Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-03
Police Base ALI Their Hope Of Solving
Mystery Upon Doctors Com
panion in Flight.
SHE Is BEING TREATED KINDLY
Will Not Use Third Degree" to Set
ANY Facts.
WAS NOT PLACED IN CELL
Inspector Dew Thinks Ethel Leneve
Innocent of Crime.
VAS NOT PLACED IN CELL
TAKEN AWAY FROM DENTIST
several Links Are Missing in the
Evidence Against CripPen and
Unless She Supplies Them
lie May Go Free.

QUEBEC, Aug. 2.-Ethel Glare Leneve,
who gave up home ana friends for love Of
DR.. HRwley H. Crippen and now finds
hersef sharing with hun tine odium Of g
murder charge. Is the central figure in
the police end OF the tragedy.
Crippen, taciturn and seeming TO have
his composurs. has volunteered nothing
since his arraisnment yesterday which
might help the police in solving the Inys-
terry surrounding the disappearance OF his
wife, Belle Elmore, the American actress.
1t Is expected that Crippen and Miss
Lcnove will be returned to England for
trial at the expiration Of the fifteen days
grace provided by the extradition laws of
Canada In the meantime the detectives
would like to gather from the accused
additional evidence that would facilitate
the subsequent procedure.
Unless present signs fail they will re-
ceive no help In this line from DR.. Crlppen
"Crtppen is no fool, said Inspector Dew,
and no one questioned his opinion.
Accordingly 1t is generally believed that
the police are resting their hopes on Miss
Leneve. II she does not possess the key
to the mysteryS they think she can at
least aid them materially in a recon
struction Of the circumstances leading up
to the disappearance of Belle Blmore. 1t
is known that Mrs. Crippen was jealous
of her husbands typist and the police have
no doubt that Miss Leneve was aware Of
this Jealousy.
No Third Degree Methods.
They Will not use any third degree"
methods in interviewing Miss Leneve, but
more subtle influences already are at work
The girl prisoner is being treated with the
greatest consideration. She showed the
effect Of this today, appearing to be much
better In body and In mind than on yester-
day, when following the collapse after her
arrest, she was considered too III to appear
in court. -s
Mise L~eneYe has never been placed in a
cell here. She has been kept in the room
OF one Of the woman employees of the
provincial jail and has been allowed oe-
casional outdoor exercise. The attitude to-
ward her of the police Is sympathetic. In
spector Dew has repeatedly said that he
believed the girl was innocent of any
knowledge Of wrong doing. she has been
visited by other women, who have treated
her most kindly.
At the same time Miss Leneve is being
bombarded with cablegrams from members
Of her family in London urging her to tell
al Sne hnoWb' Inc pressure OF fSdondll-
ness is being exerted on her, while there is
no prospect that she will come In contact
with DIR. Crippen or even see him for
long time
The purpose in all this is obvious when
it is considered that SO far as Is generally
known Scotland Yard has been unable to
identify the dismembe body found In
the cellar of the Crippen home in London.
The police case is believed not to be com
plete.
Legal Proceedings End.
So far as the province OF Quebec is con-
cerned proceedings are practically closed.
The official documents regarding the arrest
OF the couple and their Interrogation by
Judges Langelier and Anglers of the court
of special sessions were forwarded last
night to Ottawa for the signature of the
governor general.
The color is beginning to return to Miss
Leneve's cheeks and this morning the
matron at the Jail hospital said she looked
trifle less forlorn than when she was
taken there yesterday afternoon from the
house of Chief OF Detectives McCatbv.
Miss Leneve who left the Montrose In gar
ments loaned to her by the ships steward
ess. was today supplied with a neat white
dress. which added to the Improvement IN
her appearance.