Hawley Harvey Crippen

Hawley Harvey Crippen was convicted of the murder of his wife Cora Crippen and sentenced to death. Some of the remains of Cora Crippen were found buried in the cellar of their house at 39 Hilldrop Crescent. Her head and limbs were never found, and no sexual organs were found with the remains. It is commonly speculated that he didn't murder her and that the remains were of someone else, possibly even those of a man. Hawley Crippen was an American doctor and was born in Michigan. He studied to be a doctor at the Cleveland Homoeopathic Hospital and married his first wife who later died in 1890 or 1891 after which he met Cora Turner when she was 17-years old and married her in Jersey City in 1893. He later came to the United Kingdom in 1900 and was followed by Cora Crippen. A brief overview of the key events in the murder case are detailed below: 1 November 1905 Hawley Crippen and Cora Crippen leave Store Street and move into 39 Hilldrop Crescent. 31 January 1910 Cora Crippen last seen by dinner guests. Hawley Crippen states that after the guests left Cora Crippen abused him and told him that she was leaving and that he would never hear from her again and he was to deal with the scandal as he felt fit. 1 February 1910 Hawley Crippen writes to Guild on behalf of Cora Crippen with her resignation after finding that she had gone. That night his girlfriend stays for the night with him. 12 March 1910 Hawley Crippen's girlfriend moved in with Hawley Crippen at 39 Hilldrop Crescent permanently. 17 March 1910 Hawley Crippen goes to France (enroute it is suggested that he dumped Cora Crippen's head and limbs). [approx.] 24 March 1910 Hawley Crippen tells friends that Cora Crippen has died in America. 30 March 1910 Hawley Crippen marries girlfriend. 1 June 1910 Relative enquires into Cora Crippen's location with Hawley Crippen. 30 June 1910 Relative goes to police to report his suspicions regarding Cora Crippen. 8 July 1910 Police visit Hawley Crippen to enquire about Cora Crippen's location. 9 July 1910 Hawley Crippen buys some boys clothes. 10 July 1910 Hawley Crippen and his girlfriend, dressed as a boy, take a boat to Belgium and then on for Canada. [approx.] 11/13 July 1910 Police become aware that Hawley Crippen has left and carry out a further search of 39 Hilldrop Crescent and find human remains beneath the cellar. 16 July 1910 a warrant is made for Hawley Crippen's arrest. 31 July 1910 After the police take a fast boat for Canada, they meet Hawley Crippen on board the ship that he arrived on and arrest him. 28 August 1910 Police and Hawley Crippen arrive back in England. [approx.] 23 October 1910 Hawley Crippen convicted at the Old Bailey of Cora Crippen's murder and sentenced to death. 1941 39 Hilldrop Crescent is destroyed by a German bomb. 1967 Hawley Crippen's girlfriend died. When the policeman had been to see Hawley Crippen on 8 July 1910 to enquire about his wife he said that Hawley Crippen had seemed calm but said that he had told him that he was not satisfied with his answers. However, when he went back to see him on 11 July 1910 he found that he was not at home and not at his place of work at Albion House and so they decided to carry out a full search of 39 Hilldrop Crescent and searched every room and dug up the garden. On 12 July 1910 they examined each room in greater detail and then on 13 July 1910 determined to make a thorough search of the cellar. The policeman said that the cellar had a brick floor and that when he probed about with a poker he found one place where the poker went rather easily in between the crevices. He said that he then got a few bricks up and then got a spade and dug the clay immediately beneath the bricks and that after digging about four spadesful down, about nine inches below, he came across what appeared to be human remains and then called for the Divisional Surgeon. xxx11xxx On 14 July 1910 the Divisional Surgeon instructed that the remains be put into a coffin and removed to the mortuary. When they were examined by a Master in Surgery they were found to include, besides some tufts of hair, a large piece of flesh composed of skin, fat, and muscle from the thigh and lower part of the buttock of a human being, and another small piece. It was noted that the head was missing, and that there were no bones or parts of bones. It was noted that, all the internal organs were present except for the organs of generation. On July 15 the Master in Surgery found a piece of skin with some fat attached to it measuring 11in by 9in that came from the upper part of the abdomen and lower part of the chest. He found another piece of skin 7in by 6in which came from the lower part, the front portion of the abdomen. He also found a mark on the piece of skin which after examining for several hours he concluded was the mark of a scar which he said would have been visible upon the skin. He said that when the piece of skin was in position on the human body it would have been in the middle line in front, maybe a little to the left and that it began just above the pubes and extended for 4in or a little over. He said that the whole scar was complete, and that there was a piece of flesh beyond it. He noted that It was quite an old scar. He said that judging by the way in which the viscera had been extracted, he thought that it must have been done by a person skilled in removing viscera and skilled in dissection although not necessarily skilled in the dissection of human beings, but in evisceration of animals. He said that there was no cut or tear in any part, except where it was necessary for the removal and noted that all the organs were connected together, noting that the diaphragm or the septum between the chest and the abdomen had, of course, been cut round and that such an operation would certainly have required skill. He said that there were none of the organs of generation although observed that some of them might have been removed during life and that the scar he saw was such that might be occasioned by an operation for the removal of the pelvic organs, or the ovaries, or both combined. He said that he was of the opinion that the remains had been buried for four to eight months and that in forming that opinion he had taken into consideration the place where they were buried, the surrounding materials, which included a lime mixture, and the depth, and the fact that they must have been buried very shortly after death. He also said that he thought that the remains were that of an adult, young or middle-aged, and of stout figure. The Master in Surgery said that it was quite impossible for them to have been buried there before September 1905. He also noted that amongst the remains he found fragments of a woman's cotton combinations and a portion from the neck part of a pyjama jacket that had a maker's label on it which said, 'Shirt makers, Jones Brothers (Holloway), Limited, Holloway, N.', which he noted corresponded to other labels found on other garments found in the house. The Master in Surgery also found some hair in a Hinde curler and a tuft of hair in a handkerchief which he said were between 8in and 2in and partly bleached, and stated that they were from a woman. He noted that the hair included the roots. The remains were also examined by a senior scientific analyst from the Home Office who examined portions of the stomach and intestines and kidney and liver for poisons including morphine, strychnine, cocaine, and so on and found that a mydriatic alkaloid was present. He said that there were three types of mydriatic vegetable alkaloids, atropine, hyoscyamine, and hyoscine and determined that the poison that he had found was hyoscine. He said that there was one-thirtieth of a grain of hyoscine in the stomach, one-fortieth of a grain in the kidney and one-twelfth of a grain in the liver, and that the total amount of hyoscine in all the organs submitted to him was two-sevenths of a grain. He went on to say that Hyoscine hydrobromide was a powerful narcotic poison and that if a fatal dose were given it would perhaps produce a little delirium and excitement at first, that the pupils of the eyes would be paralysed, that the mouth and throat would become dry and that the patient would then quickly become drowsy and unconscious and completely paralysed, and that death would result within a few hours. He said that Hyoscine was not a commonly used drug and that when used it was, if given internally, administered practically by hypodermic injection. He said that it was used as a powerful sedative for cases of delirium, mania, meningitis (inflammation of the brain), also for delirium tremens, and very occasionally as a hypnotic for insomnia and that sometimes it was given in combination with morphine for sedative purposes. He said that in all of those cases it was given hypodermically and that the proper dose for hypodermic injection was from a two-hundredth to one-hundredth of a grain. He also said that as far as he knew, hyoscine was not used as a homoeopathic remedy, noting that he had looked through the English and the American homoeopathic pharmacopoeias, and found that the drug was not mentioned. He said that he thought that in the case that he was working with that the hyoscine was taken by the mouth. He said that it had a rather salty and bitter taste but that it could be administered without a person knowing if it was given in something with a pronounced flavour and sweetish taste such as stout, beer, spirits, sweetened tea, or coffee. He said that the cause of death was, in his opinion, poisoning by hyoscine. He noted that he knew of no legitimate use for hydrobromide of hyoscine, except in the doses he had mentioned, for internal administration and said that after this drug was taken he thought the person would have probably lived for an hour or more, and not more than twelve hours. It was later shown that Hawley Crippen had bought a considerable quantity of Hyoscine earlier on in the year on 17 or 18 January. A chemist from Lewis and Burrows chemist's shop at 108 New Oxford Street said that Hawley Crippen had called and ordered five grains of hyoscine hydrobromide on January 17 or 18 saying that he wanted it for homoeopathic purposes. The chemist said that he didn't have that quantity in stock and that he had to order it from a wholesale house. He said that during the four years that he had been with Lewis and Burrows they had never had that quantity of hyoscine hydrobromide in stock. He also said that he had known Hawley Crippen as a customer for three years saying that he had from time to time purchased drugs from them, including cocaine, morphia and mercury and that Hawley Crippen had always signed the poisons register book quite willingly when doing so. The assistant at the Lewis and Burrows said that he handed Hawley Crippen the five grains which was in the form of crystals, in a tube or bottle. The entry in the poisons book read, 'Name of purchaser, Munyons, per H. H. Crippen, address of purchaser, 57-61, Albion House, name and quantity of poison sold, five grains hyoscine hydrobromide, purposes for which required, homeopathic preparations, signature of purchaser, H. H. Crippen.'