stages OF the transatlantic pursuit 1t
was this vessel that picked up the short
range wireless from the Montrose and
Teiayed to the European coast the word
that two persons believed to be Crippen
and the Leneve woman We're aboard the
Montrose.
The plans and activities of the police
are based, of course, upon the assumption
that Crippen and his companion are
aboard the Montrose.
This fact has not been absolutely estab-
lished from the police standpoint Never
theless, the frequent wireless messages
that have been received since the Mont
rose got into touch with this side of the
Atlantic tend To confirm the authorities In
their belief that Capt. Kendall is correct
In the matter of Identification
These messages are In varying degrees
of posltiveness. some making the explicit
statement that Crippen is aboard the
steamer. others reiterating the fact tina,
the suspected parties are aboard The
messages have definitely established tina,
no actual arrests have occurred thus far
There is no particular significance in this
however, as Supt. Froest Of Scotland Yard
already has pointed out.
Guard Against False Arrest.
So long the suspects are under sur
yejIIance their escape or attempts at sui