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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY AUGUST 18 IQ10
CELLAR MURDER 'INQUAST.
MANGLED REMAINI.
The news of Bella's death reached "witsers' in America, where he and his wife wero Da a professional visit, and wildest went cvar the now familiar story of Mrs. Gianell's in- quiries of the Los Angeles polico, which We take the following from the London si revealed that Crippen's account of his wife having diod and been cremated in the city Morning Loader of 19th ul; :-
was incorrect,
BODY MUTILATED PAST RECOGNITION,
The whereabcu's of Dr. Cippen and "hls' companico, Eihel Clara Le Neve, remaiä a profound mystery.
Coming to the interview which Mr. Nath acd his wife on their retain had with Chippen
loformation contit des to pourin upon Scot at his office on 18 June, the witness said: "We land-jard in a coluge, but the bulk of it is called to offer our condolences. He seemed valueless, and the reat vague and doubtful, very much cut up ; in fact, he sobbed. He was In the faster category is the statement of svaly nervous and kept twitching at a piece of -railway-official.at Dieppe, who has declared paper in bis:band,———
that a person answering the description of Cippin, and accompanied by a lady arrived thee from England on Tuesday, and left la the Paris train the fame day.
It is, of course, a fict that Crippen and Le Neve spent their honeymoon at D'epp'; but except for its general probability that
The rest of the Monday was occupied in A-1c-examination of the house. They found | rothing to indicate any.hing being wrong, but in the wardrobe of the bedroom occupied by the couple there was a fully-loaded five cham bered revolver, and a box of cartridges was later found démentaire.
The examination was repeated on Tuesday and again on Wednesday,
"On the Wednesday, when we bad examined the floor of the pastage lending to the cellir, I said, "We will make a móra misule examina tion of this cellar We moved the coal dust from the floor, and as we were probing about we discovmed-one-or-two-bricks were tenter than others. So we had the il sor up.
GHASTLY. DISCOVERY,
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Witness last saw her alive on 31 Jan., when witness and her husband spent the evening af Hilldrop cricat în Crippen's Invitation, They arrived at 40, dinad and played cards, and left at x.jo a.m. She saw no sign of Bella going on a journey.
Intimations.
YOU WELL NOT W be deceived. That there are cheats and frauds in plenty, everybody knows j. but it is seldom Eefore the next Witness was called, Dr. or never that any large business house is guilty Marshall asked for leave to add to his avidence of them, no matter what line of trade it follows. that the state of the remalas indicated that | There can be no permanent success of any they had boan for several months where they | kind based on dishonesty or deception. There never was, and never will be. The men who were found.
try that are simply fools and soon come to | grief-ns they deserve. Now many persons" ane, nevertheless, afraid to buy certain advertised articles lest they be humbugged. and deluded ; especially ars they slow to place confidence in published statements of the merits of medicines. The remedy knowWA SI
MORNING OF THE. FLIGHT. Extremely interesting details of Crippen's conduct on the morning of the fight were "given by William Long, a dental mechanic, whom Crippen engaged some years ago whes be was connected with Musyon's Rensedler. ‚' On the faturday mozalog Crippen asked him to buy a boy's sui', with shin, collar, tie, round bowler hat, and pair of black shoes. Crippen gave him a list of these articles, and witness bought them for him. He took them back to the cffice, leaving them upstairs in the work oem. He found the suit on Monday in the forceps cupboard.
When I questioned him, he said his wife added la some little town dear fao Fran- cisco-be couldn't remember the name.
Several bricks were got up with a spado "Petor, wild, 'da you meas to say you and other implements, and after for shovels don't remember where your wife died? * '
ful of earth had been removed I dug up "I knew Ban Francisco very well," said wil something that appeared to be buman fish. res, "and I tried to refresh his memory. Fa We were obliged to cenas for a time, France would be the hiding place selected by mentioned neveri i piacau, and at lest be said it further wa came acrosy that portion ?—the in Crippan's crom, and coming down again into | ra'd it was a pla e with a Spinish name, owing to the tertibla atench; but on digging spector indicated it to the coroars on a card which contained some drawings or photo-. graphy,
the couple, there is nothing in this 'r pɔt (bai
reports received from Jucumerable
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her ashes, haven't you Teier ?!
