Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-03
TRIAL OF
DR.. CRIPPEN

Never had the cables hummed over
the Atlantic with such rapidity, seldom
had such a chase over the seas been
recorded, as when in July, 1910, DR..
Crppen, together with his French
stenographer, Miss Ethel LIE Neve, who
was dressed in boys clothing and who
had fled from England, away from the
land which was the mute witness of
the atrocious crime, were discovered in
mid Atlantic on the MontrOse, bound
for Montreal
1t was on the 22d of February that
Belle Elmore, the actress wife of for
mer Philadelphia dentist, vanished
from sight following a quarrel with her
husband, and it was not until July, 1910
that the sleuths from Scotland Yard
dreamed that murder had been COM
mitted for Crippen hadallowed the ru-
NOR to circulate that Belle had gone to
America. on July the doctor was
questioned, and the following day
practically convicted himself of the
crime by fleeing from London, accom-
panied by Miss lie Neve. For the fol-
lowing five months this great drama of
two continents occupied the stage OF
the world.
On July q, the captain of the Mont
rose sent the graphic message by wire
less that started Scotland Yard buzz
| ing like a hive of bees. to the effect
that Dr. Crippen and Miss LIE Neve
the latter disguised as a boy, were or
board Then followed the sensational
| chase. Inspector Dew boarded the
| Laurentic, bound for the same port a!
the fugitive pair, and in the race
against time landed before the law
| breakers
| They were quickly arrested, brough
back to Liverpool and from thence TAX
en- to London. AT both places Cripper
was mobbed by the crowd, who hat
been shocked at the atrocity of the al
legged murder
On September IA, the first stage o
| the trial was held. Prof. Augustus J
Pepper testified that the remains h
had examined were undoubtedly thos
Of a human body. also that they wer
dismembered by a hand skilled in sur
gerry and anatomy. The remains h
said. had been buried in quicklime from
four to eight months,and therefore n
trace of the sex could be found AT
ter much heated argument between tn
professor and two doctors for the de
} Tense, the case was adjourned until tn
following Friday.
On that day, the seventeenth, Dl
William Henry Wilcox, scientific ana
lyst to the Home Office, said that tn
greWsome remains, found in the floo
of the cellar in DR.. Crippen's Hilldro
Crescent house, contained from two
seventies to half a grain of some dead
ly poison. Solicitor Arthur Newton. fo
the defense, cross examined, but ellie
tied nothing to throw fresh light upo
the mystery. Inspector Dew was ipu
on the stand, but he also could thro'
. no more light on the tragedy. TIL
crown then tried to show that the re
mains were those of the American aC
tress, but, although the scientists wer
ready to swear that the remains wei
human, none were able to swear posi-
lively regarding the sex of the victim
Miss lie Neve was charged with be
ing an accessory after the fact. A
though Crippen was cool, Miss LIE New
was so nervous that he answers wei
almost inaudible and her lips quivere
nearly all the time. 1t was prove
that the night after the murder Mis-
lie Neve had slept at the house in Hill
drop Crescent. Also, although she dc
MED any knowledge of the murder ST
: had gone with Crippen at a minute
notice and at his suggestion cut o
: her hair, to disguise herself as a bo
The verdict returned was Guilty" f
Crippen
! Putting on his black cap, the judf
then solemnly declared Crippen guilt
under circumstantial evidence, and
be hanged by the neck until dead. Mi.
!, LIE Neve, who was sentenced later, VIZ
pronounced not guilty. In consequent
of the British law a guilty person car
not be hanged until thirty days aft,
/. the sentence, Crippen's hanging w;
? fixed for November Is, but owing
rumors that gained circulation pertain
!: ing to the fact that some evidence hf
= been found about Belle Gilmore being
I Canada, he was not executed until y,
! vemhex %. At eight o'clock in Il
) morning he was taken into the yard
Tentonville prison. II , was accon.pal
I led only by his spiritual compario
I Father Carey. Very few We're preser
I only the court officials and those ne
I essary. Miss LIE Neve, who had be,
! acquitted, sailed the same day fro
Southampton for New York on the M
! jestic.
81 Tomorrow-TciaI of Sir Francis B
con.