Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-20
CASE UP IN PARLIAMENT
Labor Member Wants to Know Why
Doctor Was Allowed to Escape.
MANY RUM0RS STILL AFL0AT
Doubt as to Whether Man Seen at
Vernet-les-Bains Was Muir
der Suspect.

NEW 1ofth, July SU.-AnOtner supposed
clue to the whereabouts of DIR. Hawley
Harvey Crippen. whose arrest the London
police have requested, was run down to-
day with the arrival here Of the steamer
kroonland. and another disappointment
was added to the growing list. There
was no sign on the kroonland Of the
American physician in whose London
house body believed to be that of his
wife, known on the stage as Belle Ell
more. recently was unearthed. and who
was thought to have fled to this country
In company with his stenographer, Ethel
Claire Leneve.
Cable advices that there was ground for
the belief that Dr. Crippen and his COM
panion boarded the kroonland when that
Antwerp to New York the day the doctor
disappeared caused a close inspection OF
the liners passengers here.
The search was without result, how
ever, and the kroonland's officers said
that no one answering DR.. Crippen's de-
scription took passage on the steamer
either at Dover or at Southampton, where
the steamer called later for slight repairs
to her machinery. One man, who after
ward proved to be a clergyman, and his
wife were subjected to some scrutiny, but
had little trouble In proving their identity.
Matter in House of Commons.
LONDON, July 3O-The Belle Elmore
murder mystery got into the house of
commons today, but the attempted airing
of the police end failed. Home Secretary
Winston Churchill declined to answer
questions on the subject on the ground
that the government held it to be unde-
sirable to discuss the details Of the police
inquiry at present.
Ever since the body supposed to be
that of the actress wife OF DR.. Hawley
h Crippen was unearthed in the cellar
of their Hild69P home nshe the
severely criticised for having permitted
the doctor to escape them. after hav-
ing been for nine days under suspicion.
The general dissatisfaction with the
the lower house today by William ].
Thorne, a labor member, who put
series Of questions to the home secre-
tary designed to develop why the au-
against whom a suspicion of crime had
been directed. Mr.. Churchill's declina-
ton to be drawn into the matter was
briefly but positively stated.
Eluded the Gendarmes.
Scotland Yard is still. without in
formation other than that contained
in the newspaper dispatches concerning
the report that Crippen appeared re-
Gently at Wernet-les Bains, France. Ac-
cording to these stories the fugitive
spent a night in the French city. When
his presence was learned gendarmes
were sent to arrest the suspect, but
when they arrived at his hotel the
traveller had left for Spain.
The fact that these stories make no
mention of Ethel Claire Leneve, Grip
pens typist. who dropped out or signt
when her employer disappeared. Is
to the belief that the woman would
surrender herself II she were alive and
not under duress.
The usual batch of fatherless runiors
was afloat today. Among the number
was one to the effect that the arrest Of
Crippen at a port on the south coast OF
England was imminent. Supt Froest or
Scotland Yard promptly declared the re-
port untrue.
Answered His Description.
pERPIGNAN. France, July 2O.-Inves-
tigation today at Vernet-Les Bains indi-
Gates that the man who arrived there
Saturday and stopped over night answer
ed the police description Of DR.. Hawley
H. Crippen wanted In London In con-
nection with the disappearance OF his
wife, Belle Gilmore.
The suspect, however. was alone. The
French police have been looking Tor
man with a woman companion. The sus-
pect left Vernet-Les-Bains on a Sunday
morning train after purchasing ticket
for Cerbere, a hamlet of southern France
near Cape Cerbere. which marks the
ca stern end of the boundary between
France and Spain. 1t Is thought prob
able that the traveller has crossed into
Spain. but efforts to discover his where
abouts since his departure by train Sun
day have Deen futile.