The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-18
Detectives Believe Doctor Grip.
pen Crossed Channel
And That He Is Masquerading
in Woman's Attire.
HE LANDED FRIDAY
According to Information of the
French Police.
Leneve WOman's Sister Gives
Out a Statement.

Paris, July Ism. Lepine, project
of police, today issued instructions to
the police to watch for DR.. Haw1ey H.
Crlppen, the American. who is wanted
In London on the charge of having
slain his wife. known in the theatrical
world as Bell Gilmore.
The French search for the fugitive
has taken an original turn. The po-
lice here believe that Crippen is mas
querading as a woman and the de-
scriptions include this probable dis
guise.
The authorities of Dieppe, Calais
Cherbourg and other coast towns have
been warned especially to be on the
alert, as 1t is thought quite likely that
II Crippen is not already in this coun-
try he will take advantage of the first
opportunity to enter a port on the con-
tinent. The police are also learning
what they can of the suspects visits to
France in recent years. and also what
is known here regarding his supposed
companion, Ethel Clara Leneve. who
was employed by him as stenographer
and later, according to the British po-
lice, supplanted Mrs. Crippen in the
affections of the husband.
Leneve Woman Was Worried.
London, July 1S-The Hilldrop
Crescent residence of DR. Hawley H.
Crippen, in the cellar of which the mu-
tilated body of a woman was found
early last week, was visited Sunday by
thousands of Londoners. All day long
the house was the center of attraction
for great crowds of curious, interested
in the digging operations of the police,
which have been renewed in the hope
of finding some further clew to the
crime.
According to the publish statement Of
FER married sister, Ethel Leneve. who
Is believed to have been DIR. Crippens
companion when he disappeared from
his home, in a hurried visit to her on
July 3, professed the greatest anxiety
over the possibility that she was not
Crippen's legal wife.
After the announcement of the death
of Belle Elmorc, DR.. Crippen introduce
ed Miss Leneve his wife, although
there has been no proof forthcoming
50 far that a marriage took place.
The statement of the sister. which
throws new light on the subject says
that Crippen informed Ethel Leneve
that he had just discovered that Belle
Gilmore was still living and that he
proposed to go to America to clear up
the matter.
There now remains very little doubt
that DR.. Hawley H. Crippen has es-
capped 20 France disguised as a woman.
Scotland Yard has been informed by
the French police that Crippen and
Miss Leneve landed at Dieppe on Fri
day.
Friends Of Mrs. Crippen, known I'M
DER inc stage name OF t3elle ElnnOre, are
convinced that the body which is now
awaiting the coroner's inquest, will
prove to be that of the missing singer.
The nature of the report of the physi-
clans who have made an examination
of the body has not been disclosed.
Whether it will be possible to prove
the identity cannot be told until the
evidence is placed before the board of
investigation.
Apparently the police have made lit
tie progress in the case, and if they
have discovered any new facts, they
are keeping them to themselves. Mean
while English detectives have been
sent to various points in the hope that
they may find DIR. Crippen. who so far
has managed to cover up his move
ments completely.
In the latter part of the week there
has been a remarkable series of muir
ders in London Slough, Newcastle and
Cromer. and in every case the murder
er has escaped.
No Trace of DIR. Crippen.
New York, July 1S.-Three inbound
steamers from British ports were
pen Sunday-the Cedric from Liverpool
and Queenstown, the Columbia from
Glasgow and the Cleveland from Ham
burg, Southampton and Cherbourg-
but on none of them was there a trace
of the man for whom the police of the
world are looking.
Three detectives, aided by Nine.
Ginett and her sister, Mrs. Hyde, both
friends of Belle Elmore, the doctors
ger Although they were disappointed
once more, they still have hopes of in-
tercepting the doctor here.