The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-11-26
Is Hanged in London for
Numbering His Wife Be
cause of Love for Another.
MISS LENEvE rs
COMING TO AMERICA

HlENls |
Pale as chalk, with his features drawn
and his limbs so weak under him that
he had To bc supported To the gallows,
the condemned presented II pitabIe
spectacle rs he went to his death. The
doomed man passed n restless night aud
seemed 10 lost all fortitudc rs the end
approached.
The grucsomc work was soon done.
The black cap was quickly drawn over
his face. the moose adjusted aud the
bolt drawn. Crippcn weighed lao lbs
aud he wa given u drop of seven feet
death being instantaneous
From the time a rcpricvc was refus
eel. Crippcn = condition was one of ag
0nizcd mental prostration. lie would
see only Ethel Glare Lcneve. the love
for whom. the crown asserted, was the
motive for the crime; his solicitor. Mr..
Newston. and father Carey. The final
interview yesterday with Miss Lencve
was most painful, aud. already in the
shadow of death, the condemned man
made M effort TO suppress his emotion
upon parting with the girl.
The Arrangements
Public Excrutioner Ellis. who hang
ed n wife murderer NJ Liverpool yes
terday morning. arrived in London on
the evening train. The scafrold was al
ready erected. \ few tenemcnts ove
look the prison yard and 10 bar the ten
ants from II glimpse of the tragedy a
big canvas screen was put mp before the
gallows. Only n small group of officials
attended and every effort was made 10
prevent morbid crowds from gathering
in the nciehborhood.
The body probably will be buried in
quicklime in the prison yard. This is
the custom AT Pcntonvillc.
Father Carey, who visited Crippen
frequently. entered the prison nj six
O'Clock last evening, To spend the night
with the condemned man. lie walked
paper caused q sensation by Flooding
the city with placards that Crippcn had
made n written confession. Every one
in position To nnow denied this.
Ethel I.encvc said: - was the last
person TO see DIR. Crippcn. so far as
my knowledge extends. h" has not
made such "A statement
II is reported that Miss ]l.rncvc will
leave today for America. II is re-.
ported that she is going on the stage.
Sketch Of Crime
The execution of DIR. Cripprn today
completed the criminal records Of one
of the most sensational of recent mur
der eases.
The brutality OF the crime commit
ted by a man who had been known as
of n gentle and kindly nature. the muir
derer's spectacular flight To his native
land, and the fact that the ease against
the doctor was purely circumstantia
combined 10 make the tragedy of ali
sOrbing interest not only To the English
where the murder was committed. hut
as well as in America where both Grip
pen aud wife were horn.
Crippen, slight in figure, was just past
80 years of age. lie was born in Mich
igan, and after studying medicine prac.
ticcd in the United States and Canada.
In 1896 he married Cora Macmokit1", of
Brooklyn. u vaudeville actress, whose
stage name was Belle fillmore. They re-.
moved Ia London, where the doctor on.
gagged in dental manufacture
Origin Of the Troble
Soon there was n domestic iufelici
~. dine. Crippeu ALLEGED. TO the atcu