. The senior scientific analyst from the Home Office also noted that he had been told on 2 August 1910 that Hawley Crippen had bought some hyoscine and that he carried out the tests on 20 August 1910. The senior scientific analyst from the Home Office's tests were also confirmed by a Physician to St. Mary's Hospital who said that the tests carried out were absolutely the right tests, and that he agreed with the senior scientific analyst's results. During the trial the evidence of the remains of the pyjamas was brought up. It was heard that Hawley Crippen had claimed that the remains must have been put in the cellar before they had arrived at 39 Hilldrop Crescent. However, it was determined that the pyjama material was similar to three sets of pyjamas that were sold by Jones Brothers Ltd, Holloway on 5 January 1909 for 17s. 9d. and which were delivered to 39 Hilldrop Crescent and that two sets and a pair of pyjama bottoms were found in the house. It was also heard that the pyjama jacket found with the remains in which they were wrapped had the label of the clothes shop in them and that they could not have been bought before 1906 as the company, Jones Brothers Ltd, was not formed until that year. It was also heard that that material used for the pyjamas had only been used since 1908. xxx6xxx In court Hawley Crippen said that he had not been through a practical course of surgery but had taken a theoretical course and that he had never performed a post-mortem examination in his life, noting that his speciality had been eyes and noses. He said that when he and Cora Crippen came to England they first lived in South Crescent, just off Tottenham Court Road and that later whilst they were in Guilford Street he went off to America from November to May and that when he came back he began to find that there was a change in Cora Crippen's manner and that after they moved to Store Street in 1902 or 1903, he found that she was always finding fault with him, and that every night she took the opportunity of quarrelling with him such that they often went to bed in rather a temper with each other. He said that her behaviour continued, and said that she apparently did not wish to be familiar with him and that he later found out that she had met another man that had taken her out whilst he had been away and that she had become very fond of him and didn't care for him any more. He said that the man that she had been seeing was a music-hall artist and had some kind of automatic orchestra. He said that the situation continued and that when they moved to 39 Hilldrop Crescent they had had separate rooms. He said that he had first become connected with Munyon's Remedies at Albion House about 15 or 16 years earlier and later became a general manager and acted as advisory physician and had charge of the chemical laboratory up until he went to America after which, when he returned he had another role. He said that he wasn't in the habit of buying drugs for them in England but that he did for himself and other firms and amongst the drugs he had purchased he had purchased a considerable amount of poisons including aconite, belladonna, rhustox, gelsemium, and others, saying that he had bought some from Keen and Ashwell and some from Lewis and Burrows, although he never purchased any drugs from other chemists. He said that he had been familiar with the drug hyoscine for years saying that he first heard of it when he came to England in 1885. He said that he learned the use of it at the Royal Bethlem Hospital for the Insane noting that it was a drug that was greatly used in America, especially in the insane asylums, as well as in ophthalmic clinics. He also said that he had used it himself as a nerve remedy in homoeopathic preparations, in reduced extremely minute doses. He said that he remembered purchasing some hyoscine on 19 January 1910 in the form of crystals for the treatment of nervous diseases and that he dissolved the five grains he bought in alcohol and then dissolved it in an ounce of water, making 480 drops. He said that one drop would be 5/480th of a grain. He said that of that preparation he used, in conjunction with another mixture, consisting of gelsemium, assofetida, and some other homeopathic preparations, four drops would equal 20/480ths of a grain. He said that with a drachm of the another mixture, he used it for medicating about three hundred small discs, to make one bottle of the preparation sent out to a patient of about 150 doses, two tablets to the dose. He said it would be equal to 1/3,600th of a grain to a dose and that the bottles would be sent out in a small paste-board case and on the bottle would be a label giving two tablets as the dose, eight doses a day. He said that the doses would be in the form of small sugar homoeopathic discs, made of cane sugar, to absorb the alcoholic preparations and that the actual amount of hyoscine in two discs would be approximately 1/3,600th of a grain, which was extremely minute. He said that of the hyoscine he purchased on 19 January 1910 he had dispensed about two-thirds although noted that it was extremely difficult to recall the names of patients to whom the preparations had been sent because in addition to Munyon's Remedies, he was attending to another business in which he handled a large number of letters daily, although he said that he could name one patient who had required it. Hawley Crippen went on to describe the last night that Cora Crippen had been at 39 Hilldrop Crescent at the dinner party on 31 January 1910. He said that before the night Cora Crippen had often threatened to leave him, especially when she was in a temper and that it was a very frequent threat of hers. He said that the tempers that she got into were over very trivial matters and that she was always finding fault about trivial things. He said that on 31 January 1910, two guests came to dinner with them between six and seven, at the request of Cora Crippen. He said that while they were there Cora Crippen had picked a quarrel with him upon a most trivial incident. He said that during the evening the male guest wanted to go upstairs and as he had been to their house many times and knew the place perfectly well, he let him go up by himself. However, he said that when the guest came down he seemed to have caught a chill that the guest and his wife then left, after which he said that Cora Crippen got into a great rage about it. He said that he didn't recollect all she did although he said that she said a great many things and abused him and said some very strong things. He said that she said that if he could not be a gentleman then she had had enough of it and could not stand it any longer and that she was going to leave. He said that that was similar to her former threats, although on that occasion she said something that she had not said before and that that was that after she had gone it would be necessary for him to cover up any scandal there might be by her leaving him and that she told him that he might do it in the very best way he could. Hawley Crippen said that he came back the next day at his usual time, which was about half-past seven or eight o'clock, and found that the house was vacant. He said that he did not see Cora Crippen that morning as they had retired very late the night before and, as was the usual thing, he was up and out of the house before she was up. He said that he went to business as usual that day and that at some time during the day he called on the wife of the guest that had felt a chill and asked her how her husband was and said that she answered, 'No better'. Hawley Crippen admitted that he had told friends that Cora Crippen had left him and that she had afterwards became ill, and that subsequently her death had taken place. He said that he made those statements because Cora Crippen had particularly told him that he must do the best he could to cover up the scandal and that he had wanted to hide anything regarding her departure from him in the best way he could, both for his own sake and hers. He said that he recollected the visit of the Inspector and the statement he made to him about his wife not being dead and that she had just left him and gone to America and said that the statement was quite true. He said that the Inspector was very imperative in impressing on him that he must produce his wife or he should be in serious trouble and that he had also said that if he did not produce her quickly the statement that he had made would be in the newspapers. As such, he said that the next morning he made up his mind to go to Quebec. It was noted that when the boat that he had taken to Canada, the Montrose, had arrived, Hawley Crippen was found to have two notes on him indicating that he had considered jumping overboard and committing suicide. In court he said that in fact he had made a deal with the quartermaster whilst the ship was two days away from Quebec and that the quartermaster would smuggle him and his girlfriend off of the ship and make a splash to make it look like they had jumped over and that he would leave the notes behind. He said that the quartermaster had come to him when he was sat in the wheelhouse and told him that the Captain knew who he was and had told him that the police intended to arrest him when the boat arrived but said that he could help him escape. The first note had read, 'I cannot stand the horrors I go through every night any longer. As I see nothing bright ahead, and money has come to an end, I have made up my mind to jump overboard to-night. I know I have spoilt your life, but I hope some day you can learn to forgive me. With last words of love, yours, H.', and the second note had read, 'Shall we wait until to-night, 10 or 11 o'clock, if not what time.'. He said that the quartermaster took them downstairs at the agreed time but that somebody came along and prevented them from going on. However, he said that he kept the notes as the quartermaster had told him that they would try again the following day. However, he said that he had expected the Inspector to come on board at Quebec at one o'clock at night and had been surprised when he had come on board earlier at Father Point. xxx12xxx It was also heard in court that when the Inspector arrested Hawley Crippen, Hawley Crippen had said, 'I am not sorry, the anxiety has been too much.'