The San Francisco call., 1910-08-02
POLICE WORKING
FOR CONFESSION
Ethel Leneve Kindly Treated to
Induce Her to Tell All
She Knows
London Authorities Declare
Chain OF Evidence Is Suffi=
cient to Convict
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able vessel for England will not de-
part until three days later.
By that time another detective from
Scotland yard. will have arrived. bring
ton, although this application prob
ably will not be necessary in view Of
the accused mans declaration that he
will raise no obstacles to his return.
Crippen occupies cell in the pro-
vincial Jail. on. the heights east of the
city overlooking the st. Lawrence river.
He might ask to have the American
consul notified or seek an attorney to
insure that he gets fair treatment The
United States. consul here is Gebhart
Will-Rich, a former resident:,of Mil
waukee and; st. Paul. MINI. Will-Rich
said today that while he stood ready to
give Crippen. all consistent assistance,
he had received no application to do
so and expected none. In fact, he
added, he saw no way in which he
could better the situation of the pris-
oner in any way.
Both prisoners were so near to ply
s1cal collapse early this morning ON the
way. here from Father point on the
steamer Montrose that they scarcely
glanced at each other. Miss Leneve
tottered as she moved forward and
hardly could have proceeded alone.
She wore a. gray dress, which had
been given her blythe stewardess when
the boys clothing in which she had
crossed the Atlantic was taken from
her. Over her hat heavy veil had
been thrown. But she scarcely needed
the veil to hide her features. for her
head was so bent that no one could
have seen her face.
On the way from Antwerp the face
of Miss Leneve had appeared too pretty
for that of a boy. A half hour after
she had been placed in custody her fea-
lures appeared to be rather those of a
well matnred woman who had suf-
fered much. i.
Dew led the way to the gangway. a
steward carrying a small suit case
marked 81 Robinson" This was the
only baggage which the two brought
with them. Neither had an extra suit
of clothing. Crippen wore the same
brown suit and hat he did when he
embarked at Antwerp. He is smooth
shaven now.
NEED SUPPORT
AS they appeared on the gangplank
and caught sight of the enormous
crowd that surged about the pier des-
perately determined to get a glance at
the pair, Crippen and the woman would
have fallen but, fer the arms which
supported them. They were taken i'm
mediately to prison:
Talks with the crew and stewards
of the Montrose threw interesting side
lights on the action of the pair -on the
voyage from Antwerp. Dominick Keen,
the steward who looked after their
stateroom, had the best opportunity
for observing their. actions. He said:
Il was one of the first to discover. by
her neat methods in her room. her way
of walking and her effeminate figure,
that John Robinson Jr.' was a woman
Then we discovered that the labels had
been taken from all their clothes, that
the:.:lining had been torn from the
younger Robinsons hat, and soon Cap
tain Kendall was convinced that he
had. the much sought fugitives on
board
=. Alfred Smith, the: dining rom stew
ard. told how Crippen had maneuvered
to- keep Miss Leneve seated by him at
the table. He said .Crippen had asked
for two seats at the captains table
side. by. side, and next to the wall, so
that no. one could sit beside Miss Le-
neve other than himself MY boy is a;
little deaf he told the steward, and
after some argument succeeded. in get
ting the desired seats. In that way he
prevented any: passengers from engag-
ing: the girl lin conversation at the
table and betraying her sex by her
voice