The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-14
MURDER OF
A WOMAN
London Police Brought
to Light Another
Charlton Case

London. July 14,-ScotIapd Yard ,s
engaged with the murder OF an Am
erican woman, Belle EImore. a vanda.
ville actress. and today cabled tbo
Police OF the United States, neoIestjn,
the arrest of the woman's husband
Dr, Hawley Harvey Crippcn. also an
American, who is believed TO have
sailed Tor New York on SATURDAY I,et
The case is strildngly similar ia
that of the Charlton murder AT Tale
Como, Italy.
Dr Crippen. who is a dentist md
fifty years old. has made his bon,a
for some time at 80 H,ndron Cre..-
cent, North London Some tImo 400
his vile, Belle Elmore. a yaude,IiIo
actress aud treasurer OF the Music
Hall Artists guild, disappeared and
subsequently notice OF her death on.
peored in the local papers.
The fact OF her demise was qena.
rally credited. but there was more
or less gossip and this finally reach.
ed the ears of the police. The latter
visited Dr. Crippen and the interview
appeared TO be satisfactory
saturday noon last, Dr. Crippep dis.
appeared and since then the po,ice
have not been able to locate him
Yesterday search of the CrIppon
house was made and the battered
Cody oil a woman was found buried in
the cellar. 1t had been placed in
quicklime and was burned beyond rec.
ogniuon. but the finding of the body
With other discoveries, today has left
no doubt in the minds of the autborf.
ties that the murdered woman was
Mrs Crippen
Sir Melville MacNaughton. chief of
the criminal investigation department
of Scotland Yard, took the matter in
hand and developments followed ran.
idly
Has Another Woman.
The first thing the police did ia.
day was to cable to the police OF Am.
erican ports, asking them to search In.
coming steamers for Crippen, who
was described with the aliases OF
Peter Crippeni and Frank Crippen
The police believe he sailed on Sat.
urday for the United States. They
believe that he is accompanied by Ella
Clara Leneve, French woman, whom
he had recently introduced as his
wife. This woman is believed to be
dressed In male attire.
Before leaving Hilldrop Crescent.
scrippen sent out for boys suit and
this the police surmise Is now being
worn by his companion
The Indications point 20 p coolIy
planned murder. Early in February
last a letter signed Belle Elmore"
was received by the Vaudeville Ar |
lists Guild stating that the writer !
had gone to America on business II |
vas this letter which the police say |
vas intended to cover up crime that. !
as it turned out, furnished an evi. |
dence of criminality Belle Elmore |
spelled her name with one 81"
The discrepancy was noticed and
aroused suspicion among members OF
the Guild and largely influenced them
in determining to bring the woman's
disappearance to the attention of the
authorities.
Then the advertisement appeared
announcing that Belle Elmore had
died I'm Los Angeles An investiga-
ton was begun and the advertisement
was found to have been untrue.
1t was learned today that when the
officers visited Crippen they forced
died in California He said then, &C,
cording to the officers, that he and
MS wife had quarreled and that, fol-
lowing the quarrel. she disappeared.
The police refused TO accept this eX-
nlanation, because of the fact that
the woman WAS found to have left
her iewelry and money behind.
Lived in Salt Lake.
Pursuing their inquiry, the police
discovered that Dr. Crippen had been
born at Coldwatcr, Michigan. He was
educated in Indiana and In Los An
eeles, and had completed his medi-
cal studies in Michigan, Cleveland and
New York city, He praeticea- In De
troit, San Diego. Cal. Salt Lake. city,
St Louis and Brooklyn. as an eye and
ear specialist. At one time he man
aged a patent medicine business at
Philadelphia and in Toronto, Canada
He married Belle Elmore, as she was
known on the stage, IN New York
The woman's maiden name was Mack
AmotskI The two came to London
four years ago Mrs. Crippen is de-
scribed by acquaintances as about 35
years of age
The steamer Lusitania sailed from
Liverpool on Saturday and from