. However, Hawley Crippen said that he was referring to the fact that he expected to be arrested, because the lies he had told would cast such suspicion on him, and that they might hold him for perhaps a year, in prison, until they found Cora Crippen. It was also heard that when Hawley Crippen had been arrested he had said, 'It is only fair to say that she (his girlfriend) knew nothing about it. I never told her anything.', but in court Hawley Crippen said that what he meant by that was that he had never told her about talking to his wife before she went away about the scandal. He said that he had only told her that Cora Crippen had gone, and that afterwards he had told her that she was dead. He said that those were the only two things he told her, and that she knew nothing about the letters or the lies he had disseminated. He went on to say 'My wife had a scar on the lower part of the abdomen, from the pubic bone upwards, towards the navel, in the middle line. It was from an operation for ovariotomy, that was done about twelve years ago, I believe, shortly before we came to England for the first time. The scar was about 4 1/2 inches long. It was a small scar, because only the ovaries were removed. It came very close to the navel. My wife used to bleach her hair. I sometimes helped her to bleach it. She was very particular over it. She applied the bleaching fluid about every four or five days. She was very anxious that nobody should ever know she had any dark hair at all. She was very particular about her hair. I noticed that only the very tiniest portions of her hair near the roots were dark, after they began to grow. I did not at any time administer hyoscine to my wife. I have no idea whose remains were found at my house in Hilldrop Crescent. I knew nothing about them until I came back to England.' He then said 'On the early morning of February 1 I was left alone in my house with my wife, then alive and well. I know of no person in the world who has seen her alive since, no person who has ever had a letter from her since, no person who can prove any fact to show that she ever left that house alive. The last I saw of her would be between two and three in the morning, when we retired. I breakfasted at home that morning. I prepared breakfast myself. I nearly always did. My wife seldom came down to breakfast. We were usually very late retiring, and I was off probably at 8.30 in the morning. Occasionally I would take her up a cup of coffee in the morning, not often. In the evening of February 1 I returned home at my usual hour, about half past seven. It might have been 7.25 or 7.35. If I said in my statement to the Inspector, 'I came to business the next morning, and when I went home between five and six p.m. I found she had gone', that was probably right. I cannot trace it back. As she had always been talking to me about her man, I thought she had gone to him in America. That was the only guess I could make. I have made no inquiries as to what steamers were going to America about that time, or whether any woman answering to the description of my wife had about then taken passage to America. I cannot say what clothing my wife took with her. She had a lot of trunks and boxes in the house. I believe one was missing; I do not know whether she took any box with her. I have not inquired at the cabstand near the house to ascertain whether a cabman had called to take away a box from my house. I have not inquired of the neighbours as to whether my wife was seen to leave the house, nor of tradespeople as to whether they called at the house on that day. So far as I know, no such inquiries have been made since my arrest. I recognise the importance to me of finding anyone who saw my wife alive after the two guests left, but I have made no inquiries. I have not conducted my own defence. There have been no inquiries made, as far as I know. This is a point that did not occur to me, and I did not suggest any inquiries to my solicitors.'. When he spoke of the cellar he said, 'I had been living at 39 Hilldrop Crescent for five and a half years. During all that time the floor of the cellar had not been disturbed to my knowledge. I was not always at home, and there were many times when my wife was out of the house for hours. I have been in the cellar. We had gas fires upstairs and only used coal in the kitchen range at times. Occasionally I brought coal from the cellar. I know that these remains were found in the cellar. I was told so by my solicitor when I was brought back to England. So far as I know they were not put there during my tenancy. I do not say that it is impossible, because there were times when both I and my wife were away. I admit that it is improbable that without my knowledge or my wife's the remains could have been put there during our tenancy, but there is the possibility.'. xxx10xxx When he gave evidence in court about the pyjamas he said, 'The two suits of pyjamas, exhibit 76, are mine. I bought them myself at Jones Brothers in September 1909. I usually had three pairs at a time. The odd trousers, exhibit 48, is part of a suit I had before I bought exhibit 76, probably a long time previously, but after I went to Hilldrop Crescent. It would be shortly after I went there. I usually had at one time a set of three suits. There should be another suit belonging to exhibit 76 to complete the set. Exhibit 48 is the only remains of the set of three I had previously purchased. My wife never bought pyjamas for me. I bought my own. It is not the fact that my wife bought the suit of pyjamas of which exhibit 48 is the trousers at Jones Brothers' winter sale on January 5, 1909.'. However, on being pressed he said 'I won't say she did not buy them. She bought me some. I do not know whether she bought these or not. When I said just now that she never bought any for me, I should not have put it so positively. I will not swear that exhibit 48 is not part of a suit bought by my wife on January 5, 1909, but I think this is not a recent pair of trousers at all. Looking at the fragments of a pyjama jacket in the jars, exhibits 79 and 80, they appear to be a similar pattern to Exhibit 48. At almost every sale, say in September, January, and midsummer, there were pyjamas bought either by me or my wife. I cannot say what lot this comes from.'. He then discussed his reasoning for leaving the country in a hurry saying, 'I first made up my mind to leave London the morning after the Inspector called on me, July 9. After what he said to me I thought, well, if there is all this suspicion and I am likely to have to stay in gaol for months and months and months, perhaps, until this woman is found, I had better be out of it. I really thought that I might be kept in prison for months, on suspicion. The Inspector had told me that the woman had disappeared and must be found. I did not understand the law enough to say on what ground I could be kept in prison. I have read or heard of people being arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the disappearance of other people. I cannot put it in legal phrase. I cannot define the charge, except that if I could not find the woman I might very likely be held until she was found, that was my idea. No other idea than that entered my head. If I could not produce the woman the Inspector had told me that I should be in serious trouble. That was the reason why, after seeing the Inspector, I contemplated fleeing from the country'. He went on to say, 'The only idea I could think of was to take her away out of the country, where she would not have this scandal thrown upon her. I had not made up my mind to go when I said to a woman, 'If anything should happen to me, give the envelopes to my girlfriend.' After the Inspector left me on the 8th I studied the whole matter over and consulted my girlfriend as to what she would like to do, and on the following morning I made up my mind to leave. I thought I was in danger of arrest and I fled the country, in a false name, shaving off my moustache, leaving off wearing glasses in public, taking my girlfriend with me, also in a false name, posing as my son. We went to Brussels and Antwerp, staying at hotels together as Mr and Master Robinson. When the Inspector boarded the Montrose at Father Point I recognised him at once, although he was disguised as a pilot. I had not expected to see him. Up to that time I had not thought about what charge would be made against me. The Inspector said, 'Good morning, Dr. Crippen' and I said, 'Good morning.'. If he then said, You will be arrested for the murder and mutilation of your wife, Cora Crippen, in London on or about February 2', I would not say that I took that in. I did not pay much attention to what he said, because I was in such a confusion; I was so very much surprised and confused that I did not quite have my right senses. The Canadian officer, cautioned me. I realised that I was being arrested for the murder of my wife. I remember hearing that. Up to that time I believed that she was alive. I did not question the Inspector as to how he knew that she was dead. I put no question at all. I made no reply. Just later I did say to him, 'I am not sorry, the anxiety has been too much'. I meant the anxiety of thinking that I might be pursued from London. I still say that I did not understand the nature of the charge which would be brought against me, yet I had felt anxiety. When the handcuffs were put on me, because, as I was told, I had written that I would commit suicide, and I said, 'I won't, I am more than satisfied, because the anxiety has been too awful', I meant the same thing. When I said to the Inspector, 'It is only fair to say that my girlfriend knows nothing about it', that was after the warrant had been read to me, and I knew, by the warrant, that she was charged jointly with me with the murder. I did not mean by 'nothing about it', that she knew nothing of the murder. I meant that she knew nothing about any of the circumstances beyond what I have already said that I had told her. By 'it', I referred to the disappearance and the lies that I had told, which I knew would throw me under suspicion, from what the Inspector had told me. I had never told her about my lies or my letters or the suspicious circumstances which brought about my arrest. As to how I induced her to disguise herself as a boy and cut her hair short, I told her that the Inspector had said that there would be serious trouble if I did not find Mrs Crippen. My girlfriend told me that she had made a statement, the same as I had. I explained to her that that statement involved her in describing that she lived with me, and that my statement gave the same, and that there would be a scandal which would turn her folks against her, and that the Inspector had said that if I did not produce Mrs Crippen there would be trouble for me, and the only way I saw for us would be to escape this by going away to another place where we could be alone and start a new life together. That is all I told her to persuade her to do that.'. The jury retired for less than half an hour and then returned with a guilty verdict. He was executed at Pentonville Jail on 23 November 1910. Later, in 2010, it was reported that DNA analysis was carried out on the scar tissue that was recovered from the cellar at the Michigan State University which concluded that the sample was not from Cora Crippen's family and that it also wasn't female. However, it was also said that the results were disputed, both by people very familiar with the case as well as people familiar with DNA testing that said that there were no birth certificates for Cora Crippen's relatives and that the evidence had not been open to peer review. Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged in London's Pentonville Prison for the murder of his wife. The case of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen is one of the most famous British criminal cases. This was the first major case that Bernard Spilsbury, the famous pathologist, was called in to investigate. The case also involved the major use of radio in tracking down the suspects. Hawley Harvey Crippen was born in Michigan, USA, in 1862. When he was 21 he came to England to improve his medical knowledge. He obtained a diploma, which was endorsed by the Faculty of the Medical College of Philadelphia, and in 1885 Crippen acquired another diploma, as an eye and ear specialist, from the Ophthalmic Hospital in New York. These qualifications were not sufficient for Crippen to practice as a Doctor in the UK. After Crippen's first visit to England he wandered about the USA, practising in a number of larger cities. In Utah, during 1890 or 1891, his wife died, and he sent is 3 year old son to live with her late wife's Mother in California. During one of his stays in New York he married again. His second wife was a girl of 17 years old whom Crippen knew as Cora Turner. Her real name was Kunigunde Mackamotski, her Father being a Russian Pole and her Mother German. There were more wanderings: St. Louis, New York and Philadelphia, with a short visit across the border to Toronto. The Munyon Company, a patent medicine company, now employed Crippen. Mrs. Crippen, who was deluded by her modest singing talent, travelled to New York for opera training. In 1900 Crippen was in England again, and except for one short interval, remained in England. He became the manager at Munyon's offices in London's Shaftesbury Avenue, and later in the year his wife joined him in rooms in South Crescent, off Tottenham Court Road, At one period, it is said, that he practising as a dentist and a women's consultant. In 1902 Munyon's recalled him for six months in Philadelphia. Mrs. Crippen had been seeking music-hall work, with slight success. During one of her music engagements, she met an American music-hall performer called Bruce Miller (who later testified at the trial). When Crippen returned to London the Crippens lived at 34-37 Store Street, Bloomsbury. Crippen, who was small in height, left Munyon's for a variety of jobs. Some of them failed, and presently he eventually returned to Munyon's, who had relocated to Albion House, New Oxford Street. In Albion House, when Munyon's business began to decline, Crippen was also in partnership with another firm: The Yale Tooth Specialists. While working here, Crippen employed as his typist Ethel le Neve. He had first met her when they had been working for one of Crippen's business failures: The Drouet Institute. Although Crippen took over the Munyon's office on a franchise basis, he failed to halt Munyon's decline and Crippen ended his 16 year relationship with the Munyon firm on 31 January 1910. During this period, the Crippens moved into a house in Camden Town: number 39 Hilldrop Crescent. It was a larger house than the couple needed, indicated by the annual rent of £58 10s. As Crippen's salary, when he earned one, was £3 a week, it seemed strange that they should choose such a house, that Mrs. Crippen could afford to buy fox furs and jewellery and they could still put some money away. At the end of January 1910 Crippen was a few pounds overdrawn at the bank, but there was £600 on deposit, more than half of this sum was in his wife's name. As a guide to these monetary sums, whisky was 3s 6d a bottle and furs could cost £34. Mrs. Crippen, under her assumed name of Belle Elmore, continued with her career as a music hall entertainer. Mrs. Crippen attained some success in provincial halls, but she became well known and popular in certain theatrical circles. For two years before her death, she was Honorary Treasurer of the Music Hall Ladies Guild, which hired a room in Albion House. She was described as vivacious and pleasant, fond of dress and display, with a New York accent and dark hair which she dyed auburn. A Roman Catholic, she converted her husband to that faith. In contrast to his wife, Crippen was a small man. He appeared to be mildness itself, an almost insignificant figure, dapper in dress, with a high, bald forehead, a heavy, sandy moustache, and rather prominent eyes behind gold-rimmed spectacles. Witnesses at his forthcoming trial described him as kindly, gentle and well mannered. The crisis, which ended with Crippen's execution, came in December 1909. His wife was tired of him, and she knew that Ethel le Neve had been his mistress. She threatened to leave Crippen, which would have been excellent news for him, but she was also planning to take their joint savings with her. On 15 December 1909, Mrs. Crippen gave notice of withdrawal to their bank. A month later, in January 1910, Crippen ordered five grains of hyoscin hydrobromide at Lewis and Burrow's shop in New Oxford Street. It was such a large order; they had to place a special order with the wholesalers. Crippen collected the order on 19 January 1910. On the evening of 31 January 1910, there were two guests to dinner at 39 Hilldrop Crescent: a retired music-hall performer called Mr. Matinetti and his wife. After dinner, the Martinetti's and Crippen's played several games of whist. At 1.30am the following morning the Martinetti's left. The next day, 1 February 1910, Crippen pawned a diamond ring and some earrings for £80, and that night Ethel le Neve slept at 39 Hilldrop Crescent. On 3 February 1910, two letters signed "Belle Elmore" and dated 2 February 1910, were received by the Secretary of the Music Hall Ladies Guild. Mrs. Crippen had resigned from her position as Honorary Treasurer, as she had been summoned to the USA, as one of her relatives had been taken seriously ill. The letters were not in Mrs. Crippen's handwriting. Mrs. Martinetti called on Crippen later that day, and rebuked him for not telling her directly about her friend's sudden departure. Crippen told her that they had been busy packing. "Packing and crying" replied Mrs. Martinetti, Crippen relied that they had got over that. Crippen then pawned more rings and a broach for £115. On 20 February 1910, Crippen took Ethel le Neve to the ball of the Music Hall Ladies Benevolent Fund. It was noticed that le Neve was clearly wearing a broach, which was known to belong to Mrs. Crippen. On 12 March 1910, Ethel le Neve moved permanently into 39 Hilldrop Crescent. Shortly after this event, Crippen have his landlord's 3 months notice of his intention to vacate the house. Just before Easter 1910, Crippen told Mrs. Martinetti that Mrs. Crippen had been taken seriously ill in the USA, and that she was not expected to live. If she died, Crippen told Mrs. Matinetti that he would take a week's holiday in France. On 24 March 1910, the day before Good Friday 1910, a telegram arrived for Mrs. Martinetti: "Belle died yesterday at 6pm". It had been sent from London's Victoria Rail Station, before Crippen and le Neve set off for Dieppe. During his absence in France, Mrs. Crippen's friends had a great deal of discussions about their friends sudden trip to the USA, and her death. When he returned, Crippen made several attempts to prevent the sending of tokens of remembrance. Crippen stated that she had died in Los Angles, her ashes were returning to England and that gifts sent to the USA would arrive too late. Everything was neatly explained, and the Crippen went around his normal business. Ethel le Neve was seen wearing more of Mrs. Crippen's furs and jewellery, which was regarded as being in poor taste. A friend of the late Mrs. Crippen, a Mr. Nash, made a short visit to the USA where he made some unsuccessful enquires about Mrs. Crippen. When he returned to London, he went and spoke to Crippen. Dissatisfied with his answers, he went to Scotland Yard and told them his story. A week after Mr. Nash's visit to Scotland Yard, Chief Inspector Dew called upon Mr. Crippen at his work place located in Albion House. He admitted that he had been lying about his wife's death. He believed that she was still alive, and she had gone to Chicago so she could be with her friend of her early music-hall days, Bruce Miller. His lies were to shield her and himself from any scandal that would result from her elopement. Dew then obtained a search warrant and visited Hilldrop Crescent, accompanied by Mr. Crippen. He found nothing and was beginning to believe Crippen's explanation regarding his wife disappearance. For some reason, Crippen panicked and left for Antwerp, accompanied by le Neve who was disguised as a boy. When Dew returned to the house, just to check a couple of dates with Crippen, he found the house empty. He then raised the alarm. While Crippen and le Neve's description was being widely circulated, Dew returned to Hilldrop Crescent and thoroughly searched the house. While in the coal cellar, Dew probed the brick floor and found the remains of Mrs. Crippen buried in lime. During their voyage from Antwerp to Canada, Ethel le Neve disguised herself as a boy. The Montrose's Captain became suspicious of the couple's affectionate behaviour, and radioed his concerns back to London. Chief Inspector Drew boarded a faster ship, the SS Laurentic, and arrested the pair on 31 July 1910. This was Spilsbury's first murder case and the one that established the reputation of his name. In his notes he recounts the discovery in the cellar: Human remains found 13 July . Medical organs of chest and abdomen removed in one mass. Four large pieces of skin and muscle, one from lower abdomen with old operation scar 4 inches long - broader at lower end. Impossible to identify sex. Hyoscine found 2.7 grains. Hair in Hinde's curler - roots present. Hair 6 inches long. Man's pyjama jacket label reads Jones Bros., Holloway, and odd pair of pyjama trousers. There was no head, all the limbs were missing and no bones, except for what appeared to be part of a human thigh. One of the pieces of skin that was recovered had a scar, made as a result of an operation. The organs were analysed by Drs. Wilcox and Luff. The skin was analysed by Drs. Pepper assisted by Spilsbury. The remains of Mrs. Crippen were eventually reburied in Finchley Cemetery, a week before the start of her husband trial. It was decided that Crippen and le Neve would be tried separately. On 18 October 1910, Crippen's trial opened before Lord Chief Justice Lord Alverstone, in the No. 1 Court of London's Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey). The trial lasted five days. The prosecution's evidence was the purchase of the poison by Crippen, and that no one had seen Mrs. Crippen since the Martinetti's left the whist game early on the morning of 1 February 1910. Crippen was defended by A.A. Tobin, KC (later a judge). Tobin was assisted by Mr Huntly Jenkins and Mr. Roome. Prosecution witnesses on the 1st day included Mrs. Martinetti, other acquaintances of the Crippens, some of Mr. Crippen's business associates. Bruce Miller and Mrs. Crippen's sister travelled from the USA to provide evidence. At the start of the 2nd day, Chief Inspector Dew gave evidence, including the reading of a long statement provided by Crippen. In the afternoon, Dr. Pepper took the stand. He stated that the mark on the piece of skin (produced in the court) was caused