The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-09-07
CRIPPEN TRIAL
a, ON IN LONDON
Prosecuting Attorney Out
lines His Case.
POISON IN BODY FOUND

Large Quantities Discovered In Re.
mains of Woman Buried in Cellar Of
Dentists Home-charge Against
Miss Leneve Will Be Confined to Ac.
cusaton Of Accessory After the Fact.
London, Sept. AT the opening of
the trial of DR.. Hawley H. Crippen,
who is charged with the murder of his
wife, Belle Gilmore, the prosecution an.
nounced that large quantities of poison
had been found in the body of the wo.
man found in the cellar of Crippen's
home and that there were evidences
that she had been subjected to an
operation. ...-> .ls,..--
In written statement made to In
sRectOr Dew when the Investigation
first opened Crippen said Belle was
living in the protection of another
man when he married her in Jersey
City. The doctor also spoke of Bruce
Miller's alleged acquaintance with his
wife while he was in America and fire.
quent threats which Belle had made to
quit him and go with another man who
occupied better position in life.
Crippen's statement concluded with
a story of the quarrel on the night of
Jan. 81, after Paul Mortinetti and
Mrs. Martinetti, who had spent the
evening with the Crippens, had left
the house. During the quarrel the doc.
tor said that his wife threatened to
leave him on the following day. On
returning from business on Feb. !
Crippen said he found that his wife
had gone. He took steps to prevent a
scandal and fabricated the story of her
trip to California and her death there
Ethel Clare Leneve, the doctors
typist, who accompanied him in his
flight to Canada after the disappear
ance of his wife, and who has been
held on the same charge, also was
brought to the bar, but the crown
stated that it had been decided to con
fine the allegations against the girl tc
being an accessory after the fact.
Girl Not Implicated in Murder.
This relieves Miss Leneve of any
fore knowledge Of the crime and is in
line with the belief of her family and
friends that she did not share Grip
pens confidence up to the time that
his wife dropped out Of sight and was
said by him to have died in California
Interest in the @Crippen case, which
was intense during the search for the
doctor, has by no means worn out, as
was shown by the crowd which gath
cred in the vicinity of the Bow street
police court when: the trial was be
gun. NS'3 .<-~. e. -.
Travers Humphreys appeared for
the public prosecutors Office, while
Solicitor Arbbur Newton represented
Crippen. dc -
Mr. Humphreys made long open.
ing address, in which he reviewed the
case from the time that suspicion was
aroused against the husband by the
unsatisfactory explanation which he
offered for the disappearance of his
actress-wife to his return to London
In the course of his remarks the
prosecutor definitely stated that the
physicians who made the post mortem
examination of the mutilated parts un
earthed in the cellar of the >Crippen
home had discovered the presence OF
large quantities of hyoscin, colorless
liquid poison, and also detected evi
dence that an operation had been per
formed. ,,s>... -.4 III. .
Counsel did not suspect the want OF
money as the motive for the crime
but did say that the disappearance OF
Belle was a fortunate thing for Grip
pen from monetary view point. On
Jan. 20 the accused had pawned jew
elry for which he received $500, and
on another day paWned other jewels
receiving $575. All of the property
pawned had been recognized as the
property of Mrs Crippen. all.