Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-29

|OttaWa today wireless message in
which he said, according to apparently
authoritative reports, here that he had
incontrovertible evidence of DR.. Haw-
ley II. Crippen's presence aboard
1t is the first wireless communication
received from the Montrose on this side
Iof the Atlantic and it was guarded with
almost impregnable secrecy. Yet the
reports here which would not down
said that the skipper had wired that
h. was sure of his man. and asked for
instructions.
If correctly interpreted, Scotland
Yards guess thus becomes a reality
for since leaving English ports it has
been suspected that the Montrose car
ried the American dentist sought in
connection with the disappearance of
of Brooklyn. N. Y.
| Since there is no one aboard who
knows DR.. Crippen personally. it may
mean that he has confessed his identi
| ty. After the receipt of the message
here the wireless operator at once be-
gan sending messages tn the Montrose.
| They are supposed 10 have been in
structions coming from ottawa, but
lnothing of their text could be learned.
| At this little settlement on the south
bank of the st. Lawrence 100 miles
east of Quebec. three officers of the
provincial police are literally sitting at
the feet of a wireless receiver waiting
for word from the Montrose.
| The Laurentic is expected here be-
fore noon.
| The warrant charging Crppen with the
murder of woman is still carried by
Chief Mccarthy of the provincial police
! of Quebec. Upon Inspector Dew of Scot
| land Yard, who is aboard the Laurentc
| Chief Mccarthy and his assistants rely to
| identify the suspected passenger of the
| Montrose if he is really the man they
| seek. Since Dew has no authority to
make the arrest, however, it is supposed
| he will continue on the Laurentic to
Quebec, leaving to the Canadian detec-
tives the task of taking their prisoner to
| him for identification.
| His mission also in addition to Identify
ing is to take Crippen back to England
in case he is arrested.
| The time when the Laurentic and the
| Montrose will take their pilots here is
| still matter OF conjecture. Tonight
| one of the fogs for which the lower
reaches of the St. Lawrence are noted,
shut down over the 30-mle width of the
| river and the Farther Point fog horn is
bawling it's warning to the ships. Under
| such conditions the westward progress
| of the two vessels is uncertain.
| The handful of French-Canadians who
| live about the lighthouse, the telegraph
stations and the pilots boarding houses
| of Farther Point, are in d state of eX-
element that passes the memory of the
| oldest inhabitants: At the old town of
! Rimouski, five miles up the river, the
| Crippen case is the only topic of CONVEX
sation among 200 villagers, lumbermen
and summer visitors.
At this point a dozen newspaper men
have gathered ready to so aboard the
| MontroSe when she takes her pilot
| Father Point. Que. July PA wire
less message was received here today
from the captain of the steamer Mont
rose. 1t was addressed to the colonial
government at Ottawa and was i'm
| medately forwarded under closest
secrecy 1t is reported here, appar-
emily on good authority, that the cap
tain said he had absolutely uncontro-
vertible evidence that the suspect on
board was DIR. Crppen and asked for
instructions.
| Montreal, July 28.-The Montreal
Daily Witness claims to have received
a wireless message from the Montrose
lat $50 this afternoon through the
! Marconi station at st. Amour. Que.
stating that DR.. Hawley Fl. Crippen.
| the London suspect. is on board the
steamer Montrose.''
Montreal, July 2S.-An official of the
Canadian Pacific at 8 o'clock tonight
made this statement:
The company has received no init
nation as yet that DR.. Crippen and
Miss Leneve are on board the Cana
dian Pacific steamer Montrose."
Ottawa, Ont. July 28-Up to mid
night no message had been received
here by any official of the government
from Capt Kendall of the steamer
Montrose.
Montreal July 2s-Mid- afternoon had
brought from the steamer Laurentic. re-
| ported as having passed Belle Isle early
in the day. no communication from In
spector Dow, Scotland Yard representa-
tive in the investigation connected with
the disappearance of Belle Gilmore, wife
! of DR. Hawley III. Crippen of London.
1.-The Laurentic was subsequently reported
to be within wireless range of various
stations. The Laurentic is due at Rimou-
ski shortly after noon tomorrow:
Officials of the Canadian Pacific Co eX-
pressed themselves as at loss to ac-
count for the fact that they had receiv-
ed no word from the Montrose. The com
pany is also without word from the Lake
Champlain, which is now near Belle Isle.
On Board S. s. Laurentic. via Maconi
| Wireless to Belle Isle, N. F., July o.
Replying to inquiries or plans of lnspec-
tor Dew of Scotland Yard in tracing
those suspected of being DR.. Crippen
and companion, no one by the name of
Dew is shown on the passenger. list.
The abovs message is the first word re-