by an abdominal operation. Someone skilled in dissection, he stated, carried out the dismemberment of the body. The remains were those of an adult, young or middle-aged, but there was no certain anatomical indication of body's sex. When the remains had been examined, they had been buried for around 4 to 8 months. The burial had taken place soon after death had occurred. When asked by the prosecution whether the burial could have occurred before 21 September 1905 (when Crippen took up residence), Dr. Pepper relied "Oh, no, absolutely impossible." During cross-examination, Dr. Pepper was asked whether he had cut a piece of the skin sample across the area of the scar and handed it to Dr. Spilsbury. He confirmed that this was the case. At the start of the 3rd day, 20 October 1910, Dr. Spilsbury was called to give evidence. He confirmed the analysis performed on the sample by Dr. Pepper, and that Dr. Pepper had provided him with a sample for microscopical analysis. Spilsbury stated that the provided sample was 1½ inches long, and almost ½ inch wide. It included a portion of the scar. At each end of this fragment he found glands, but there were none in the centre, proving that it was indeed a scar and not a skin fold. Spilsbury also stated that the presence and arrangement of certain muscles provided further proof that the specimen came from the lower abdomen. The defence then asked Spilsbury how long he had been associated with Dr. Pepper, whether, before his own examination, he had heard that Mrs. Crippen had had an abdominal operation. Spilsbury replied that The fact that I have acted with Mr. Pepper has absolutely no influence upon the opinion that I have expressed here. The fact that I had read in the papers that there had been an operation on Belle Elmore had no effect at all upon the opinion I have expressed. I have no doubt that this is a scar." The evidence presented by Wilcox and Luff took up the majority of this day. This concerned their analysis of the organs and other material found: a small portion of liver, one kidney, a pair of combinations, hair in a curler and three fragments of a pyjama jacket. The day finished with the opening of the defence, and the examination of Crippen by Mr. Huntly Jenkins. The 4th day mainly consisted of Crippen's cross-examination by the prosecution. As the questioning continued, Crippen's replies became more vague and evasive. When asked when he purchased the pyjamas, Crippen replied that he had purchased them in either 1905 or 1906. A buyer for the firm Jones Brother of Holloway was able to prove that this pyjama material was not acquired by his firm until the end of 1908, and that three suits of pyjamas, made from this material, were delivered to 39 Hilldrop Crescent in January 1909. As the prosecution stated in their summing up, who alone during the next 12 months could have buried the jacket in that house? And "Who was missing who could be buried in it?" CRIPPEN, Hawley Harvey (48, dentist) was indicted for and charged on coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of Cora Crippen, otherwise Belle Elmore . Mr. Muir, Mr. Travers Humphreys, and Mr. Oddie prosecuted; Mr. Tobin, K.C., Mr. Huntly Jenkins, and Mr. Roome defended. FREDERICK LOWNE . I am the owner of 39, Hilldrop Crescent, Camden Town—In September, 1905, prisoner became tenant of that house at the rent of £52 10s., on a three years, agreement, the tenancy to continue from year to year. The rent was very regularly paid. On March 16 of this year he gave me notice that he would leave at the June quarter, saying that he had had some property left him in America, that he was unable to go, and that his wife had gone out to attend to the business for him. Between June 17 and 20 he called on me, and it was arranged that he should stay on till September 29; at this interview I asked him how his wife was, and he told me she had died, I think he said in New York—somewhere in America. Cross-examined. There was never any undue delay in payment of the rent. At our interview in March prisoner showed no signs of agitation or of being harassed or having anything on his mind. At the June interview he did seem a little bit agitated. DR. JOHN HERBERT BURROUGHS , 169, City Road. I first met prisoner in 1902; he was living with his wife in Store Street; I knew her as Mrs. Crippen, and also by her professional name, Miss Belle Elmore; she had occasional engagements on the music-hall stage. Having lost sight of them for a time, I again met them in 1904. They moved to Hilldrop Crescent in 1905, and I and my wife visited them there. Mrs. Crippen was a stoutish woman, about 30 years of age, vivacious, bright and cheerful, a very pleasant woman generally, and enjoying the best of health; she was fond of dress and jewellery; she and the prisoner always appeared to be on good terms. I last saw her in the beginning of January last at a meeting at Albion House, Oxford Street, of the Music-hall Ladies, Guild, of which I am honorary physician. I produce, a photograph of her taken in September, 1909, and another taken some time before; both are good likenesses. I first heard of her death in March last, from Mrs. Martinetti. I wrote to prisoner on April 4 offering condolences, and asking for details of the death. In reply, I received a letter from prisoner on the 5th on black-edged paper (Exhibit 31), stating "I have been nearly out of my mind with my poor Belle's death so far away from me. She was not with her sister, but out in California on business for me, and, quite like her disposition, kept up when she ought to have been in bed, the consequence being that pleuro-pneumonia set in and proved fatal. Almost to the last she refused to let me know that she was in danger, so that the cable came as an awful shock to me. I am afraid I have sadly neglected my friends. Pray forgive me. Even now I feel I am not fit to talk to my friends." I did not see prisoner after that letter until I saw him at Bow Street. Cross-examined. I had conversation with prisoner at times upon professional matters. He told me that he had not acted as a general medical practitioner, but made a speciality of the ear, the eye, and the nose. He always appeared to be kind and courteous to his wife; I have noticed occasionally that she was somewhat hasty in her manner towards him. CLARA MARTINETTI , wife of Paul Martinetti, a retired music-hall artist I first made the acquaintance of the Crippens about 18 months ago. Mrs. Crippen was hon. treasurer of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild, which had an office In Albion House. Prisoner had his business in separate offices in the same building. Mrs. Crippen was a regular attendant at the weekly meetings of the Guild. My husband and I and prisoner and his wife were on visiting terms. I last saw Mrs. Crippen on Monday, January 31, when my husband and I joined the Crippens at dinner at 39, Hilldrop Crescent, nobody else being present, no servant being kept. After dinner we went upstairs to the parlour on the first floor and had a game of whist. I and my husband left the house at about 1.30 in the morning. We spent a pleasant evening, and there was no quarrel of any sort. Mrs. Crippen came to the top of the steps and wished me good-bye. She was in quite good health. I never saw her again after that night. On the next day, February 1, prisoner called at my flat and inquired after the health of my husband. I told him, and asked him "How's Belle?" Prisoner said, "She is all right, "and I replied, "Give her my love." Prisoner aid he would. The next thing I heard was from Miss May, who told me that she had heard that Mrs. Crippen had gone to America. About a week afterwards prisoner called at my flat. I complained that he had not informed us of his wife's departure, so that I might have seen her off. 'He said there had not been time; that a cable had arrived saying that one of them must go to America, and that as she wanted to go he had let her go. I asked what clothes she had taken; he said, one basket. I said that would not be enough, going all that way; he replied that she could buy more over there. A little later prisoner called again. I said, "Belle has not sent me a postcard; I suppose she will write from New York"; he said, "She does not touch New York; she goes straight on to California." On February 20 I was present at a ball of the Music-hall Benevolent Fund; prisoner was there, with his typist, Ethel Le Neve; she was wearing a brooch similar to one I had seen Mrs. Crippen wearing. Shortly afterwards I saw prisoner again, and asked if he had heard of his wife. He said, "Yes; I cannot make it out; I have had a letter from my friends to say that she is very ill—something the matter with one of her lungs; and at the same time I had a letter from her telling me not to worry, that she is not as bad as they say." I received a letter from him dated March 20 (Exhibit 32): "Dear Clara and Paul,—Please forgive me not running in during the week, but I have already been so upset by very bad news from Belle that I do not feel equal to talking about anything, and now I have jest had a able saying she is so dangerously ill with double pleuropneumonia that I am considering whether I had not better go at once. I do not want to worry you with my troubles, but I felt I must explain why I had not been to see you. I will try to run in during the week and have a chat. Hope both of you are well. Love and best wishes. "On March 23 I saw him at Albion House, when he said he had had a cable to say that Belle was very dangerously ill, and he expected another cable every minute to say that she had gone; he added that if anything did happen he should go to France for a week, as he wanted some change of air. On the morning of March 24 I received a telegram from him from Victoria Station, saying, "Belle died yesterday six o'clock. shall be away a week." On March 30 I called at his office, and, after condoling with him, asked where his wife had died; he said, "In Los Angeles, with my relations. "I asked for the address, so that we might send a wreath; he gave me the address of his son, who he said was with his wife when she died. In a later conversation when he called at our flat I said something about Belle's funeral; he said, "She is not going to be buried, but cremated, and I am going to have the ashes sent over." At another interview, when I asked him in what boat his wife had left for America, he said it was the La Tuve or La Tourraine. I identify the furs produced as similar to those worn by Mrs. Crippen; after her disappearance I saw Le Neve wearing these furs. I think only once. (Mr. Tobin here stated that there would be no dispute that Le Neve wore jewellery and furs which once belonged to Mrs. Crippen.) In the summer of last year Mrs. Crippen stayed with me at my house, "The Bungalow." I noticed a mark in the middle of her abdomen, which looked to me like an old cut; it was a little darker than the rest of the skin and about six inches in length. Cross-examined. I believe I said before the magistrate that it came from the navel downwards. I saw her navel. Prisoner and his wife often came to my flat and we