The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-21
OR. CRIPPEN F0|
CROWNS ATT[n
TO TRAP HIM
He Adheres To His Sensational ston
He Told on Stand Friday "a \
Is Sure He WIN Ds
Acquitted.
Kings Counsel To Sum Up saturdnS
and Prisoner Will Soon Know
His Fate.

LONDON. Oct. 21.-After he haA 4
undergone q severe cross-examinafion
at the hands of Kings Counsel n n.
Muir. DIR. III. II. Crippen left the W.T.
ness stand today with apparent conf
dence that he had convinced the fury
or his innocence.
Despite the circumstantial evidences
adduced against him by the crown. a.
Is unquestionably true that CrippenS
made favorable impression. Spocs
tators who have attended every go
sion Of the court declare their boltof
that II will be impossible to convict
the American doctor-dentist on the
charge of numbering his wife.
Crippen concluded his statement TO-
the jury yesterday and resumed the
stand at today's session for crossex-
animation by me kings counsel H6'
was perfectly cool and self-possesse1.
when he walked TO the stand and d1o~:
played no emotion as Muir grilled him
regarding his story OF his wife's disop
pearance.
Crippen adhered to every point 1n'
the sensational story he told yestet~
day and showed ready wit In fOiIin1
Muir's attempts TO trap him.
| Muir tried to force from Crippen An
admission that no one but himself
could have buried the remains Of =
human being in the cellar of his Hill
drop Crescent home. II had not been
denied that pieces of human heeh
were found, and the crown has en-.
deavored to show that these were from
the body Of Mrs. Crippen, and that
no one but Crippen could have placed
them where they were found by IN
spector Dew.
Crippen's apparent frankness made
a hit with the spectators and appart
emily with the Jurors.
my wife and | were often away
from home on visits to other parts a
England and the continent" he SAID
land 1t would have been possible TOR
some one else to have placed the neeR
where Il was found. must admit
though" he said, that this seems
very improbable. have not tho
slightest idea how came the flesh
there, and I have no theory that m19u<
account for Its presence. The Wmx
! IL as great a mystery to me as y y
Al to the police
: The defense, as soon as DR.. Crippe1
left the stand, began examining var1'
: GUS medical experts, each or WHOM
: swore. without qualification. that the
mark found on the piece OF flesh u
, the Crippen home, was not scar. It
was by this testimony that the de.
tense hoped 10 break down the
crowns sole hope of Identifying the
, body as that of Mrs. Crippen.
II had been testified that Mrs. Grip
pen, as a result OF surgical opere'
ton. bore scar on her body. Ply
, sicians for the crown have sworn that,
, on a piece OF the flesh disinterred u
: the cellar of Crippen's home. SINH
!, lar scar was found.
The defense's physicians swore that
under no condition could gland form
scar, yet such a growth had formed
on the alleged scar.
The defense closed its case as soon
as the physicians had been exam
ined. Barrister A. A. Tobin immedi'
ateiy began summing up for the prs
oner.
Kings Counsel Muir will sum up to-
morrow and Lord Aiverstone, the lord
chief Justice, will charge the jury I'm
mediateiy after lunch.
A verdict may be reached tomorrow
night