Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
CAPTAIN REPORTS
THAT CRIPPEN IS
ON THE MONTROSE
Man Under Suspicion Not Aware
of Wireless Messages Re-
peatedly Flashed.
CANADIAN OFFICERS ARE
READY TO MAKE ARREST
Strife Between Dominion and
Provincial Authorities Keen
at Father Point.

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MONTREAL, July 2s.-The Montreal
Star prints tue following message.
which, it states. it received this morn
ing from Captain Kendall. Of the Mont
rose:
S. S. Montrose, July 28
ITO the Editor of the Montreal Starr
DIR. Crippen and Mis- LeNeve. 1 am
| confident, are on board. He is stiff
shaving his mustache growth and he is
growing a beard
DR.. Crippen has no suspicion that
his identity is suspected. The otfisr
passengers also are ignorant OF as
identity. Miss Leneve refrains from
talking. The pair have no baggage
They cannot be parted and are very
reticent. DR.. Crippen has stated thai
he has travelled much He puts IN
much of his time reading books He
is very sleepless at nights.
Il first suspected the identity OF lie
couple two hours after leaving ANTI
werp when I got the first clue
''Dr. Crippen says with regard to his
companion, who is disguised as boy
that he is taking him to California. The
boy says the doctor is in mad health.
They spend much time together in their
cheerful but at time both show signs
of decided worry. DR.. Crippen is booked
as merchant. The woman. disguised
as boy. is booked as a student
This is the first account given to any
newspaper.
| (Signed) KENDALL, ComTnander',
| Early today thirty ytwo-mile wind
swept away the fog that had covered
the broad mouth of the St. Lawrence
river since last evening. and the Mont
rose win not experience the DELAY
feared for her when the weather thick
ened yesterday. unless the predictions
for n. Rgxt forty-eight hours fan.
/ s-rnr5cetsr new Arrives.
The White Star liner Laurentic.
aboard which is Chief Inspector Dew.
of Scotland Yard. had already entered
the st. Lawrence and under favorable
conditions should pass this point be-
| tween o'clock and 6 o'clock this after
noon At $50 a. m. today she was 1876
miles east Of here.
The purpose OF Scotland Yard has
been accomplished. in that Inspector
Dew, travelling on a faster steamer
has outstripped the suspects. and he
will be in a position to make his at
| tempt at identification when the John
Robinson" and John Robinson, jr.,. OF
| the Montrose passenger list arrive at a
Canadian port
The provincial police understand that
Dew will land here and wait for the
| Montrose- His subsequent procedure
! is matter of doubt to those here He
may board the Montrose and continue
to Quebec. 1t is believed that his plans
have been worked out with the
minutest detail and that there can be
! no h:--i.
Regulations Suspended.
Chief Mccarthy. of the Quebec pro-
vincial police, VIII make the arrest Of
DIR. Crippen If he should prove to be
! on board the Montrose. The chief re-
ceived word today that arrangements
had been made between Scotland Yard
and the Dominion government whereby
! Inspector Dew would be permitted to
land here under a special order sus-
pending the quarantine regulations
The Quebec official is prepared 10 CO.
operate with the Scotland Yard man
in whatever course the latter may
adopt
The Allan liner Sandman. which was
/ first enormously reported to have the
suspects on board. passed here early to-
day. Her captain already had sent
wireless message stating that no one
answering the description of DIR. Grip
pen was aboard, so eliminating that
vessel as factor in the case. The Sar-
dinian, however. helped materially in
the early stages of the transatlantic
pursuit. 1t was this vessel that picked
up the short range wireless from the
Montrose and relayed TO the European
/ he 20 ~
lieved to be Crippen and the LIE Neys
woman were aboard the Montrose.
Guarding Against Suicide.
BE sure that they do not commit sui
cide.p These were the most emphatic
instructions received by Charles Bauv-
reau. government officer of Rimouski.
They were part of a message received
by him from Lieutenant-Co Sher-
wood, commissioner of Dominion police.
The message continued: Try and
make as sure as possible of the identity
of the two people supposed to be Grip
pen and Miss LeNeve. then arest
them. Caution them that anything
they say may be used against them.
then separate them"
The plans and activities of the polica
are based. of course, upon the assump-
tion that Crippen and his companion
are aboard the Montrose. This fact
has not been absolutely established
! from the police standpoint Neverthe-
less the frequent wireless messages
which have been received since tho
Montrose got into touch with this side
OF the Atlantic tend to confirm tha
authorities in their belief thar Cap
tain Kendall is correct In the matter
of Identification. These messages are
in varying degrees OF positiveness,
some making the explicit statement
that Crippen is aboard the steamer.
others reiterating the fact that The
suspected parties are aboard
The messages have definitely estab-
| iished that no actual arrests have 90
Cured thus far.
There IS no particular significance IN
this. however. as superintendent Efnzs<,
OF Scotland Yard. has already no<uted
out. So long aa the suspeets aFe trader