Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-07
CRIPPEN TRIAL
BEGINS In LONDON
Prosecution Charges Poisoning on
Part of Man Accused of Murder
of Chorus Girl Wife.
HY0sCN FOUND IN REMAINS
Evidence that Prisoner Bought Guam
tity of Deadly Drug.
INTEREST is STILL INTENSE
Notorious Fugitive Still Object of
Great Curiosity.
GIRL CLEARED OF ACTIVE PART
Miss Leneve Held ON Accusation of
Being Accessory After the Fact
Dead Woman is Called
"BeIIe."
INTEREST is STILL INTENSE
Notorious Fugitive Still Object of
Great Curiosity.
1RL CLEARED OF ACTIVE PART

LONDON, Sept. Cat the opening today
of the trial OF DR.. Hswley II. Crippen,
who is charged with the murder of his
wife, Belle Gilmore, the prosecution an
nounced that large quantities of poison
had been found in the woman's body and
that there were evidences that she had
been subject to an operation.
Ethel Clare Leneve, the doctors typist,
who accompanied him in his flight to Can
ada after the disappearance of his wife,
and who has been held on the same charge,
also was brought to the bar today. but the
crown stated that it had been decided to
conflne the allegations against the girl to
being an accessory after the fact.
This relieves Miss Leneve Of any charge
of fureknowledge Of the crime and is in
line with the belief of her family and
friends that she did not share Crippen's
confidence up to the time that his wife
dropped out of sight and was said by him
to have died in California.
Interest In the Crippen case, which was
intense during the search for the doctor,
has by no means worn out, as was shown
by the crowd which gathered in the vicin-
ty of the Bow street police court when
the trial was opened today.
Travers Humphreys appeared for the
public prosecutors office, while Solicitor
Arthur Newton represented Crippen. Mr..
Humphreys made a long opening address.
Statement of Prosecutor.
In the course OF his remarks the prose-
cutor definitely stated that the physicians
who made the postmortem examination of
the mutilated parts unearthed in the cell
lar of the Crippen home in Hilldrop Cres-
cent, Camden Road, had discovered the
ne NIT ,,f
colorless liquid poison, and also detected
evidences that an operation had been per-
formed.
1t had been known that the authorities
had been working on the theory that Belle
Elmore had been in the hands of one hav-
ing at least a crude knowledge of surgery
and further that she had been poisoned
The official announc ement of these al
legged discoveries, however, have not been
made before.
At the time of the arrangement of the two
prisoners August %, Mr.. Humphreys
said that the governments evidence against
the typist pointed only to her as being
accessory after the fact Today he said
that it had been decided to thus limit the
charge against her The prosecution spoke
Of Mrs. Crippen as Belle the name used
by Crippen when referring to his wife. The
two, the prosecutor continued, had occupied
separate rooms for four years. For at
least three years he said. Miss Leneve had
been Crippen's mistress. In January Miss
Leneve was feeling her position in regard
to Crippen acutely, and particularly so at
that time, when she expressed considerable
jealousy of Mrs. Crippen.
Chicago Man Mentioned.
| In written statement made to Inspector
| .ho,, Nha f,,,v,
| Crippen said Belle was living in the pro-
lection of another man when he married
her in Jersey City The doctor also spoke
of Bruce MIXERS alleged acquaintance with
| his wife while he was In America and
frequent threats which Belle had made TO
quit him and so with another man who oc-
cupied better position in life
! Cnppen's statement concluded with n
story OF the quarrel on the night of January
81, after Paul Martinettei and Mrs. Mar
tinettei who had spent the evening with
the Crippens, had left the house. During
the quarrel the doctor said that his wife
Threatened 10 leave him on the following &,
day
On returning from business on February
/ Crippen said he found that his wife had
gone. He took steps to prevent a scandal
and fabricated the story of her trip TO
California and her death there.
Counsel added that II It were possibIs
Ito get Bruce Miller over here from Cbicaro
he would be invited TO attend the court IN
lorder that the prisoners statements might
be put to a test.
Doctor Purchases Poison.
Speaking OF the post mortem. the pross-
cutor said Dr. Wilcox had found more thar
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