Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-09
FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OF DR. GRIFFIN.

Never had the cables hummed over
 the Atlantic with such raptdity, sel-
 dom had such 8, chase over the seas
 been recorded, as when in July 1910,
 Dr. Crtppen, together with his French
 stenographer Miss Ethel Le Neve, who
 was dressed in boys clothing and who
 had fled from England, away from the
 and which was the mute witness of
 the atrocious crime, were discovered in
 mid-Atlantic on 1he Montrose, bound for Montreal.
 It was on the 22d of February that Belle Elmore, the actress wife of a former Philadelphia dentist, vanished from sight following 8. quarrel with
 her husband, and it was not until
 July, 1910 that the SleuthS from Scot
 land Yard dreamed that murder had
 been committed, for Crippen had all lowed the rumor to circulate that Belle
 had gone to America. On July g the
 doctor was questioned. and the follow of the crime by fleeing from London, accompanied by Miss Le Neve. For the following five months this great
 drama of two continents occupied the
 stage of the world.
 On July 21 the captain of the Mon trose sent the graphic message by
 wireless that started Scotland Yard Ouzzing like a hive of bees, to the ef- feet that Dr. Crippen and Miss Le Neve, the latter disguised as d boy, were on board Then followed the sen sationaI chase, Inspector Dew boarded the Laurentic, bound for the same port as the fugitive pair, and in the race against time landed before the law breakers.
 They were quickly arrested brought taken to London. At both places Grip
 pen was mobbed by the crowd, who had been shocked by the atrocity of the alleged murder.
 On Sept. fl, the first stage of the trial was held. Prof. Augustus J. Pep. per testified that the remains he had examined were undoubtedly those of a
 human body, also that they were dis membered by a hand skilled in surgery and anatomy. The remains, he said, had been buried in quicklime from four to eight months, and therefore no trace of the sex could be found. After much heated argument between the profess sor and two doctors for the defence.
 the case was adjourned until the fol- lowing Friday.
 On that day, the 17ths pr. William Henry Wilcox, scientific analyist to
 the Home Ofhce. sad that the grew some remains, found in the floor of the
 cellar in Dr. Crippen's Hilldrop Cres-
 cent house contained from two sevenths to half @ grain Of some dead ly poison. Solicitor Arthur Newton, for the defense, cross examined, but SAtN4bSo u IAIO" I6SIt llE 1L upon the mystery. Inspector Dew was put on the stand, but he also could throw no more light on the tragedy.
 The Crown then tried to show that the remains were those of the Amer ican actress, but although the scien-
 lists were ready to swear that the re- mains were human, none were able to swear positively regarding the sex of the victim.
 Miss Le Neve was charged with
 being an accessory after the fact. AL though Crippen was cool, Miss Le Neve
 was so nervous that her answers were almost inaudible and her lips quivered nearly all the time. It was proved that the night after the murder Miss Le Neve had slept at the house in Hill drop Crescent. Also, although she de- nied any knowledge Of the murder Sh e had gone with Crippen at a minutes notice and at his suggestion cut off her hair, to disguise herself as a boy. The verdict returned was Guilty" for Crippen.
 Putting on his black cap, the judge then solemnIy declared Crippen guilty under circumstantial evidence and to
 be hanged by the neck until dead Mss I4e We've, who was sentenced later was
 pronounced not guilty. In conse, ,luel4, e of the British law a guilty person can not be hanged until 30 days after the sentence. Crippen's hanging was fixed for Nov. 15, but owing to ran1ors that gained circulation pertaining to the fact that some evidence had been found about Belle Fillmore being in Canada, he was not executed until Nov. g. At 8 o'clock in the morning he was taken into the yard at Penton- vile prison. He was accompanied only by his spiritual companion, Fr. Carey Very few were present, only the court officials and those necessary. Miss Le Neve, who had been acquitted. sailed the same day from Southampton for New York on the Majestic.