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vey Crsppen - Loaaoa TO-DAY cen
pleseA The criminal records O. one %
the most sensational OF rceenR mar
der cases. The brutality Of The crime.
committed b. y man who Aaa been
known - OF = gentle and kindly am-
ture. the murderer's spectacular
aight to his native land. and the fart
that the case against the doctor vas
purely circumstantIal. combined TO
make the tragedy Of absorbing later
est. not only IN England. where the
murder was done. but as yell In
America. where both Crsppen and his
wife were born.
crippen, slight IN nguie. vas tas,
past fifty years of age He was born
in Michigan. and after studying med
icine. practiced la the United States
and Canada. In 1905 he married
Cora Mackamotski. OF Brooklyn. a
vaudeville actress. whose stage name
was Belle Eimcre. They removed TO
London. where the doctor engaged
IN dental manufacture. Soon there
was domestic infelicsty. due, Grip
pen alleged. 10 the attentions his wife
received from other men. Then Ethel
Clara Leneve. a prepossesssng wo-
man. now about twenty-seven years
OF age. entered Crippen's employ a. a
typist. She sympathized with the
doctor and the two fell I'm love. Mean
time Crippen and his wife were es-
tranged.
Nearly a year ago Miss Leneve,
feeling her position keeniy. became
inpatient Mish the situation. About
the same time the doctor was In need
OF money. Mrs. Crippen disappeared
suddenly last February. Her hus-
band inserted a death notice In the
papers. saying that she had succumb-
ed to an illness while visiting in Cali
fornia- Actress friends OF Mrs. Grip
pen persuaded Scotland Yard 10
make an investigation, and the police
officials interviewed Crippen on July
18th He threw the police OF the
scent, but on the following day fed
from London in company with Miss
Leneve, who was disguised as q boy.
Subsequently their presence on board
the steamer Montrose was made
known to Scotland Yard through
wireless messages, and as the Mont
rose was approaching the harbor OF
Quebec, Crippen and Miss Leneve
were arrested. This was on July
31st.
In the meantime the police had
visited the Crippen home In Hilldrop
Crescent, and In the cellar unearthed
parts OF a woman's body. The medi-
cal experts who examined thsze parts
were never able anatomicaliy to prove
that they were from the body OF Belle
Elmore. Nevertheless the jury that
heard the Crippen case were salts
fed that they were.
Crippen was indicted and convict
ed OF the murder OF his wife, the evil
dence including testimony that he
had bought and administered poison.
after which he dismembered the
body. TIE was sentenced TO be hang
ed on November sth, but secured q
stay of execution until to-day. An
appeal on his behalf was denied by
the Criminal Court OF Appeals. and
a petition for o rcprieve was rejected
by Home Secretary Churchill
Miss Leneve was indicted and
charged as an. accessory after the
fact. but was acquitted.
Ethel Leneve TO Sail for America.
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