Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-14

| husband to the shores OF his native land.
Porter Charlton was arrested in Ho-
| boken. In the absence of an extradition
treaty between the United States and
Italy, specifically providing for the return
to either country of a citizen Of another
| country who has committed a crime
abroad, Charlton may go free.
Extradition Provided For.
| In the present case no such complica-
tions are probable. The British-American
extradition treaty leaves no 1oophole OF
| which a suspected criminal may take
advantage. The London police have made
definite charge against DR.. Crippen and
propose to get him, with the co-opera-
ton of the American authorities.
| DR.. Crppen. a dentist, fifty years OF
| age has made his home for some time
at 80 Hilldrop Crescent, North London.
Some time ago his wife, Belle Elmore. a
| vaudeville actress and treasurer Of the
| Music Hall Artists Guild. disappeared.
and subsequently a notice Of her death
| appeared in the local papers.
| The fact of her demise was generally
| credited. There was more or less gos-
sip among the woman's intimates. how
l ever.
This finally reached the ears of the
police. The latter visited DIR. Crippen,
and the latter Interview appeared to be
| satisfactory.
Saturday noon last DR.. Crippen disap-
peared. Since then the police have not
| been able to locate him.
Body Found in Cellar.
Yesterday a search Of the Crippen
| house was made. The battered body of
a woman was fould buried in the cell
lar. 1t had been placed in Quicl<lime and
was burned beyond recognition.
! The finding of the body. together with
other discoveries today, has left no doubt
In the minds of the authorities that the
murdered woman was Mrs. Crippen.
| Sir Melville McNaughton, chief Of the
| criminal investigation department of
Scotland Yard, took the matter In hand.
Developments followed rapidly
| The first thing the police did today
was to cable to the police of American
ports. asking them to search incoming
| steamers for Crppen, who was described
with the aliases of Peter Crippen and
Franckel Crippen. The police believe
that he sailed Saturday for the United
| States.
Ethel Clara Leneve. a French woman,
| whom he had recently introduced as his
wife. This woman. the police state,
is believed to be dressed in male at
| tire.
| Before leaving Hilldrop Crescent
Crippen sent out for a boys suit. This
| the police surmise. is now worn by
| his companion.
| Clue to Crime in Letter.
The indications point to a coolly plan
ned murder.
Early in February last a letter, sign.
ed Belle Gilmore" was received by
the vaudeville artists maid, stating
that the writer had gone to America
| on business. 1t was this letter which
the police say was intended to cover
up a crime that, as it turned out, fur
| nished an evidence of criminality. Belle
Elmore spelled her name with one "l''
| The discrepancy was recognized and
aroused suspicion among members OF
the guild, and largely influenced them
in determining to bring the matter OF
the woman's strange disappearance to
the authorities
Then the advertisement appeared an
nouncing that Belle Gilmore had died al
Los Angeles, Cal An investigation was
put on foot and the advertisement was
found to have been untrue.
1t was learned today that when the po-
lice visited Crippen they forced him 10
admit that his wife had not died i'm Cali
fornia. He then said, according to the
detectives that he and his wife had quar-
| relied and that, following the quarrel
| she disappeared.
The police refused to accept this ex-
| planation because Of the fact that the
| woman was found to have left her jew
elry and money behind.
His Career in America.
Pursuing their inquiry the authorities
discovered that DIR. Crippen was born al
Coldwater. Mich. He was educated In
Indiana and at Los Angeles. and com
pleted his medical studies in Michigan
| city
He practiced in Detroit. San Diego. Cal.
Salt Lake City, St. Louis and Brooklyn
as an eye and ear specialist. At one time
he managed a patent medicine business
| at philadelphia and In Toronto, Canada
He married Belle Elmore, as she was
known on the stage. at New York. The
woman's maiden name was Mackamotskl
The two came to LONDON four years ago
Mrs Crippen Is described by acQuaint-
| ances as about thirty-f1Ee years of age.
The police give this description of Grip.
nen and the woman who Is said to have
accompanied him: ~
alias Franckel Crippen. an American doc
tor. fifty years old. five feet three inche:
tall. fresh complexion. light brown hai
; inclined to be sandy. bald on top Of head
, rather long mustache, mark on bridg'
! 81 nose. wears false teeth and gold-rinl
med spectacles speaks with q sligh
American accent, wears his hat on tn
hack Of his head, IS plausible and Quie
I spoken is accompanied by a woman call
ing herself Mrs Crippen. twenty sevel
years old, light brown hair. gray eyes
good teeth, nice looking and of pleasan
I appearance; medium build.
5 Steamers About Due.
The steamer Lusitania sailed from Iiv
erpool Saturday and from Queenstow,
Sunday. She is due at New York SOM
I time tonight. The Cedric also sailed from
I Liverpool Saturday and the st. Pau
sailed the same day from Southampton
and the Minnetonka from London.
, Recently Dr. Crippen appeared In publ
! with the Leneve woman, who, according
TO tha police. was introduced by tn,
doctor as Mrs. Crippen. She is an at