went to their house; we were on very friendly terms. I formed the opinion from the many opportunities I had of seeing him that prisoner was a kind-hearted and good-tempered man. I did not notice anything unusual in prisoner's manner at the party on January 31. My husband, who had been under the doctor's hands, had occasion to go to "the lavatory, and he went by himself. He did not say, "I feel rather unwell", but I know he was. The next day when prisoner called his manner was just the same as usual; I did not think it strange of him to call. I noticed no sign of anxiety, fright, or agitation. He called on several occasions between the party and Easter, and I never noticed any sign of agitation; it did not look as if he wanted to avoid me. Prisoner would know that Le Neve would meet at the Guild ball a good many of Mrs. Crippen's friends. The brooch was worn quite openly on her bodice. Prisoner's manner at the ball was the same as usual. I never saw Mrs. Crippen doing her hair at "The Bungalow." She told me she dyedit, that she used some stuff to bleach it. Her hair when dyed was what I should call to myself golden, but it is really called auburn. Her natural hair was darker. She was very particular indeed about it and proud of it. On one occasion her hair was a bit untidy from taking her hat off, and I saw that it was darker at the roots. She drew it over her head and left it with a puff. To the Court. I knew Le Neve before the ball; I had seen her in the office. I might have heard her name, but I always called her "the typist." Mrs. Crippen had a dressing gown on or something of the sort when I saw the scar. I had never seen it before. I said to her, "Does that sometimes hurt you?" and she put her hands to it and said "No." LOUISE SMYTHSON . I have known prisoner and his wife 15 months. I am a member of the Committee of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild. I attended a meeting on January 26 at which Mrs. Crippen was present in her perfect health and spirits. I attended the dinner and ball of the Music Hall Benevolent Fund on February 20, where I saw prisoner with Le Neve, whom I knew was his typist, and who was wearing the brooch produced. (Mr. Tobin said he did not disputed that this had belonged to Mrs. Crippen.) In the course of the evening I asked prisoner if he had heard from his wife lately, and he said "Yes." I asked him for her address, and he said she was right up in the wilds of the mountains of California. I asked him to let us know when he got to hear of her, and he said, "When she has a settled address I will let you know." I saw an announcement of her death in the "Era" of March 26, and on the Wednesday following, I think it was, I went with Mrs. Martinetti to prisoner's office. We offered him our sympathies and asked him to give us the address where she had died. He said it was quite unnecessary as she was now dead and none of her friends in America knew of the Ladies' Guild. We said we were very anxious to send some little token, and asked him where she was to be buried. He said that was also unnecessary, as they thought of having her cremated; and the ashes would be brought here and we could have a little ceremony here. Mrs. Martinetti then spoke to him for a few minutes, and I again asked him for the address, and he said, "I will give you the address of my son." He wrote out this address in pencil, "H. O. Crippen, 1,427, Van Good Street, Rural Delivery, Los Angeles, California," and gave it to me. I wrote a letter and a postcard to that address, and on May 24, during my absence from the Guild, Miss May received a letter. We asked particularly at the interview with prisoner who was present when his wife died, and he said his son. On May 18, I think it was, I saw him in a shop in Tottenham Court Road with Le Neve, who left him and went out when she saw us. I asked him if ho had heard any more about his wife's funeral, and he said "Yes; it is all over, and I have her ashes at home." Cross-examined. I saw prisoner and his wife together about eight times. He always seemed a good-tempered and kind-hearted man. TERESA HUNN , Newport, Rhode Island, America. I am known as "Tessie," and am the younger sister of Belle Elmore, whose maiden name was Kunigunde Mackomatzki. She was known at home as "Cora." The first time I saw prisoner was about 18 or 19 years ago when he came to my father's house with her. She showed me a wedding card and introduced him to our parents as her husband. I see by the card that they married on September 1, 1892; they came to us soon after. My father lived then near Brunswick, Long Island. She went to New York and from there to Philadelphia; they had then been married a few months. She returned to New York and from there she came to our house. At that time I noticed a scar on her stomach; it was not all healed; it was fresh. I saw it again seven years ago and it was healed much better than the first time I saw it. It was between four or five inches long and about an inch wide. The flesh outside it was paler, more of a cream colour, than the center scar. On April 15 of this year, my half sister, Mrs. Mills, got this letter (Exhibit 71) from prisoner: "My dear Louise and Robert,—I hardly know how to write to you my dreadful loss. The shock to me has been so dreadful that I am hardly able to control myself. My poor Cora has gone, and to make the shock to me more dreadful I did not even see her at the last. A few weeks ago we had news that an old relative of mine in California was dying, and to secure important property for ourselves it was necessary for one of us to go and put the matter in the lawyer's hands at once. As I was very busy, Cora proposed she should go, and, as it was necessary for some one to go there at once, she would go straight through from here to Cali-fornia without stopping at all, and then return by way of Brooklyn, when she would pay all of you a long visit. Unfortunately, on the way out my poor Cora caught a severe cold, and, not having a chance to take proper care of herself while travelling, it settled on her lungs, and later developed into pi euro-pneumonia. She wished not to frighten me, and said it was a slight matter, and the next I heard was she was dangerously ill, and two days later, after I had cabled to know should I go to her, the dreadful news came that she had pasesd away. Imagine, if you can, the dreadful shock to me; never more to see my Cora alive, nor hear her voice again. She is being sent back to me, and I shall soon have what is left of her here. Of course, I am giving up the house. In fact, it drives me mad to be in it alone. I don't know what I shall do; probably find some business to take me traveling for a few months until I can recover from the shock a little. It is so terrible to me to have to write this dreadful news. Will you please tell the others of our loss? Love to all. I will write again and give you my address—probably next in France." The letter was signed "Doctor," and the envelope is postmarked "London, W.C. 10.30 a.m. 7 April '10." My sister brought the letter to me; I had seen it previously in my father's house. Cross-examined. Belle Elmore was my full sister. Our father, who married twice, was a Pole. To the Court. I could not judge whether the scar was the scar of an operation or not. BRUCE MILLER , real estate agent, East Chicago, Indiana, U.S.A. I was formerly engaged in the music-hall profession and I came to England to follow it. In December, 1899, I met Belle Elmore. I saw her for the last time at 37, Store Street, about the first part of April, 1904. I am now living in Chicago with my family. I have not lived there since 1904, only during the past four years. I traveled when I first went there. There has never been any proposition that Belle Elmore should come out to me; I never heard of such a thing. To the Court. Since April, 1904, she wrote to me three or four times a year, and always at Christmas, New Year, and my birthday. Cross-examined. Next December I shall have been four years an estate agent. I took up that profession because I was tired of the show business and thought I could make more money. I was not a failure on the stage. I first met Mrs. Crippen at a house in Torrington Square. I understood her husband was then in America. He returned about four or five months after I was first introduced to her. During his absence I very often visited her at Her house; I think it was in Guilford Street. I do not know how many rooms she had there, as I only went into one. I would sometimes visit her two or three times a week and sometimes I would not see her for two or three weeks. I would visit her sometimes in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening. When I first met her I was on my way to the Paris Exposition, where I had some music hall attractions. I was in Paris eight to twelve weeks. I was not on the stage during the time prisoner was away; I was in a sort of partnership with some people in an undertaking connected with the Paris Exposition. I wrote to her from Paris often enough to be sociable. I was not writing to her as a lover. I was fond of her; I do not know that I even put it in that way to her, but she always understood it, I suppose. I thought a great deal of her as far as friendship was concerned, but she being a married lady it was platonic. I could not be more than a friend, because she was a married lady and I was a married man. There were no improper relations between us. I often wrote very friendly letters to her; I might say they were affectionate. Some others, it is true, ended “Love and kisses to Brown Eyes.” I consider, under the circumstances–prisoner knowing all about it–that they were proper letters to write. I cnnot say when I wrote them; it is such a long time ago. I wrote them about the time I was away in Paris. Prisoner knew all about it when he came back in May, 1900; I do not mean that he knew of them at the time they were written. I do not agree now that they were improper letters. I have never been with her to any house in London for the purpose of illicit relationship. All I have done is to kiss her–no more. The last time I wrote to her was some time after Easter Sunday of this year, and I got no answer. I wrote to her on January 5; I do not remember that it was an affectionate letter, but it was very short, because it was a reply to a card of hers, I think. I may have written letters to her in 1909 saying, “Love and kisses to Brown Eyes”; sometimes I wrote to her in that way and sometimes I did not. I should be still very fond of her if she were here. We have always been very good friends and I should not stop now. She wrote letters back to me; they were perhaps not quite so endearing; they were friendly and usually very short. My wife has read them. Mrs. Crippen did not discourage the expressions I used in my letters; she said nothing about them in her letters. Re-examined. A friend of mine and I were occupying apartments in Torrington Square. I was out to dinner and returned about 7 p.m. for something I had forgotten, when I found her dining with this friend who introduced me to her. I have visited her both at Store