The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-10-22
DOCTOR CR|PPEN
TELLS STORY OF
BLOODY TRAGEDY
he FACES ENGLAND'S GREATEST
LAWYER AND NEVER
FAITERS.
The Dinfinutiye American Declares
That His Actress Wife Left Him
for Her Chicago Theatrical Ac-
quantance.

London. Oct. 21-Dr. Hawiey H.
CIilpen, the American dentist, VINO
is accused of numbering mis- actress
wife, Belle ElmOre, and hurylng her
body in the cellar of their dome. to-
day matched wits with Richard Muir
one of the cleyerest criminal lawyers
in all England. and the diminutieve
lonely little man, with the agencies
OF one of the greatest nations of the
earth arrayed against him, to say no
thing of the strain he has been under
for months, displayed remarkable
nerve and courage under fire.
Before Crippen, who has been is9-
lated in the large prisoners docI
since the trial began, took the witness
stand, Lord Ctlief Justice Alverstone
announced that the jury at their own
request, later in the day, would be
allowed to examine, microscopically,
skin from part of the lody, found
in the Hilldrop Crescent cellar, which
the prosecution alleges bears scar
similar to one received by Belle FL
more II years ago. The defense
claims there is no scar, and ulat
what appears to be such is caused
by a. fold in the skin.
Story of Disappearance.
In the witness box Crippen rested
his elbows on the railing, slasped his
hands and looked inquiringly about
the court room.
Muir asked the witness if de had |
seen his wife since Feb. l. He repli- |
ed in the negative. He said he |
could not prove that she left the !
house alive but supposed she went |
to Bruce Miller, a professional ac-
quaintance in Chicago.
He said he last saw rer on the
morning of Feb. l. Returning in the |
evening, he found her gone, as she |
had threatened. He made no effort |
to locate her. He said it was possible |
that the remains found in the cellar
had been placed there during the ab-
sence of himself and wife
Leneve Enters Case.
1t developed that de lost no time
in establishing Ethel Clara Leneve.
his typist, i'll the Hilldrop Crescent
house. He admitted that she slept
there the night of Feb ?, within "A |
hours of his wifes disappearance
Crippen was on the stand for hours
DR.. Turnbull, director cf the Path
illogical institute of Gordon hospital,
when called for the defense. said the /
so-called scar could not possibly be !
a scar.
Thursdays Testimony.
Crippen gave the following testi-
mony, under the careful guidance of T.
his counsel, yesterday afternoon:
He had studied the theories but
had NOT taken Il practical course in
surgery He had performed a post
mortem. The rugs which he had pur-
chased in England. he eXplaimed.
were wholly for his own preparations.
He explained the purchase Of hTo-
sen the p2:son ;'l!c!' the lrp@H al
teGGe was used - ti'i Belle Trace,
bi saying that Ir Wis rptliral FIR
Us" III the treainep' e n.r>up. taSes,
an described his lcrn ia in mah:is
up hyoscin taDI!)ils OF the ':yGsun
W1'Ch he pLcha o,i or ! m. 10 tie
doc'Cr said Ge All uscI about two
The prisoner slowly spoke as he
proceeded. He admitted that there
was a scar on the body Of his wife.
four and a half inches in length. It
was caused, he said, by an operation
II years ago. He had never admins
tered hyoscins to his wife. He had
no idea whose was the hody unearth-
ed in TIE cellar Of his Hilldrop Cres-
cent home. In fact, he was not aware
that a body had been buried there
until he returned 10 England under
arrest.
Crippen told of the gradual aliena-
ton Of his Wife's affections until the
climax was reached in quarrel on
ice night of Jan. 81, last. His wife,
he said, lad accused him of lack
OF attention to Mr. and Mrs. Martinez
II, who had spent the evening with
them. They quarreled and on tue !
following day his wife went away
This concluded his direct examination
and court adjourned.
Erlier in the day the prosecution. !
closed its case and Edward Tobir, |
FOR the defense, made his opening ad-
dress, in which he said that the de- |
Tense would maintain that it could
not be proven that Belle Elmore vas |
dead, without which proof his ellen.
could not be convicted. The defense
then called Crippen to the stand.
Dr. Reginald Wall was next called