The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-15

SO far as known the identity OF the
victim has not been established to the
satisfaction of the law. After oeath
| the body was cut to pieces ana some
| of the bones were removed as II by a
| hand skilled in surgery and the HeSh
| covered with uuicklime that destroyed
the possibility of easy recognition. The
police consider significant the story OF
| the shop woman who told or hearing
| the reports from revolver practice IN
| the Crippen garden on different occa-
! SONS and later of being aroused dur
| ing the night by woman's screams.
/ A revolver was found near by where
| the body was Inferred.
1t developed that Crippen had in his
possession only $3.50 when he disappear
| ed, but accordir- to the police he took
with him the greater part of the jew
elry that had been his wife's. From
this they figure that his funds can not
| hold out long. 1t is not likely that
he will attempt to dispose OF the jew
| els. The police late today concluded
their examination of the Crippen resi-
dence and grounds, having disposed of
| the theory advanced by some that the
| premises had been used as a burial
ground for bodies other than the one
discovered.
Not on the Lusitania.
| New York, July 15.-The first of the
big liners on which it was thought DR..
Hawley Harvey Crippen might reach
here from England, passed up the bay
early today after having undergone a
search at quarantine which failed to
reveal any sign of the American physi-
clan, whose wife was found murdered
in his London home. The steamer was
the Lusitania. which left England on
Saturday. DR.. Crippen was supposed
to have taken passage for this coun-
try in company with a young woman
named Ethel Glare Leneve, formerly
tho dOptOr'S SfenOpra nhor
The steamer st. Paul. due from Liv-
erpool on Sunday, and all other steam
ers from English ports reaching here
within the next few days will be
watched by the New York police.
German liners which touch at an Eng
lish port will be searched by the Ho-
boken police on their landing In that
city and no avenue of entrance to this
country will be neglected in an effort
to apprehend the fugitive.
On notification from the police of
Trenton, N J., a New York head
quarters detective was dispatched to
Trenton today to examine the body of
an unidentified man who shot him.
self in that city yesterday in base
ball park. The man resembled DR..
Crippen in many particulars, being
about the doctors age and stature and
wearing a short mustache, which ap-
peared to have been recentls trimmed.
Crippen had long mustache of dark
brown when he left London.
He Worked for Munyon.
Philadelphia, Pa, July 15.-Dr Grip
pen is a former Philadelphia. From
1894 to 1899 he was associated with
Prof. Munyon in the manufacture of
proprietary medicines. 1t was in this
city he met the woman whose body
was found yesterday and 1t was here
he had the most lucrative practice of
his career. Duke Munyon, son of Prof.
Munyon, threw a number of sidelights
on DR.. Crippen's Philadelphia career.
He said: DIR. Crippen came to us In
1894 and received a position from my
father. He came originally from New
York think, and he was careful and
efficient physician. He worked for US
for FIVE years"
She Was Brooklyn Girl.
New York. July 15.-Be1le Elmore
was a Brooklyn girl. The first news of
her death was received here by a Mrs.
r. H. Mills, a stepsister. in a letter
dated Anril Z No 80. Hilldrop Crescent,
North London. England, and signed by
DR.. Crippen. The police regard the
date as important because, although it
carried the first word from DR. Grip
pen to his wife's family of her death,
it is nearly two months later than the
death notice published in London.
The letter follows:
MY Dear Louise and Robert:
Il hardly know how to write you my
dreadful loss. 1 do not know what I
shall do; probably find some business
to take me travelling for few months
until l can recover from the shock a
| little, but as soon as I have a settled
address I will write again to you.
LAS it is too terrible to me to have
to write this dreadful, dreadful news,
will you please tell all the others?'
Belle Elmore was born Kunigunde
Makomarski, of noble Polish descent.
When she was two years old her wild
owed mother married M F. Marsin-
ger. and the little girl, growing up
with American-born step-brothers and
step sisters, became known as Cora
Mills. the step-sister to whom the
Louise and Robert letter was ad-
dressed and other relatives were found
in Brooklyn and Queens. Her mother
is dead.
Marsinger, the step-father, is a far
mer and huckster He said:
"At the time of her death Cora must
have been 38 years old. While she
was still young girl. she showed a
fondness for the stage. We did not ap-
prove at first, but she was headstrong
and we let her have her way. On one
of her tours through the west she met
DR.. Crippen-I don't know just where
and they were married about four
teen years ago, as nearly as 1 can re-
member. We did not see much of
Cora after that. She was handsome
girl and very clever"
DR.. Crippen is said to have practiced
medicine with success both in Brook
| lyn and Manhattan. He always ap-
peared to have plenty of money and
his wife wore handsome jewels. One
of the step-sisters visited the Crippens
| in London within a year and found
them living comfortably there. still
with plenty of money.
| There were no indications then OF
any unhappiness in the family.
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