Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-25
cRIPPEN MUST HANG.
Enelish Judge and Jury Make Snort
Shift of American Doctor Murderer.

London, Oct. 22.-Dr. Hawley Har-
| yey Crippen, after a trlal eHteIuiile
| over five days. and thirty minutes ue-
liberation by the jury was TO-DAY
found guilty of the murder OF his wlie
an American woman, known on the
stage as Belle ElmOre. Lord Chlel
Justice Alverstone, who presided az
the trial, sentenced Crippen TO pe
hanged on November 10.
There Is, however, the strongest
prejudice in England against eXecut'
| ing a man on purely circumstahtia
evidence, and an incident at the close
of Crippen's trial has caused the I'M
preston that the jury may have rec
ommended a life sentence. AFTER
Crippen was sentenced to death the
foreman of the jury handed to the
lord chief justice a note, after LOOKING
at which the justice said:
"That shall be forwarded to the
| proper quarter.
"The proper quarter" might near
the home secretary, who has Jurlsdlc'
ton in such matters. The jurors re-
fused to discuss the incident.
a large crowd awaited the depart
ure of Crippen from New Bailey
There were a few "boos" as he drove
away to the Bentonville prison, pu'
no other demonstrations.
The Jury was out just thirty min
utes When it returned and announc-
ed that it had found the defendant
guilty, Lord Chief Justice AlVerstone
asked the physician if he had any
thing to say. Crippen replied IN
low voice:
II still protest my innocence.
The chief justice then pronounced
the sentence of death.
Addressing, the condemned hlai
Lord Alverstone said:
You have been convicted on eVi-
dence which can leave no DOUBT III
the mind of any reasonable man tina,
Won cruelty murdered your Wlfe, anu
then mutilated her body.
Il advise you to entertain no nope
that YOU will escape the consequences
Of your crime implore you to make
YOUR peace with Almighty God.
AS the lord chief justice concluded
n policeman stepped forward ana III
the hush that had fallen over the
court room led Crippen from the dock
The trial of Ethel Glare LeneVe as
an accessory after the fact In the
murder of Mrs. Crippen will begin or
next Tuesday.
IL
characterized him throughout the
trial.
He appeared rather nervous during
The iudge's summing up. which was
strongly against him. AS Lord Alver-
stone mercilessly portrayed his char
acter as developed during the trial
Crippen twirled his thumbs, re-crosS-
ed his legs and occasionally shufileo
his feet However, as soon as the
charge had been concluded, the prls-
oner seemed to pull himself togeth-
Ier. When the verdict was announc-
ed Crippen did not finch.
Richard Muir made the closing
speech for the prosecution. Ee de-
| clared that the crown had proved De-
lyond reasonable doubt that the pod!
found in the cellar of the Crlppen
home was that of the doctors Wlfe
| No one else, he said, had chance tc
murder the woman and bury the body
as il was found 20 have been buried
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone i'm
Imediately began his summing up ol
the case.
The justice described Crippen as ar
| extraordinary man whether guilty OF
innocent. If guilty, he had covered
lup a ghastly crime in ghastly way
and, it was believed, in a most bru-
| tai and callous manner. II ne was
innocent. it was impossible to fathon
| his mind. as he was absolutely lndlt
ferent to the charge of murder. He
had taken no step whatever to prove
| his innocence. Crippen, the justice
declared. undoubtedly was liar ano
| lived an immoral life, but. he added
the jury could not convict the de-
| fendant on that score. 1t must be
quite convinced that the human parts
| found were from the body 0f Belle
Elmore and that her death was caus'
ed by wilful act of the prisoner.
The lord chief justice charged the
jury that they must be convinced OF
the identification beyond reasol able
doubt