The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-11-30
THE GALLONS
CRIPPEN'S FATE
American Dentist Who
Killed His Wife
PAYS PENALTY WITH HIS LIFE
sClOSe of One of the Most Sen
Sational Murder Cases
On Record.
HISTORY OF CRIPPEN
MURDER CASE.

HISTORY OF CRIPPEN
MURDER CASE.
February /, 1910-Belle Gilmore be-
lieved to have been slain on this date.
March &c, 191O-Notice is publish
ed in the daily papers to the effect
that Belle Elmore had died suddenly
in California.
July S-Inspector Dew visits Grip
pen at his home.
July 9-Crippen flees from the city
with his typist, Ethel Leneve.
July13-Decomposed body of Belle
Elmore found in cellar of Crippen's
home in London.
July 2O--Crippen and his compan-
ion sail from Antwerp aboard the
steamer Montrose.
July 22-Capt Kendall, of the Mon
trose, recognizes Crippen and COM
municates with Scotland Yard by
wireless.
Jti}y &c. Inspector Dew leaves Liv-
erpool aboard the steamer Lauren
tic for Quebec.
July 31.-Dr. Crippen and Miss Lee
neve placed under arrest as their YES
sci arrives at Farther Point, Que.
August 2O.-Inspector Dew sails
from Quebec with his prisoners.
August 27.-The party reaches Lon
don.
September 21-Dr. Crippen and his
companion formally committed for
trial for the murder of his wife.
September 26-Coroner's jury re-
turns verdict of wilful murder against
DR.. Crippen.
October 1S-Dr. Crippen placed on
trial for his life
October 22-Dr. Crippen found gull
ty and sentenced to death.
October 25-AIiss Leneve acquitted
Of ~ charge of being an accessory.
November date of hanging
changed from November to Novem-
Der 23.
London Nov. 23.-Dr. H. H. Grip
pen was hanged Within the walls of
the Jail here at 1902 this morning.
He went to the scaffold in silence
and had nothing to say. even before
the trap was sprung.
He was accompanied by the priest
who has attended him since he was
condemned. There We're but few Of
@ ficials present.
The execution of DR.. Hawley Grip
pen in London Wednesday completed
the criminal record of one of the
most sensational of recent murder
cases.
ted by a man who had been known
as of a gentle and kindly nature,
the murderer's spectacular fight to
his native land and the fact that the
case against the doctor was purely
circumstantial, combined to make
the tragedy of absorbing interest not
only in England, where the murder
was done, but as we'll in America,
whence both Crippen and his wife
were born.
Crippen, slight in figure, was just
Cnppen slight in figure. was just
fifty years of age. He was born In
Michigan and after studying medicine
practiced in the United States and
Canada. In 1906 he married Cora
Mackamotski, of Brooklyn, a vaude-
VILE actress whose stage name was
Belle Elmore.
They moved to London where the
doctor engaged in dental manufac-
ture. Soon there was domestic in
felicity, due, Crippen alleged, to
other men.
Then Ethel Clara Leneve, a prepos-
sessing woman, now about twenty
seven years of age, entered Crippen's
employ as a typist. She sympathized
with the Doctor and the two fell in
love. Meantime Crippen and his
wife were estranged.
Nearly a year ago, Miss Leneve,
feeling her position keenly, became
impatient with the situation. About
the same time the Dctor was in need
of money. Mrs Crippen disappeared
suddenly last February. Her hus-
band inserted death notice in the
bapers, saying that she had succumb-
ed to an illness while visiting in Cal
ifornia.
Actress friends of Mrs. crippen per-
suaded Scotland Yard TO make an in
vestigation and the police officials
interviewed Crippen on July IL. He
threw the police off the scent, but on
the following day fled from London in!
company with Miss Leneve. who was
disguised as boy.