the eff;ct that peɔple "answering their defcrip. tion' havo baan spesi
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The questions put to witness on this point did not make it quite clear whether the suit found in the forceps cupboard on Monday was the boy's quit witness had bought at to Crippen. In reply to the coroner, he said wanted the boy's suit., he did not know for what purpose Crippen
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gives it higher valus than the countless others Allemayo Then I said: "You have got * Of course, he said. “I've got them in
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But he couldn't remember whare the cre- called for. Further assistance having been ob four cemeteries round San Francisco, hole to be dug right round, and we found large surely you must have got a cert ficate with the ash, Fetes ? said; and he replied: 'I think I have got it as where to began to at very nervous, and i falt sure, smething was wigeg. To think," exclaimed witness, "hit a man couldn't tell where bis wife had died 1'
mation took place. He said there were about†tained from the local police-station, caused Crippen's request, or another suit belongion Malt and Wild Cherry; and how valuable such
INQUEST RLV. LATIO 3. The supreme event yesterday was the opet ing of the Irques in the small coroner's court in fellowayed. Dr Danford Thomas preside of Prof. Tepper, the Home Office puthologist, wess n t yet completed, and the bearing of
ing.' It was announced that the investigations
|the famous expert's conclusions an to the cause and mynner of death is therefore deferred uct.i la masih hence, the adjournment being fixed
for 15 Aug.
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Then witness told how he interviewed bis friend, Mr. Froest, at Scotland Yard, fiodiog
quantities of human fissb.
"There was no head';ber we found, among ether things, Hind's hair curler, in which was a piece of hair of what appeared to be two colours; a smaller piece of hair's parties of a man's handkerchief tied in two corsers in a sort of feel kool; tad two small pieces a cloth,
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NOT A PARTICLE OF BONE,
Witness received a letter from Crippen at his own house on Saturday evening. It contained thesa passages: "Will you do me the very great fivor of winding up as best you can my household affairs? There is 12 12. due to the landlord for the last quarter's rent..
-perhaps nothing so good. Dr. W. H. Dalfo, of Canada, says: "I have used it in my practice and take pleasure in recommending it as a
1ut the story unfolded by Chiel Inspector (zu be said) thai "nobody elsa had the CT simply one masa of human flash. The largest to go back to France." The letter cloied remedy that can afford to appeal to its record
There was not a particle of bone. "It was I cannot arranga aboat the girl. She will have valuable sonic and reconstructive." It' is a
Dew-f the slow growth of suspicion against Clippen in the no ious mind's of por Belle Bimire's music-ball fro.ds, the perv.us wrg glings of the quack doctor when he found the net closing round tím, tkt 8 ght from Oxford-st., and fiially the appalling di covery under the bricks of the abominable cellar--:11 this made a narrat ve of barror seldom rivalled in crime aprais...
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and puck to take the thing up, This remark was received with murmurs from the group of music ball friends of the deceased who filled a corner of the court.
piece was no bigger than a small bandbag. It was as if someone had carved the fish off the booe and laid it in there. There was no sign
of feet or hands.
IFS'ECTOR DEWI INVESTIGATIONS,
"There was a quantity of quick"ms 110- Chief torpector Dw now took up the story,, After the interview at Scotland Yard with cled with the clay'; and the deduction i Mr. Nash Le made exhaustive inquirirs, and destroy the whole of the identity. The m'e from this was that the idea was to being dissatisfied with the result of them, he quicklime, mixed with water, was put lo uzder While nothing absolutely naw was brought callal at Cri,pen's house with Sergeant Mitti e impressios that before long nothing would out by the evidence, several important bearings cheil early on the mining of July. 7teys left. The bones, which would take longer, of the care received fresh paint and emphisis, saw fat the French maid, and then Miss Le could be easily destroyed in a thousand ways. Of these, nothing was more general'y remarked Neve, who described herself Crippen's They could be burned or dropped in the river. upen tha's spec'or Dew's admission that housekeeper. "I observed she was wearing a baving left Crippen on the Friday evening-br.och that had been described tima." ofer receiving the man's confusion that he hid told a pack if lies about his wife's disappear at ce--the detectives did not attempt to get into touch with him again until the Monday: The fugitive was thus all, wed nearly two days' clear slať
Miss Le Neva told the effics she did not know when Crippen wro'd be ir; but afte some demur she atted to accompany them hire fica in Albion House.
