The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-20
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London. Oct 2O.-It was decided
today 10 place DR. Hawley H CrIppen
on the witness stand and let him tell
his own story OF the disappearance OF
his wife. Belle Elmore, the actress.
with whose murder he is charged.
There had been much speculation as
TO whether Crippon would testify for
himself. and the decision OF his coun-
sel was not made known until just be-
fore the resumption OF the trial this
morning.
Drs. Marshall and Spllsbury. medi-
cal experts who examined the human
parts unearthcd in the cellar of the
Crippel home In Hilldrop Crescent.
repeated the evidence they had given
ia the lower court This was In con.
1rmation OF the testimony given yes
terday by DIT Pepper, who sworo the
members were human, but he could
not determine anatomically the sex.
The cToss-eXamination OF the eX-
perts. In which Chief Justice Aver
stone, who is presiding, Joined, cen
tered on the alleged scar on the body
which the defense declares was only
q fold in the skin.
Alfred Aspinnll Tobin. chief counsel
for Crippen. piled the doctors, Spills
bury and Marshall, with inquiries, but
the medical men were not shaken
from their assertion that the mark
had been left from the wound OF an
operation.
Crippcn. paler than at any time be
fore, followed the evidence with
strained intenseness. DR. William II
Wilcox, the scientific analyst to the
Home office. testified to having discov-
cred In the body a poison which he
was satisfied had been taken through
the mouth and WAS the cause Of
death This poison. he said, was not
used by homeopathics, as was suG-
gested by the defense
The medical evidence closed the
case for the prosecution and the stir
in the court room as Mr Tobln rose
10 address the court showed the In
tercst with which the announcement
OF the line of defense WIS awaited.
This interest was whettcd by the
first sentence of the counsel. who
confirmed his earlier statement that
Crlppen would enter the witness stand
Immediately whom his attorney had
concluded his ADDRESS
attempt 10 prove that tho body found
in Crippens home was not that of
his wife.
MIR. Tobn contcndcd that the prose
cUtlOns claim, that desire for money
md the wish TO marry Ethel Clare I-e-
neve formed motive for the murder
was untenable, Crippen, he said
owed nothing and be had not mar
q NE rfr h.
renrance of his wife. although he had
had chance To do 80. No purchase
OF lime. in which tho parts had been
blried, had been traced To Crippen
nor had weapon with which the deed
could be committed. was To be
found
Counsel said that the prisoner
daily demcanor. since February
the date OF his wife's disappearance
and the absence OF an appearance o.
any motive disproved the theory that
he was murderer.
I Mr. Tobin said that Belle ElmorC
had threatened frequently 10 leave
her husband, and at last carried out
DeI threat. Who knew. he asked
Wnetner Belle Elmore was alive oi
4 dead. The jury. however, must know
death.
The defense insisted that 1t wa
II perfectly natural that Crippon shoulC
= nave taken flight In the company o
VI MISS Lencve. and both In disguise
III when he realized TINT the los whicl
n rad been told TO cover up the scan
dal oi MS wife's departure had servet
9nlY TO create mountain Of prcju
dice against him.
5 Mr Tobin then made the su,prj,
Ing statement that CrIppen. two dav
2 before his arrest on the stcome
Iontrose, arranged with the ouarte,
innster TO hide him In the cargo am