New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
CR|PPEN'S ARREST TODAY?
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time. and at first 1 again found nothing
amiss.
1.-The cellar walls all seemed SOUND,
but striking about with the iron bar
struck a loose brick and out 1t fell. I'M
mediately a terrible stencil met my nos
trils and I knew that something was
wrong Instantly I began to tear away
the loose bricks, and underneath l found
a mass Of human flesh, eaten away Win
lime. No bones were found. and L be-
lieve the murderer, with his medical
skill, separated them from the flesh and
threw them into a canal not far from
the house.
Until the Montrose arrives the host or
newspaper men here, the detectives ana
the nervous residents can do nothing but
wait. Meantime the lighthouse is kept
aflame at night while the steam horn
bellows its warnings through the fog.
A rumor reached here tonight from
Montreal that Crippen had committed
suicide on board the Montrose.. This
caused considerable uneasiness. although
it came absolutely without foundation
A number of wireless messages inquiring
about the truth of the report were ad-
dressed to the Montrose but they were
stacked up beside the operator tonight
waiting to be sent.
Fear Suicide.
Scotland Yard fears that Crippen will
attempt suicide and Dew will try to take
him by surprise. Bundles of letters and
newspapers are here waiting to be put
aboard the Montrose from the pilot boat.
The papers contain news of the Crippen
case, and lest one of these should fall
into the hands of the suspect the mail
will not be delivered to the passengers
until the officers have had an opportu-
nifty to get hold of the man who dropped
out of sight while the London police
were trying to solve the mystery of the
disappearance of his wife, Belle Elmore.
Dew was confident to-day and in
tended to execute his mission with dis
patch.
'If Crippen is aboard the Montrose, as
we firmly believe" said the English in
spector, I'VE expect to have him idenu-
fed and in irons within ten minutes
after we go aboard.
Il am absolutely certain that the per-
sons on board the Montrose are Dr.
Crippen and the Leneve woman. The
Laurentic was in touch with the Mon
trose on the way over, and 1 received
messages from Captain Kendall which
leave no room for doubt about the iden-
tity of the suspects.
,"Crippen and the woman will be great
ly surprised when / step aboard of the
MontroSe and confront them, but they
will not be more surprised than l should
be if they were to turn out to be not the
persons l expect.
My trip across the Atlantic was with
out incident. Nobody on board except
the captain and the wireless operator
knew of my identity. The passengers
merely thought me a London business
man coming out to Canada on Vlsit.
The first intimation they had of my real
mission was shortly after we passed
Belle Isle and messages began to come
from the land wireless stations. Since
then I have been besieged by newspaper
men and by others acting for them. L
have been greatly annoyed. n
Special Handouts Ordered.
Asked whether he had received any
word from Scotland Yard since he lett,
the inspector replied that he had re-
ceiyed a number of messages, all OF
which tended to confirm his belief tnat
the persons on the Montrose were the
much sought Crippen and his typist.
The man from Scotland Yard appeared
very nervous to-day. Every movement
suggests caution on his part against
possibIe failure of any detail of his well
worked out programme. An illustration
of this was furnished when he tele-
eraphed to Quebec to have special pair
of London handouts. description or
which he gave. purchased and held for
him. They are" said the inspector,
"the only kind in which l would be will
ing to hold a prisoner for long time"
The inspectors reference to holding a
prisoner in handouts for long time
suggests that the English policeman
does not purpose to take any chances
with Crippen once he lays hold of him