Clipper, on being asked to give an explans tion of the unsatisfactory stories he had sei about regarding his wife's death, replied that he was q site willing to do so,
"I suppose I had better tell the troth," dy
The lospector bro describe I certaïa import- ant fragments alsó d scovered by the" diggers. I There was a piece of a lady's woollen ueder. vet; ro inches of string, partly greenish Elus: in col ur and pully a whitey long brows, an- aber piece of srieg 11 inches long and a piece of light brown paper s'ained with blood.
The witness said he would prefer not to de- scribe the horrible details of the flesh-Prof. Pepper would deal with that. But with regard | to be clothing, thers. way, bisides the piece of
combinations; a portion of a mau's shirt, or fad,'s woollen undervest, portion of woullen
Another extrazrdinary statement came from the witness Long, who almitted that he did no think it wor.h, while relling the detec fivas about the cuit of boy's clothes th Crip-remarked. pon had teat for j tat before his flight en "atur- Hehen made a lyg statement which the day, until the following Widneiday. One | witcers did not prop so to put in a W. would have imagined that such a significant The gist of it was that his stories abcum jacket, with the name "Jones Brow,
Act as the psich:se of the clothes would have been the first thing to leap to the memory whin pol ca icq fries were set on foot. The unlucky omission was undoubtedly a very fortunate thing for Crippen..
DIABOLICAL DISSECTION.
The m dicat evidenca showed that the re- moval of the bones from the body had beco accomplished by the murderer with such ciabolical thoroughness that evidence even as of sex, lo say nothing of id.atity, way com-
The awful work must hav pl tely absesi. taken many Lou sand in the result, it was only presible to declate with certainly that the so mains were those of a human being who had been most faully murdered...
Very few of the public who crowded about the lile court were able to set in, so full was the attendance of Press, wi neuses, and people personally interested in the case. The latter included a picturesque group of music ball celebrities-Paul Mantinett, Mrs Fucene Stratton, Lil Hawthorne, John Nab, ind o bers-to whose loyal friendship to the mur dered wema it is due that th's appalling crims was ever discovered.
THE EVIDENCE. THE POLICE INVESTIGATIONS AT HILLDRON CRESCENT.
The coroner, lo sprding the case, said: The human remulos ara impposed to by those of a young woman' cálie i Gora Crippen,
his wife's daith were a'i l'es. To the best of his kacwledge she was cot dead. He said that on Feb, after a little party at his house, which included Mr. Paul Martinetii, they had quarrelied. She abused him, sald she bad had enough of him, and was deler mined to love him and never sen him gain. She said she knew someone who wanted her to
go away-wib him, o man who cou'd keep her, and be labe wanted to her,
AJ ILL-TAY INTELVIEW,
witness stated that in the bedroom ifterwards" Holloway" on a lab. la that connection the they found one complete suit of primus some what similar, and another suit with the jacket part missing.
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"Of course, the plece cijicket found with the remains may be part of the missing jicket," observed iku witness.
The Coloser: Kava jou any idea of the cause of death?-1 think we had better leave that question for the doctor." The steløg and the handkerchief may hava been used for
"Thanking you in anticipation of fald lieg my wishes, I am, with best wishes for your future sacco.s and happlaass, yours faithfully, II. H.
Crippen."
LAST SEEN IN LONDON," A piquant dialogue between lospector Dew and this witness cloted the proceedings.
As far as I can ascertain,” said Mr. Daw, Crippau was 1st seen in London at one o'clock on Saturday. You saw me on Monday morning, when you gave me this letter. You never said a word about the boy's clothes?"
"No" replied the witness,'
* You saw mu ajalo on Tuesday, and never told me about the clothes ?"
"No."
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the intpactor, "not until I pressed you closely, "It was not until Wadeesday, in fict," said
and told you I had reason to believe a rations crime bad bico commitied, that you then con- STATE OF NORTH· BORNEO, descended to tell me about the suit of clothes * "No," replied Long: and the inspector sai down.
The coronar who told the jury that an infer-
that he had never in his long experience met sal murder appeared to bavet, kes place, and with sech a terrible case fixed the adjourned inquiry for a month bence – 15 Aug,, aḥtwo p.m. (Grippen het sloçe been arrestat on board the Monroe on approaching Cazada.-Ed.
