Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-04
Although Accused of Murder She
Commands Sympathy of Can
adam officials.
CRIPPEN MAINTAINS SILENCE
Neither Will Fight Extradition-
Police Expect Confession from
Cirl--Eer Relatives Urge
Fer to Tell All.


before August Is will Or. Hawley Harvey
rrppen and Ethel Glare Lereve be taken
aboard II steamer for England, there to
stand trial. Jointly accused of numbering
n woman believed to have been the
Doctors American wife. Crippen, whose
II ght ended so dramatically aboard the
steamship Montrose yesterday morning
was arraigned before a magistrate to-day
md remanded until August e.
Naither he nor the girl will resist eX-
tradition. Although too i'll to appear in
court, the questions prescribed 10y law
were put to Miss Leneve at the home of
Chief Mccarthy. of the provincial police.
she evinced willingness 10 go back to
England for trial. She answered the ques-
tons in an almost inaudible voice and
Seemed on the verge of collapse. She too,
was rernanded until August S.
Her relatives In London are besieging
her by cable to tell all, and the Quebec
police are treating her with n gentleness
rarely accorded IL prisoner even though a
woman.
PRELIMINARY TRIAL HELD.
Forced through a curious crowd.
Crippen was taken before the provin-
rial court Of special sessions to-day,
where he was formally questioned as
20 his identity and notified that he was
under arrest for the murder of an
unknown woman demanding him 10
August was purely porfunctory as
be and his companion, under the fugi-
tive offender act. must remain here
at least Is days. SO. on the eighth, he
will likely be remandcd again until
The 18th and the first available vessel
Tor England will not depart until
three days later.
BY that time, another detective from
Scotland Yard will have arrived witt
formal application for eXtradition, al
though this probably will not be
necessary.
GIRL GIVEN GREAT FREEDOM.
Although Cripp"n was the center o
Bttention when arraigned, perhaps tn,
most interesting development of thu
hay was the extremely liberal treat
ment of Miss Leneve by the police
Like Crirpen. she is accused Of muir
der, but the girl was seen to-day en-
3oyng the freedom of the house o
Chief Of Police Mccarthy. Wheel
taken from jail to-day, 1t was an
nounced that she had, because Of he
weak condition, been transferred to
hospital, but this proved to be incor
rect. she Is back in jail tonight
under the care OF physician, blu
visitors to the chiefs house say the
had q glimpse of her walking abou
in tho yard for n breath of air. unde
careful but unobtrusive surveillance.
Crippen occupies a cell In the provir
Cial Jail on the heights. east of the cit.
lie is not in chains and for several houl
to-day he was permitted to exercise
the corridor The only other prisoners
the corridor were two French Canadian
serving short sentences for stree
hrawl. His jaier said the dentist d
not converse with his companions. Thu
far, he has been model prisoner, nal
ing no requests and giving the keeper
no worry.
CRIPPEN SEEMS DISCOURAGED.
London despatch says Miss Leneve
relatives have retained counsel to defer
her but on this point the police have r
ceved no official Information. The cou
proceedings SO far as Crippen was co
cerned closed about noon to-day with t
order of the court remanding him. Cri
pen seemed absolutely discouraged. b
SO far as can be ascertained. he has
nothing sip tnat CS.N DC uStu against III
when he comes up for trial. The poll
pin their hopes upon Miss Leneve. bl
following the wishes of Inspector Dc
they declare that they are making no
fort to obtain confessions and are n
subjccting either prisoner TO anythi
approaching the third degree. Such
violation of the law regarding the RICH
of prisoners is not permitted In Gre
Britain.
NEATNESS BETRAYED HER.
The crew and stewards of the Montro
tell OF the actions of the pair on
voyage from Antwerp, dominique Nee
the steward who looked after their stat
room said:
IL WAS one of the first to discover
her neat methods In her room, her way
walking and her effeminate figure II
John Robinson, Jr.,' was a woman. TIL
we discovered that the labels had be
taken from all their clothes. that
lining had been torn from the yount
Robinson's hat and soon Captain Kend
was convinced that he had the fugitiN
aboard. The pair spent most OF tn
time In their cabin and Stunned the otf
passengers so far as possible"
Alfred Smith, the dining room stewa
told how Crippen had manoeuvred
keep Miss Leneve seated by him at tab
lie said that Crippen had asked for t
beats at the captains table. side by 81
and next to the wall so that no one COZ