Street and Guilford Street when prisoner has been there. These are two of my photographs that I gave her (produced), one of which I remember she put on her piano. At the time I left two other photographs of mine which were larger were hanging in her parlour; prisoner was in London then. Nothing was kept secret from him. To the court. There were never improper relations between us. I never actually met prisoner between May, 1900, and April, 1904. I always called on Mrs. Crippen whenever I thought I would. I never tried to avoid prisoner. On several occasions I had reason to believe that he was in the house as well as I. I would always have been glad at any time to have met him, and was expecting to do so. The photograph produced I gave her the first year I met her, and the larger ones a short time before I left for America. MELINDA MAY , secretary of the Music Hall Ladies, Guild. I knew Mrs. Crippen; she was treasurer of the Guild for two years and attended every Wednesday at the meetings. I last saw her at the meeting on January 26, when she was in her usual good health and spirits—quite bright. I have known prisoner over two years; I have visited them at their house in Hilldrop Crescent. There was a meeting of the Guild on February 2 at which I should have expected Mrs. Crippen to attend, but she did not come. At 12.50 p.m. Miss Le Neve came with the pass book, paying-in book, a cheque book, a letter to myself and one to the committee. The letter to myself (Exhibit 33) ran: "Dear Miss May,—The illness of a near relative has called me to America on only a few hours, notice, so I must ask you to bring my resignation as treasurer before the meeting to-day, so that the new treasurer may be elected at once. You will appreciate my haste when I tell you that I have not been to bed all night, packing and getting ready to go. I shall hope to see you again a few months later, but cannot spare a moment to come to you before I go. I wish you everything nice until I return to London again. Now good-bye, with love. Hastily yours—BELLE ELMORE. Per pro., H.H.C." That is not in her writing. The letter to the committee (Exhibit 34) ran: "Dear Friends,—Please forgive me a hasty letter and any inconvenience I may cause you, but I have just had news of the illness of a near relative, and at only a few hours, notice I am obliged to go to America. Under the circumstances, I cannot return for several months, and I therefore beg you to accept this as a formal resignation from this date of the honorary treasurership of the Music Hall Ladies, Guild. I am enclosing the cheque book and the deposit book for the immediate use of my successor, and, to save any delay, I beg to suggest you should vote to suspend the usual rules of election and elect to-day a new treasurer. I hope, some months later, to be with you, and, in the meantime, wish the Guild every success, and I ask my good friends and pals to accept my sincere and loving wishes for their own personal welfare—Believe me, yours faithfully, BELLE ELMORE." That letter also is not in her writing. I know her writing well. A fresh treasurer was elected that afternoon. On about February 17 I saw prisoner in the corridor of the Guild at Albion House, and I said to him that I trusted he would not think me bold if I mentioned that his wife's subscription had become due, and I asked him to let me have her address. He said she was right up in the mountains in California, and if I would hand him the letter be would forward it on and no doubt she would authorise him to pay me the guinea. I wrote a letter and left it in his office to direct and send on to her. I saw him several times in March. On March 23 he told me she was very ill indeed and he was waiting for worse news. (Witness identified several articles of jewellery, furs, etc., as having been worn by Mrs. Crippen; these included the jewellery found by Inspector Dew in prisoner's possession when he was arrested.) Cross-examined. The two letters just read are not in the least like Mrs. Crippen's handwriting. I was shown three jars containing hair (Exhibits 44, 45, and 46) by Sergeant Mitchell, and he asked me if it looked like her hair. Two lots were in long pans, and I said I did not recognise one sample, it was darker than hers, and the fair one was rather like hers. I had been told they came from Hilldrop Crescent. Re-examined. Exhibits 44 and 46 I said were darker and 45 was rather like hers. I was shown them the Thursday previous to Mitchell going away. EMILY JACKSON , wife of Robert Jackson. In 1908 I was living at 80, Constantine Road, Hampstead. In September of the year Miss Le Neve came as a lodger. She slept there every night till March, 1909, when she went away. She returned in August, and continued living with me up to March 12 of this year. Some time in February she began to sleep away from home, and then shortly afterwards she slept away altogether. Previous to February she slept away occasionally—at her sister's she told me. In January or the early part of February I noticed that she began wearing jewellery that she had not been wearing before, particularly some rings, bracelets, and a watch (similar to articles produced). She wore a plain gold gentleman's ring on the wedding ring finger. I produce a list of the clothes which she gave me at different times. She had previously only given me a few odd clothes of her own—nothing to speak of. On one occasion she and prisoner brought some things in a dress basket. Once before March 12 I visited her at Hilldrop Crescent, and twice since. She was by herself the first time; with a French maid the second time; and with prisoner and the French maid the third time. I saw her for the last time the night before Inspector Dew's first visit to Hilldrop Crescent. Cross-examined. I was very friendly with her. I saw prisoner several times, and he always gave me the impression of being a goodtempered and kind-hearted man. I said at the police-court that he was one of the nicest men I had ever met. FREDERICK PEDGRIFT , manager, "Era" Newspaper Company. On March 24 a letter came to the office (which has since been destroyed), in consequence of which we inserted in the "Era" of the 26th, under the heading of "Deaths," the announcement of Belle Elmore's death. A postal order for 10s. accompanied it. The price for the announcement being 1s. 6d., we returned 8s. 6d., and received this letter (Exhibit 51): "Dr. H. H. Crippen, 59 and 61, New Oxford Street. March 20, 1910. Dear Sir,—I beg to thank you for the return of the balance, 8s. 6d. for the 10s. sent for announcement.—Yours faithfully, H. H. Crippen E.L.N." It was all typewritten. (Mr. Tobin admitted that the announcement was inserted on prisoner's instructions.) ERNEST WILLIAM STUART , manager, Attenborough, Limited, pawnbrokers, 142, Oxford Street. On February 2 a person, whom I believe to be prisoner, brought a diamond marquise ring and a pair of diamond earrings and pawned them. I lent £80 on them, and he signed the contract note in my presence, "H. H. Crippen, 39, Hilldrop Crescent." On February 9 he came again bringing a diamond brooch and six diamond rings, and I advanced £115. He signed the contract note "H. H. Crippen" in my presence. I do not know whether I paid him in notes or gold, but we usually pay large amounts in notes. Our bankers are the London and County Bank, Oxford Street. Cross-examined. I have heard that prisoner was quite well known at our shop by both name and address. I have not heard that he has had several articles of jewellery pawned; he has had them repaired. He may have pawned several things, but I do not know. There was no difficulty in giving his name and address when the police called. To the Court. I should think the things he pawned would be worth altogether £230. CHARLES JOHN WILLIAMS , clerk to Bank of England. I produce a £100 Bank of England note, No. 52688 (Exhibit 52) issued to the London County and Westminster Bank on February 4,1910. I see on the back, "M. L. Kernow." FREDERICK HALES , cashier, London County and Westminster Bank, Berners Street. Messrs. Attenborough and Company, Limited, have an account with us. This note, No. 52688, was issued by us to them on February 9. MARIN LOUISA KERNOW , manageress, Munyon's Remedies, Albion House. For some time before and up to November, 1909, prisoner was manager at £3 a week. Between that time and January 31 of this year he was agent on commission and no salary, I on February 1 becoming manageress in his place. His connection with us ceased on that day. I generally spoke to Mrs. Crippen when she came into the office. I did not know her well. About the end of February I heard through the telephone that she was away from London. I spoke to prisoner about it and he said, "She has gone for a trip to America." I heard at Easter time that she was dead. I asked prisoner, who had been away, if he had enjoyed his holiday, and he said as well as he could under the circumstances. I said, "Then is it true that Mrs. Crippen is dead V and he bowed his head. Miss Le Neve was employed in the same building with the Yale Tooth Specialists. I do not know where she was at Easter time. On February 3 I changed some small notes for prisoner. On February 9 I changed for prisoner this £100 note (Exhibit 52), which bears my endorsement. At the beginning of March he asked me to put two envelopes, one marked "Dr. Crippen" and the other "Dr. Crippen, personal," in our safe, and I put them there. About 4 or 4.30 p.m. on July 8 he asked me if anybody knew I had anything of his in the safe, and I said "No." He said, "If anyone should ask you, say nothing, and if anything happens to me please give what you have there to Miss Le Neve." I said, "All right." I opened them on July 11 and in one I found nine deposit notes on the Charing Cross Bank amounting in all to £600, and some other papers, and in the other I found some jewellery. On the morning of July 9 prisoner asked me if I would let him know what he owed me and he would settle up. There was an outstanding account of £5 which he paid me. This cheque (Exhibit 61) bearing his and Belle Elmore's signature, dated July 9, he filled in in my presence. It had already Belle Elmore's signature. He asked me to cash it for him, and he produced me the pass-book to show there was £37 odd in the bank. I cashed it for him. Munyon's Remedies do not make any of their remedies or purchase any drugs in this country. On January 19 last I was working with prisoner. I was keeping the books. I know nothing about the purchase of hyoscine on that date; no cash was paid out for such a purpose, nor is there any entry in any book. Exhibit 71 is in prisoner's handwriting, as are also Exhibits 33 and 34, with the exception of Belle Elmore's signatures. Cross-examined. I have known prisoner about 12 years, and I have been in contact with him endless times. I have always thought him a kind-hearted and amiable man. He used to compound all the prescriptions that went by post. I do not know that he had to buy drugs for the purpose. If he bought drugs it had nothing to do with Munyon's; it was for his own private patients. He had a room of his own in Albion