New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
Bio Lusitania Comes in Without
a Sign of the Doctor Scot
land Yard Is Seeking.
| WOMEN HELP DETECTIVES
Man Who Knew Alleged Wife
Murderer in London Tells of
His Life There and of His
Extravagant Ways.

American physician who is wanted in
London on Il charge of numbering his
wife, Belle Elmore which led Central
Office men to board the incoming steam
ers yesterday, proved unavaiIing The
failure to find any one on the Lusftania
resembling the doctor or his stenograph- |
er. Ethel Clare Leneve, who is supposed !
to have accompanied him when he dis |
appeared from his London home last
Saturday. viii only serve to increase the /
vigilance of the detectives in searching
the ocean liners coming from British /
ports in the next few days
The Hoboken police yesterday searched (
the Pennsylvania, which came in from
Hamburg, and the Friedrich der Crosse, |
Of the North German Lloyd Line. The |.
police have a minute description OF the |
physician, but are handica pped in their |
search because of the meagre description
Of the stenogra pher.
Detectives Moody, Lesson and Aikman
boarded the Lusitania yesterday morn
ing at Quarantine. having gone down the
bay on the revenue cutter. They searched
every part of the vessel except the steer
age, even going down into the hold and
rummaging through the baggage and
freight, with the idea that the wireless
might have given the physician an
inkling Of the situation and led him TO
try TO hide aboard the steamer
Women Watch Passengers.
Nine Ginnett. the vaudeville actress
of RoselIe, \. J.. who was an intimate
friend of Belle Elmore in London, and
Mrs. R. H. Mills, a stepsister OF the dead
woman, were at the Cunard Line pier
when the Lusitania arrived, and looked
over all the first and second cabin pas
sengers as they came ashore. They are
| both familiar with DR.. Crippen's feat
ures, and Nine Ginnett frequently saw
Ethel Leneve in London. They were
| convinced that the doctor and the girl
were not on the steamer.
It was suggested that the couple
might have come disguised as inmi-
grants, but Commissioner Williams had
| furnished all his men with their de-
scriptious, and they failed to find any
! one among those taken to Ellis Island
| who resenbIed the fugitives
| The detectives plan 10 go down the
harbor and meet the American liner St.
! Paul. due from Southampton to-day, and
the White Star liner Cedric, from Liver
/ pool which is due tomorrow
Some of the relatives Of Belle Elnore
and persons here who knew DR.. Grip
pen in London and knew something
/ about his habits of living were inclined
yesterday to believe that he would not
turn toward America in his flight. but
would more naturally head for one Of the
! small seashore towns in France, WI ere
! he was accustomed to spend much time,
or in the country about Boulogne, where
| Ethel Leneve attended a convent school
and had many friends.
William E. Scott. writer Of adver-
in Europe. with an office at No. 1863
! Broadway, shed considera BILE light yes
! terday on the life Of Dr. Crippen in
! London Mr. Scott met DR.. Crippen in
London in 1904 and saw him occasional
! ly to get information for advertising
! from the various medical firms with
which Crippen was connected. He de-
scrbed Dr. Crippen as man who made
lots of money but spent it as fast as he
made 1t at the races and in high living.
Liked TO Show Jewelry.
The doctor had d decided taste for
fashy clothes and large showing of
jewelry. he said. Dr.. Crippen's business
connections were usually with medical
firms which purported to cure deafness
by mail. Two such firms for which the
American physician had been consulting
specialist" had practically been driven
out of business during the last few years.
Mr.. Scott said, by their failure to sus
tain libel suits which they had brought
against Truth" and John Bull" Lon
don weeklies. for accusing the concerns
of malpractice In one instance, in 1908.
the weekly John Bull" Of which Horatio
Bottomley NJ. P. is editor. attacked the
various advertised businesses Of Charles
Thomas Mari, all auraI cures by mail of
some kind or other IN Which DR.. Grip
pen was said 10 have a partnership in
terest- Marr brought libel suit against
the paper but it collapsed just before it
was to go to trial and the business prac
tically collapsed with it.
"I think that DR. Crippen was some
what hard pressed for money during the
8
cessf,Il libel suits in London said Mr.
Scott Yesterday. 7 don't believe he would
c,rne TO the United States. He used to
snend good deal of time a Boulogne
Isur Mer. on the northern coast OF France |
where 7 met him. and the Leneve girl,
in 1907. I believe they would go there.
where they both have friends and il
would be easy for him 10 avoid the
French police"
Mr.. Scott said that one of the wrecked
concerns was attacked by the London
ma pers for fraud. DR.. Crippen sued one
raper for libel but made a poor witness
under cross-examination. and the suit
went against him. The methods OF the
institute" were severely arraigned by
Mr. Justice Mathews, who tried the case
The institute treated deafness by mail
and had correspondence clinics. one of
which was called The Aural Remedies
Connpany." which DR.. Crippen was pro-
noting as late as July Z. according to a
circular letter Of the concern bearing
Dr. Crippen's signature. which Mr.. Scott
had received recently and showed at his
Office Yesterday.