Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-02
ASSOCIATED Press)

QUEBEC, Aug. 1.-Probably not be-
fore August 18 will DR.. Hawley H.
Crippen and Ethel Claire Leneve be
taken aboard a transatlantic liner
ound for England, there to stand trial
jointly accused of numbering a woman
believed to have been Belle Elmore.
The criminal Ia of the British pos
sessions established this today when
the haggard dentist, whose flight end
ed SO dramatically on board the steam
er Montrose yesterday morning, was
arraigned before q magistrate and re-
manded until August 8. The girl was
too ill to appear, but if her condi-
tion improves she may be brought into
court tomorrow.
Crippen will not fight extradition. OF
the girls attitude less is known She
is still broken in body and spirit, al
ternately shaken with sobs or silently
morose. Her relatives in London are
beseeching her by cable to tell all and
the Quebec police are treating her with
a gentleness rarely accorded a pris-
| oner, even though a woman.
CROWDS SEE CRIPPEN
Forced through a curious crowd,
Crippen was taken today before the
provincial court of special sessions,
where he was formally questioned as
to his identity and notified that he
was under arrest for the murder of
an unknown woman. demanding him
to August was purely perfunctory,
as he and his companion, under the
fugitive offenders act, must remain
here at least fifteen days. On August
8 he will likely be remanded again
until the 18th, and the first avail
able vessel for England will not de-
part until three days later.
By that time another detective from
Scotland Yard will have arrived, bring
inc a formal application for extradi-
tion, although this application prob
ably will not be necessary, in view of
| the accused mans declaration that he
will raise no obstacles to his return.
Although Cripr n was the center of
attention when arraigned, perhaps the
most interesting development of the
day was the extremely liberal treat
ment of Miss Leneve by the police.
Like Crippen, she is accused of mur-
der, but the girl today enjoyed the
freedom of the house of Chief Of Po-
lice Mccarthy.
OUT OF~JAIL
When taken from Jail today it was
| announced she had been taken to a
| hospital, but this proved to be incor-
| rect. She Is back in Jail tonight under
the care of physician, but visitors
to the chiefs house say they had a
| glimpse of her walking about in the
yard for breath of air, under care
full but unobtrusive surveillance.
| Many people 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 Lon
! don are urging her to take, as several
! cablegrams received today made ap-
parent.
Crippen occupies a cell in the pro-
vincial Jail on the heights east of the
city, overlooking the st. Lawrence
river. He might ask to have the
American consul notified or seek an
attorney to insure that he gets fair
treatment. The United States consul
here is Gebhart Will Rich, a former
resident of Milwaukee and st. Paul.
Rich said today that while he stood
ready to give Crippen all consistent
assistance, he had had no application
to do so and expected none. In fact.
he added, he saw no way in which he
could better the situation of the pris-
oner in any way.
DEW RESTING
Inspector Dew is resting here after
his labors, an object of curiosity of
residents and to the tourists that
throng this queer old French city at
this time of the year, and the envy and
admiration of the local police.
A London dispatch says Miss Le-
neve's relatives have retained counsel
here to defend her. but on this point
the police have received no official in
formation.
Crippen seemed utterly discouraged.
but so far as can be ascertained, he
has let nothing slip that can be used
against him when he comes to trial.
The police pin their Hopes upon Miss
Leneve, but following the wishes of
Inspector Dew they declare they are
making no effort to obtain confessions
and are not subjecting either prisoner
to anything approaching the third de-
gree"
Such efforts would be contrary to
British police methods.
Following the receipt of instructions
from Scotland Yard today, Inspector
Dew visited the courthouse and con-
ferred for some moments with the
judge. Then he held a whispered con-
ference with the Canadian detectives,
after which the latter hurried away
to the jail. A report that they had
gone after Crippen filtered through the
mass of humanity that extended in
every direction from the palace de
Justice, high on the historic plains OF
Abraham.
PRISONER ARRIVES
Presently the detectives with Crippen
drove up to the courthouse in a car
riage and fought their way through the
crowd to the judges chambers. Grip
pen was brought at once to the bar.
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