The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-08-05
FRIENDS TO
THE AID OF CRIPPEN j
WITH MONEY OFFERS
SUPPORTERS THERE HAVE Al
READY ENGAGED COUNSEL
FOR HIM.
LAWYERS CABLE HIN ADVICE
Accused Man, Consequently, Refuses
Even to Say Whether He viii As.
eept Proffered AssIstanee-Woman
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| QUEBEC, Aug. 2.-Dr. Hawley Han
vey Crippen has friends in Londol
who believe he did not STAY his wife
Belle Elmore, and they are willing Il
pay lawyer to defend him when b,
is tried there for murder. He receiv
ed proof of this tonight, when thu
jailor handed him the following cable
gram from a London Solicitor:
"Dr. H. H. Crippen, care of Inspec
tor Dew. Quebec. Your friends desire
me to defend you and will pay all nee
essary expenses. Will undertake you
defense, but you must promise to EeeT
absolute silence and answer no Quss
lions and don't resist extradition.
Reply confirming, as good dea
must be done at once.
ARTHUR NEWTON,
Solicitor, London"
This unexpected message brought
to the accused dentist in his lonely
cell the first CLEAN of hope since his
arrest Sunday on the steamer Mont
rose with his companion IN fight,
Ethel Glare Leneve. And by coinci.
dence the bearer of these good tidings
was Inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard.
who on Sunday quickly crushed the
|fugitive's hopes of escape.
Whether Crippen has accepted the
preferred assistance of these unknown
friends or has refused it in the same
colorless manner with which he has
met all advances, could not be learn
ed tonight.
Inspector Dew and Chief Mccarthy,
of the Quebec police, had nothing to
say, after their visit to him. Thus
the question arises whether the offer
of today may explain the seemingly
unconcered attitude of DR.. Crippen
since his arrest Did he have assur-
ances to this effect before he broke
his "gentleman's agreement, with In
spector Dew in London and fed? The
identity of the friends who volunteer.
ed their funds in his behalf could not
be ascertained here tonight, and moth
ing is known about the solicitor who
signed the cablegram.
Judging from his behaviour since
his arrest, the pale little prisoner, on
Quebec Heights did not need the
to remain quiet. A siagle
negative to his jailer's in
luiry whether he wished to give out
any public statement was the only
message that came from him today
Tor the outside world.
Reading in his cell or quietly pacing
he corridor, where ne is allowed to
exercise for part of the day, Crippen
shows desire for little except to be
ct alont Today he wanted some !
hing to read and when asked his !
,hoice said for one thing he would
Ike a Ellie. He received the book
nth other literature.
The attitude of Miss Leneve is I'M
ike the mans. The jail matron and
he women of the household of Chief
fcCarty, where she spent part of the
ay yesterday, say she is not averse
o conversation, but she declines to
ay anything regarding the crime with
1hich she is charged jointly with DR..
rippen, or of their wanderings to- {
ether through Europe. Reports that
he has told the police enough to con-
ince them Of her innocence are de- |
led by the authorities. Neverth 3less I
ANY of those who have come in con- G
lct with the girl do not hesitate to a
~ they believe she knew nothing of .
le horrible end of Belle Elmore when II
lie fed with DR.. Crlppen. p
As the case now stands the only v
yidence in the hands OF the "
,lice thai may he construed as nus o
lie to Crippen is the discovery of the n
almond rings and the brooch the O. L
,e took from him on the steamer. b
hese, they say belonged to his wife y
Even the Unconditional Dew, the 81
pical English detective, has been af. n
cted by Miss Leneve's plight. Il am Il
rry for her." he said today. Il do C
t believe she knew anything about e
While the Canadian and English II
VS. strictly pronounce third degree ly
cites. II the girl should express de. bl
e TO make revelations the police fo
, they would accept her statement h