The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-02
FOrmaIitieS Of Law Will Be
Complied With \ Case
Of the FugitiveS
MISS LfNEV{ IS TREATED
LENIENTLY BY POLICE
DIR. Crippen Has Tnken No Action To
Secure Aid From American Sources
and the Consul Has Not Aided
Him

|
August Il will Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
and Ethel Clare Leneve be taken aboard
a transatlantic liner bound for England,
there to stand trial, jointly accused. Of
numbering woman believed to have been
Belle Gilmore, the American wife Of the
DOCTOR
The criminal law of the British possess
sions established this today when the hag-
gard dentist, whose fight ended so dra-
matically aboard the steamer Montrose
yesterday morning, was arraigned before
magistrate and remanded until Au-
gust 8.
| The girl was too ill to appear If her
condition improves she may be brought
into court tomorrow.
Crippen will not fight extradition. He
is as a man exhausted and has sunk into
| the quicksands of the law without q
struggle. OF the attitude of the girl less
is known She is still broken in spirit and
body, and alternately shaken with sobs
or silently morose. Her relatives in Lon
don are beseeching her by cable to tell all,
and the Quebec police are treating her
with gentleness rarely accorded q
woman.
| Forced through a curious crowd, Grip
pen was taken today before the provn-
clal court of special sessions, where he
was closely questioned as to his identity.
He was notified that he was under arrest
| for the murder of an unknown woman.
| Fifteen-Day Limit
| Remanding him until August was
purely perfunctory, as he and his COM
panion under the fugitive offenders act
must remain here at least 10 days On
the sth he will likely be remanded again
until the 18th, and the first available yes
sci for England will not depart until
| three days later.
| By the time set another detective from
| Scotland Yard will have arrived, bringing
| a formal application for extradtion al
| though this application probably will not
be necessary, in view of the declaration
of the man that he will raise no obstacles
| to checkmate his return.
Sergeant Mitchell, who brings the appli-
cation from London will aid Inspector
Dew In taking the prisoners back for trial.
Although Crippen was the center of at
| tention when arraigned, perhaps the most
| interesting development of the day was
| the extremely liberal treatment of Miss
Leneve by the police. Like Crippen, she
| is accused with murder. The girl was
seen today enjoying the freedom of the
house of Chief of Police Mccarthy. When
| taken from jail today it was announced
| that she had, because of her weakened
condition, been transferred to a hospital.
| This proved to be incorrect She is back
| in jail tonight under the care of a physi-
| cian Visitors to the house of the chief
say they had a glimpse of her walking
about in the yard for a breath of air un-
| der careful and unobtrusive surveillance.
Lenient Toward Woman
| Many persons believe the police are so
markedly lenient with Miss Leneve not
only because they pity her plight but also
because they believe she is Crippen's dupe
and that she may turn against him on the
| witness stand. This is the course her
relatives in London are urging her to
| take, as several cablegrams received to-
| day made apparent.
Crippen occupied cell In the provincial
jail on the heights east of the city over
looking the st. Lawrence river. He is not
| in chains. and for several hours today
he was permitted to exercise in the corri-
dor.
The only prisoners in the corridor are
two French Canadians serving short sem
tences for a street brawl. His jailer said
the dentist did not converse with his COM
panions
So far DIR. Crippen has been a model
prisoner. making no requests and giving
the keepers no worry. There are several
ways in which he might make himself
troil IN q
ask to have the American consul notified
| or seek an attorney to insure that he gets
| fair treatment.
Consul Takes No Action
| The United States consul here is Geb-
| hard Willrioh, a former resident of Mil
| waukee and st. Paul, Mimi Mr.. Will
rich said today that while he stood
ready to give Crippen all consistent
assistance in his power, he had received
no application to do anything. He saw
no way to better the condition of tho
prisoner, he said. Inspector Dew, whom
Scotland Yard put on the tracks of
Crippen when the wireless message from
| Captain Kendall of the MontroSe,
brought word that the dentist was
aboard, is resting here after his labors
and an object of curiosity to the resi-
dents and tourists that throng the queer
old fashioned French city at this time
and admiration of the local police.
| Now that the fugitives are in prison
the inspectors responsibility is suspend
ed, not to be resumed again until they
start back to London.
| A London dispatch says Miss Leneve's
relatives have retained counsel there to
defend her. On this point the police
have received no official notice.
| The court proceedings, so far as Grip
pen was concerned, closed today with the
order of the court remanding him. Grip
pen seemed utterly discouraged. So far
as can be ascertained. he has let moth
ing slip that can be used against him
when he comes up for trial.
No Third Degree Methods
| The police pin their hopes upon Miss
Leneve. Following the wishes of In
spector Dew they declare that they are
making no effort to obtain confessions
and are not subjecting either of the
prisoners TO anything approaching the
third degree examination.
| Such efforts would be contrary to
British police methods.
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