The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-25

but she was troubled in mind. and was
brooding over something. the night
that she returned home so thoroughly
horror stricken was almost simultaneous
with the disappearance OF Belle Gilmore
Mr.. Muir said that the main facts in
the case We're mostly undisputed.
"Crippen had carried on a love in
Tigue, with this. girl for some years, >,
said the prosecutor. "She was the real
motive that led to the murder Of Grip
pens wife"
Guilty knowledge Charged.
It was explained to the jury that Miss
Leneve's lawyers would not contend that
no murder had been committed, but the
issue in the case was the accusation that
Miss Leneve had a guilty knowledge of
Crippen's guilty intention and crime
''Afterward," explained Mr. Muir, rela-
tive 10 Miss Leneve's behavior in Janu-
airy and February, this girl became
cheerful Her gloominess disappeared,
and she lost her look Of brooding and
anxiety.
she explained to her IandIady that
her employer. DR.. Crippen, had promised
10 marry her Then she began 20 ap-
pear openly wearing jewels which had
pnCe belonged to Belle ElmOre CHppen.
She took clothing which belonged to
Mrs Crippen to her home. and made
presents Of this 70 her landlady.
This girl knew that Crippen pawned
some of his Wife's jewelTy. She had a
part in the revelry furnished by that
money
The prosecutor told the jurors that
they must reason out in their own minds
whether they thought Miss Leneve
thought Mrs. Crlppen was dead when
she was wearing the slain woman s
Iewelry, He described how Miss Lee
heve attended a bah with Crippen,
wearing some of Mrs. Crippen's jewelry,
and spoke of the light-hearted gayety
even while the girl was wearing the
costly baubles Of a woman who had
been murdered.
The prosecutor then read the state
meEt which the girl is said TO have
made 10 Inspector Dew, of Scotland
Yard. wherein she said that Crippen
had told her his wife died on March 80
Miss Leneve seemed aston--bed. but
made no comment according TO Dew.
Dew on the Stand
Inspector Dew, the Scotland Yard de-
tective who trailed Crippen and his
sweetheart across the Atlantic, and cap
tured them in Canada, was called to
the stand.
The first important question asked by
the prosecutor was whether he had seen
Miss Leneve at Crippen's home.
I did see her there" said Dew, en-
stances, he said
When 1 visited DR.. Crippens resi-
dence at 50 Hilltop Crescent, North
London, on July y Miss Leneve opened
the door in response to the bell. She
told me then that she was Crippen's
hUusekeeper.
Later, I questioned her closely. and
she admitted that she was his stenOS-
raPher."
The witness said that afterward she
al IN "a
Crippen had told, her early in February
that his wife had gone 10 America and
died there.
Girls Case Aided.
Miss Leneve's case was helped some
what by the testimony of Inspector
Dew, her lawyers thought
when 1 charged The girl with being
implicated in the murder Of Mrs. Grip
pen. after 1 had boarded the steamer
AIOntrOse she was faint and agitated.
and made no reply" said the inspector
Later in my presence Captain Ken
dali, OF the steamer MOntrOSe, asked
Miss Leneve If she had seen a letter
from her father published in the papers,
and she replied No, I've seen no papers
al all since l left London, and know
When I-sIaced DR.. Crippen under ar
rest, almost the first words he said
were. 1t IS only fair TO tell you that
Miss Leneve knows nothing. 1 never
told her anything -
When Mrs. Jackson took the stand she
testified as follows:
"One night she came home terribl ;
agitated," said Mrs. Jackson. She was
trembling all over and her eyes We're
red as though from weeping. The next
day she was so nervous she could not
PUT up her hair without assistance L
asked ner what was troubling her, and
she replied:
'"YouH not be surprised TO hear thai
* is the dOctOr-and Belle Gilmore Grip
pen. she's his wife When 1 see them
so away together il makes me realize
any position and nearly drives me mad
Then the poor girl said something
about Mrs Cnppen going away with
another man.
The doctor has promised TO get a
divorce and then marry me Mrs
jackson testified that the girl had told
her she scented happy TO think that
she could take the name of Crippen.
Then she brought home a quantity OF
clothing, which she gave me-
Pressed for the exact date on which
Miss LeneVe showed such violent aCita-
fion, the witness replied she thought II
was January Is, although she was not
A significant point in Mrs Jackson's
Testimony was her declaration that
Miss Leneve showed no depression or
anxiety during the first of February,
the time of Belle ElmOre's murder, ae-
cOrding TO the prosecution. The prose-
CutlOn put III a DIlGL case ItAA lllS
mainly upon the story of Mrs Jackson.
JAS 1t closed, Miss Leneve looked re-
heVed.
1T is surely an astonishing PROPOSE
ZION that Ethel Leneve would have re
manned secret after a callOus and cold
bIooded murder If she knew of It." said
Rarrister +. i. Smith, in opening for
tae defense.
How far has the prosecution con-
WINGED this jury that Miss LeneVe had
any knowledge that a murder been com
miIted2 To my mind, this has not been
done at all -
Let the jurors carry back in their
minds to the time, ten years ago, when
Or Crippen and Miss Leneve first met,
said Mr.. Smith.
''Crippen. the impertubable scoundrei
and INSCRIPTIONS doctor, made love TO
her. The girl was only seventeen years
Of age and you jurors know what temp
tations she was subjected to-
The prosecution suggested that at
the time Of Miss Leneves agitation in
January she knew that Belle Elmore
Crippen was dead and that Crippen had
murdered her, but after the testimony
given by Mrs. Jackson II IS clear that
the symptoms of agitation were ObservA
able weeks before the murder was &C
tually com nitted.
'"rhe faCt that this girl fed with Grip
pen IS not evidence that she had guilty
knowledge of the mans crime nor the
fact that she disguised herself. She
thought Crippen loved her and believed
him when he told her that IL was 10 pro-