The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-26
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|R[E0 ON CHARGE
'0f COMPLETELY
NV oays She Is Not Guilty As Ally
u Former Detroit Dentist in
Murder Of His Wife, Belle
Elmors Crippen.
y Was Pale and Unnerved by Grip
pens Fate When Her Trial
Began.

LONDON, Dot. 25.--After trial %
rnexpectcd brevity today. Ethel Clar,
eneve was acquitted OF the chars'
0t being an accessory after the fac
- the murder OF Bclle Elmore Crirren
The jerry was out only 70 minutes
|x4mmediatcsy after the verdict Al.
yeed the court ordered The release :.
Mss Leneyc. In order To escape tht
y Treat crowd that waited outside Old
4oJiey, Mics Lenevc remained in tho
Duilding for nearly an hour. By which
q Time the police had succeeded Ia dis
y Dersing those without.
NJ 4x9rieved at What he terIns The
many falue stories Of has relations
Nth Mrs. Crippen. Miller today gave
out his first statement OF his acquain..
ouce with her. He SAYS that he first
net Mrs. Crippen a; dinner at which
< Ne was a guest In London Both be-
1nS Americans and on the stage. "
/, 4ne only natural. Miller says, for a
z1sieadship to spring Nln between them.
y hat he denies that their relations
Vare ever other than propr
II never kissed her except once.
06Its atAl lutb WIZ SHit ~
31f fcst. Along with her friends |
new that Belle Elmore, though jolly
& md full OF fun, stood on high moral
1rounds, trusting her husband and ex
UDocting 10 he trusted herself. More.
Over she was In every way worthy OF
q he trus..
II visited her At D.. Crippen's hoa.c
frequently when he was there and he
4 - l.t. I.Lt. s-k.
Durely platsnic. I have come 10 Eng
*/1nd to vindicate the character OF one
ho Is not here 10 speak for herself
K bear no grudge against Crippen for
& Iutroducihg my name. He was like
~ 1roWning man clutching at straw
The speedy and favorable verdict
~ the jury was bic surprise. for
oIlowing the sentencing to death last
:nturday Of DR.. Hawley Harvey Grip
on for the murder of his wife II was
3 1xpecked that Miss Leneve, his for
EIn9f stenographer and sweetheart,
would receive brief prison SEN
Miss Leneve did not take the stand
IN her own defense. Pale and trem-
Ilng and apparently fearful OF an ad.
ofoo verdict, she pleaded not guilty
4 - The charge that she did afterward
3oniously receive, comfort, harbor.
SiSt and maintain DIR. Crippen
Richard ID. Muir. the crown prose-
<tor, started out as though he intend
e 10 prosecute the girl as vigorously
~ Ne did Crippen and in his opening
~ winged that the prisoner
" 4 6onbfedIy knew. OF the murder of
|SSrr, Crippen. as sife>~.yas the motive
Xor the crime.
I onlv a few witnesses were called
S0r the prosecution, however. and the
cxnmination OF these was brief. with
- determined effort being made to
llnx out damaging evidence against
" GIRL.
+ "a Chief Justice Alverstone. who
<nIxned sCrippen in such merciless
1E3on summed up the evidence for
~ '4nrv and his every word and ac-
"a. clearly indicated that his SYM
k1Se were with the unfortunate
1rncr whose delicate condition was
= notent point in her favor.
lrh~ tury retired a. 1854 and within
few minutes II was announced to
= court that an agreement had Deeu
IHched. Three minutes later the
~ returned to its box and handed
~ lord chief Justice Its verdict.
1Fhon the acquittal was announced
mere was an attempt at applause II
|{ke crowded courtroom. which was
zcuickIy suppressed by the court
kalliffs.
MISS Leneve was almost overcome
nth Joy and wept and laughed ny.
|n{erically. Her aged father and moth
< ~ were the first to reach her and
klhefr emotion was as marked as that
1tf the girl.