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Crippen per Crece that as his wifs had re-strar gulation purpites, or to drag the badyNARY, HALF-YEARLY MEETING of Secretary, Sandakan, or of Measts. Guthrie &
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The in pector was with Crippen nearly all that day.. Being still dissatisfied, his suggested he would live to make every effort to fad the wfe, and that they shou'd go over the house. together to see if any papera were to ba dis. covered,
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"Of course," said Mr. Dew, "my object was to get into the house. He said I was qui'e welcome, and he would be very glad if
would,"
So they went Mr. Dew first walked round the gardes, but saw nothing suggestive, there Then they searched the house. Everything
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remains were of a male or af male, he repiled Asked if he was prepared to say whether the that he could not swear on any anatomical Bounds.. Buth'organs as would bavo provided TN accordance with the provisions of No.121 had no doubt in his own mir d it was a female. Agents have this day declared an INTERIM l'evidenco of sex had been removed although he of the Aricles of Association, the General
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cot know whether we shall be able to deplify ported the matter, and continced iba la ŋrizer, / maidered? -No; and I should suppare the both days inclusiva.
Os Monday I cailed again af Albion Housework of dissection was carried out in the It is necessary to explain bete that the cellar. Fe took his time about it-it was i detectives interview with Crippen End, the delibata'a and long process. (search of the House'ico's place on Friday i so that Saturday (the sii-important day of Crip- pen's flight) and Sunday had intervened when the inspecter made his next call,
The st wilces was Mr. J. E. Nash, be band of Lil Hawthorne, the music halt att "Belle" was a great friend of Mr. and Mrs. Nash. - They last saw ber alive on, the evening of 19 Jan., when she and Dr. Crippen dised as "witness'n beuing. They noticed nothing about
their quosis that suggested anything being
WIODS.
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ACTOR FRIEND.
Mr. Paul Martinelli, retired actor, followed. He said he know the Crippens very well. Mrs. Crippen seemed on good terms with her hus- band, and evjayed good health. Dr. Crippen (informed him of Belle's departure for America
"On Monday I called again at #lbion (na important legal business, saying she 'might
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House, and discovered that Crippen and Mis be away six months. Crippen said he intended Tom The Bon, The Captsia Superinten THE Undersigned have received instructions La Neve had disappeared on Saturday. A man selling op his furniture, as he never liked the Tteo came the pews, on's Feb, that Bells named Long had received's letter from Crippen house, and witness told him ; "111 were you 1] dept of Police, to sell by bad resigned the position of treasurer to ile | at bis (Lzog's) p irate address the same night. | should take the fist steamer and go oyer, to Music Hall Ladies' Guild. It took them so The letter suggested that someone should wied | America." Crippen did not reply. He told. much by surprise that they wired to her on the || up his affairs, äs ko bad to go away. It men. witness his wife had doubl, pnét maria. 5th saying they would call that night at Hill;,, tioned the amount dus to the fandlord and drop-crescent and talk about it. They duly ellers. called, but could not galu,adı.litance... ~Next day (6 Feb) they heard that Felle had
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the zzed / ugust, 1917, at 11.4.3, at Ti & Central Sometime afer, witness saw Crippen with
Police Bailon's Compound," the lady typlat at the Music Hall, Ecnavolent SUNDRY CONDEMNED & 4 OBSOLETE After this discovery, the witor as with Sergeant dinder, It was in the ballroom, and Crippen Mitchell again vislied Hildrop circent. There looked very Jilly. Later on, he invited the be found the French 'ma'd,...i he bad only been | Martinetils to a dinner and theatre party, but It was a big surprise to all her friends, employed a monik, and could say nothing ex- as it wat To bo as the guests of Crippen and the Mr. Nash observed į and he went on to repost - cept that Faturday. Crippen, left, taking zo | lady'typist witness refosed,
the story of the Music Hall Bezevolent diener || big or anything with him, Miss Ie" Nere ⠀⠀. Mrs. Martinetti was the nest witness. - party on 17 Feb, which the "Morning Leads," | left a goister of un haar later, with a smili 1. She said she was inʻroduced to Bells 18 currated yesterday- how Crippen suffrised the | ralicule big, The ʻiame afternoon the mald - months ago at Mr. "Pony" Moore's house, and company by bringing histyplet, Miss Le Neve, received a letter from them, telling her not to. It was Belle who isduced ker to join the guild. with him, and how Mr. Martinntil recognised be alarmed, as theywere going to theatre. They saw one another firquently, and Belie the bronch worn by the typlat' as ons belong "This giɛi was taken” Charge, of by the polics, told her she had been married to the doctor
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