The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
DIED FROM POISON
SAYS ANALYST
Witness in Crippen Case Be-
lieves Hyoscine Ended Life
of Doctor S Alleged Victim
INDICTMENT PROBABLE
FOR ACCUSED SLAYER
Regardless of Prosecutions Weak
Case Physician Will Be. Held
for Grand Jury-Body Not
Yet Legally Identified.

LONDON, Septem Der I6.--"The per-
son believed to have been Mrs. Belle
Elmore Crippen met death through the
administering of a aose OF hyosctne.
This aose. while some more tnan the
amount required to produce death.
Was near enough to the exact amount
required for fatal results, to indicate
expert judgment in preparing the
dose
This was the testimony to-day of
DIR. w. III. wilcox. analyst for the
home Office. ana was the trst definite
statement OF the cause OF death yet
brought out at the hearing of DIR. III.
ii. Irippen. supposed wife-inurderer.
Under question from Travers
Humphreys. representing the crown,
WILCOX said the poison was admins
tered through the mouth rather than
by Injection and that the amount
taken barely exceeded half a grain.
II do not find any other cause of
death eAeeps this poison Wilcox
said. Il am satisfied that death fol-
lowed within an hour OF the admins
tering OF the dose
Examined Five Jars.
Wilcox examined five jars of the
remains OF the body found under the
cellar floor Of DR.. crippen's home. in
which he discovered approximately
ANp~rEfGHklAS Va a. &A&At VA hS 1S~AAAS~
The whole amount OF the poison used,
he declared. undoubtedly exceeded
half q grain.
Two more of the governments wit
nesses admitted that they were un-
able TO determine definitely the sex
OF the BODY supposed 10 be thet or
Belle Gilmore Grippen.
DIR. W. III. WILCOX. the home office
analyst. testified that the character
rfaT7r -
to him proved that they were from
a human body and that probably the
body WAS that of female.
b. Ii. Salisbury, one of the leading
Psychologists OF London. would not go
even this far. frankly admitting that
he was unable to determine the sex
from q mieroscopical study of the
remains.
The testimony OF these experts was
considered another big boost Tor the
defense OF Grippen and taken IN con-
nection with the collapse Of the tes-
timony of Dr. Pepper on Wednesday.
IL believed To foresnaaow the govern
ments tnaDiiity to prove 10 any jury
that the body founa In the caiiar OF
Lr. IrfppeDs home was that OF
woman.
Ii the sex OF the body Is 30 hard TO
determine. how can the prosecution
proposition that it was that OF Grip
pens vile, IL the question that Is
now being asked.
The effort of the prosecution to
prove that the scar found on the re-
mains was similar to a scar on Mrs,
crippen is meeting with constant OBJ
stacies. br. spiispury said to-day that
the mark In question was undoubtedly
scar but that the white line. char
M.
servabie. Abdominal operations such
as would have produced the scar.
Salisbury testified. were common to
both sexes.
Scar Was Old.
DIR. WILCOX said he had made a
careful examination OF five jars OF the
remains and that while he believed
they were of woman, he could not
swear to this. Wilcox, also. said the
scar was an old one.
Crippen and AIiss Ethel Clare
Leneve, who is accused OF being an
accessory after the fact in the murder
OF Mrs. Crippen. plainly showed their
satisfaction at the testimony OF Spills
bury and Wilcox. Crippen was even
more huoyant than on Wednesday and
Miss Leneye seemed 10 have rid her
self of the depression that she mani
Tested in her previous appearances.
w IiGoA ItSt1NCQ ne AHAifLG1 SpeEi
mems OF the soil where the body was
found and also the carboiic powder
and sanitary fluid used by the morgus
keeper on the remains. He applied
the recognized tests for prussic acid.
arsenic and mineral poigona but found
nothing but arsenic and hyoscine. The
presence OF arsenic, ne satd. probably
was due TO the carbolic powder used.
~ 1t contained arsenic.
The piece or a patamA jacket found
In the grave was of the same material,
Wilcox testified az bahamas from Mrs
Crippen's wardrobe Once more Soil
citor Newton. for the defense. brought
out the fact that the material from
which the pajamas were made was
of common quality. such as lis FREE
quently used In such garments.
Regardless OF the weakness of the
prosecutions case up to date, 1t Is
conceded that Crippen viii be bound
over to the grand jury and that In all
probability he will be indicted.
h.tfAiil shrdiu etaoin cmfwyp (.I
Inspector Dew. on cross-examina-
tion. admitted that UP TO the finding
Of the body, he had no suspicion that
crime had been committed.
After Dew had testified. the case
was adjourned until next "Wednesday.