The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-23

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body was cut up in small pieces and
burned in the kitchen stove.
i The ash man, the confession con.
unlies, came near discovering the
crime, removing the ashes before all
traces were gone. Then Crippen be-
came alarmed and buried the body
in the cellar.
Ihere is no way of proving or dis
proving the confession, which comes
from friend Of Crippen's, who said
tina he could no longer keep the Sc
cret in his own mind.
Story of c-ipren's Crime.
lRe N.-oNu,-,.. II. I1aa.,y Har-
Vey Csippen in London today COM
pleted the criminal records of one of
the most sensational of recent mur-
der cases. The brutality of the
crime committed by man who had
been known as of gentle and kind
" nature, the murderer's spectacu-
lar fight to his native land and the
fact that tho case against the doctor
was purely circumstantial combined
to make the tragedy of absorbing in.
terest, not only in England, where
the murder was done, but in Amer
lea, as well, where bo:h Crippen and
his wife were born.
Crippen, slight in figure, was just
past so years old. 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 S age name was
Belle Elmore They moved to Lon
don, where the doctor engaged in
dental manufacture. Soon there was
domestic infelicity. due, Crippen al
legged, to the attentions his wife re-
ceived from other men. Then Ethel
Glare Leneye, prepossessing woman
now about 27 years old, entered
Crippens employ as typist. She
sympathized with the doctor and the
two fell in love. Meantime. Crippen
and his wife were enstranged.
Mrs. crippen Disappears.
Nearly year ago Miss Leneve.
feeling her position keenly, became
impatient with the situation. About
the same time the doctor was in need
of money Mrs. Crippen disappeared
suddenly last February. Her hus-
band inserted death notice in the
papers, saying that she had succumb-
ed to an illness while visiting in Cal
ifornia. Actress friends of Mrs. Grip
pen persuaded Scotland Yards to
make an investigation and the police
officials interviewed Crippen on July
70. He threw the police off the scent
but on the following day fled in conf
pany with Miss Leneve, who was dis
guised as boy. Subsequently their
presence on board the steamer Mon
trose was made known to Scotland
Yard through a wireless message and
as the Montrose was approaching the
harbor of Quebec Crippen and Miss
Leneve were arresed. This was on
July 81.
jury Satisfied With Evidence.
In the meantime, the police had
visited the Crippen home in Hilldrop
Crescent and in the cellar unearthed
parts of q woman's body. The medi-
cal experI who examined these parts
we're never able anatomically to prove
hat they were the body of Belle Ell
more. Nevertheless, the Jury that
heard the Crippen case were satisfied
that they were and Crippen was in
dicted and convicted of the murder OF
his wife, the evidence including testi-
mony that he had bought and admin
istered poison, after which ne dis
membered the body. He was SEN
fenced to be hanged on November 8,
but secured stay of execution until
today.
An appeal on his behalf was denied
nv the criminal court of appeals.
Miss Leneye was indicted and
charged as an accessory after the
fact. but was acquitted.
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