House, where he was generally alone. I do not know what he kept there. I did not notice any cupboard; I do not think there was one. I do not know that he had a general medical practice; but I knew he was a specialist in the eyes, ears, throat, and nose. He continued compounding prescriptions after he ceased to be agent for Munyon's, but I do not know if he had to buy drugs for the purpose. He then became connected with the Yale Tooth Specialist business; he used to come in almost every morning to see me; it was on the same floor as Munyon's, but it had nothing to do with it. In the first week of February and the following fortnight he came in regularly every day, and I cannot say that I noticed any sign of agitation or terror in his face; there was nothing unusual about him. Re-examined. I think he had patients as a general practitioner besides being an expert in certain things. GILBERT MERVIN RYLANCE . I now carry on business in my own name as a surgeon-dentist at Albion House. About the middle of 1907 I met prisoner for the first time. In 1908 we started business at Albion House in the name of "The Yale Tooth Specialists." Between March and April this year there was an agreement by which he put £200 into the business, I contributing my experience and skill, and we were to share profits. On about January 26 I saw Mrs. Crippen. On about February 1 or 2 prisoner asked me whether I had not noticed that he was lonely, and said that his wife was half-way across to America, where she was going on legal business in connection with his mother's death. About March 24 a lady came to my place with a telegram saying that Mrs. Crippen was dead. Prisoner was away at Dieppe with Miss Le Neve. He had told me that he was going there with her and her aunt a few days before Easter. When he returned I asked him after his wife; he told me that she was dead, and said that he had not sent a telegram so as not to spoil my holiday. On July 9 I got to business about 11 a.m.; I saw prisoner for the last time that day between 12 and 1. I did not see him again till he was at Bow Street. On the Monday morning I received this letter, dated July 9, headed on our own paper: "Dear Dr. Rylance, I now find in order to escape trouble I shall be obliged to absent myself for a time. I believe the business as it is now going on you will run on all right so far as money matters are concerned. If you want to give notice you should give six months' notice in my name on September 25, 1910. I shall write you later on more fully. With kind wishes for your success, yours sincerely, H. H. Crippen." I kept on the business in my own name. I had seen Inspector Dew in the office on July 8 and on the 9th I asked prisoner who he was. He said he was a Scotland Yard officer, and he had come to find out if Mrs. Crippen had any estates on which she had to pay taxes. About a week after he returned from Dieppe prisoner told me he had married Miss Le Neve; that would be a fortnight after the announcement of Mrs. Crippen's death. Cross-examined. I knew prisoner was making up private prescriptions. WILLIAM LONG , dental mechanic. I have known prisoner since 1896, and have been in various businesses with him since then. It was about 1901 or 1902 that I first met Miss Le Neve; she was then a typist at the Douet Institute, to which prisoner was the consulting specialist. As far as I know she has been in the same employment as prisoner ever since. His usual time to come to the office was between 10 and 10.30 a.m. Between 9.15 and 9.30 a.m. on July 9 of this year when I arrived he was there. I asked him if there was any trouble, and he said, "Only a little scandal." He gave me a list of things to buy, and I bought the articles produced—a boy's brown tweed suit, a brown felt hat, two shirts, two collars, a tie, and a pair of boots—all for a boy. I took them to the back room on the third floor of the Yale Tooth Specialists, and prisoner told me to take them to another room of the company on the fourth floor, and I did so. I saw Miss Le Neve about 11 o'clock that morning. She was wearing a hat, but I could not describe it. I saw her for the last time that day at 11.30 a.m. and prisoner at 1 p.m. I did not know that he was going to leave. On the evening of July 9 I got this letter from him; the time of posting is 4.15 p.m.: "Dear Mr. Long, Will you do me the great favour of Winding up as best you can my household affairs. There is £12 10s. due to my landlord and the past quarter's rent, and there will be also this quarter's rent. The total due to him is £25, in lieu of which he can seize the contents of the house. I cannot manage about the girl. She will have to get back to Paris. She should have sufficient saved from her wages to do this. After the girl leaves kindly send the keys with a note explaining to the landlord. Thanking you in anticipation of fulfilling my wishes, I am, with best wishes for your future success and happiness, your faithfully, H. H. Crippen." The letter enclosed a key, and with it I went the same evening to Hilldrop Crescent and took possession of the goods there. It was too late to do anything with them then, but on the Monday afternoon some of the things were pawned by my wife; she went round there to give the French maid some food. The police came there. I went round in the evening, and saw my wife find on the sofa this slip of paper (Exhibit 41) in prisoner's handwriting, "Mackomatzi. Will Belle Elmore communicate with H. H. C. or authorities at once. Serious trouble from your absence. 25 dollars reward to anyone communicating her where-abouts to." I found there a hat I had seen Miss Le Neve wear and a suit of clothes. The police sent the French maid back to France. On two occasions between February 1 and that date I moved things from there to Albion House in a van. Amongst other things there was a wooden box in which I saw found after prisoner had gone away this ermine jacket and this white fur. About two or three months before he went away prisoner gave me some of his clothing, some old theatrical clothing, and a few feminine vests and stockings. Cross-examined. I have always found him a kind-hearted and an amiable man. I cannot say whether he had a general practice, but I know he always used to make up special prescriptions for which he would have to buy drugs. He used to buy bottles; I cannot say where he kept them up to November, 1909, but between that time and February 1 he kept them in a cupboard in the room that was used as an office. Early in February he came to the office just the same as usual; he did not omit a single day. He showed no trace of uneasiness, and his appearance was not worried; there was no trace of abruptness; he was as kind as ever. Re-examined. In the business he carried on he had books which Miss Le Neve kept. EDGAR BRETT , assistant manager, Charing Cross Bank, Bedford Street, Strand. On September 20, 1903, a current account was opened in the joint names of "Belle Elmore and H. H. Crippen, Store Street, Tottenham Court Road" (certified copy produced). On January 31, 1910, it was in debit £2 7s. 8d. and on the next day that was increased to £2 13s. 11d. On that day £17 13s. 9d. was paid in in cash and on February 3 another £40 was paid in in cash. For the rest of the time the account remained in credit. On June 30 there was a credit balance of £37 19s. 4d., which continued to July 11, when we honoured a cheque or £37. On March 15, 1906, a deposit account was opened in the joint names of "Belle Elmore and H. H. Crippen" by a payment in of £250. (Certified copy produced.) That could be drawn out by one signature, but we should want the authority of the other. On September 20, 1906, £50 was paid in in the sole name of Belle Elmore and on May 27 another £100. Eventually £600 was paid in-£270 in the two names and £323 in Belle Elmore's name. That money bore interest at 7 per cent, and was subject to a twelve months' notice of withdrawal, which we got on December 15, 1909, signed by Belle Elmore only, which not with-standing that we accepted; on the expiry of the notice we should have paid without prisoner's signature. He has never attempted to draw any money out or to raise any loan upon it. Cross-examined. It is quite common, where husband and wife have a joint current account, for the wife to sign a cheque and the husband to put in the amount afterwards. The £600 would not be payable till December 11, 1910. Prisoner sometimes himself paid in money to the deposit account in the joint names, and I believe he also paid in to the Belle Elmore deposit account. I have one form signed by him. He signed a good many of the receipts for interest on both deposit accounts; he came for the interest himself. We had verbal authority from the wife to hand him the interest. We should require both their signatures on the current account cheques. (Wednesday, October 19.) Chief Inspector WALTER DEW. On June 30 a Mr. Nash called at Scotland Yard and made a statement, and I was instructed to make inquiries with reference to the disappearance of Mrs. Crippen. On July 8 I went to 39, Hilldrop Crescent and there saw Le Neve; prisoner was not in the house. Le Neve accompanied me to Albion House and I there saw prisoner; he was then wearing a heavy moustache. On telling him that his wife's friends were not satisfied with what he had told them as to his wife's disappearance, and that after making inquiries I also was not satisfied, he said, "I suppose I had better tell the truth. The stories I have told them about her death are untrue; as far as I know she is still alive." He then made a statement, which was taken down by Sergeant Mitchell and signed by prisoner. (The statement was read. In it prisoner said that he was a doctor, that he took the degree of M.D. at the Hospital College at Cleveland, United States, that he came over to England in 1883, that he was married in New York to a lady named Bell, who died in 1890 or 1891, and that in 1893 he met Belle Elmore, whose name at the time was Cora Turner, and who at that time was only 17 years of age and was living under the protection of a man. Prisoner said that he found her very attractive, that she told him she was going to run away from the man under whose protection she was living, and that rather than she should do that he married her in Jersey City in 1893. Prisoner then gave a description of various places in which he and his wife lived, and said that eventually, about 1900, he came to England alone, his wife coming shortly afterwards and taking up her residence with him. She used to go in for music hall sketches, although he objected to her doing so. He went to America from November to June, and when he came back he found that an American music-hall artist named Bruce Miller had been a frequent visitor to her at their house. She told him that this man had taken her about, that he was very fond of her, and she of him. Prisoner said that he had seen letters to his wife from Bruce Miller ending "With love and kisses to Brown Eyes." When his wife came to England from America her manner towards him had entirely changed; she had developed a most ungovernable temper, and seemed to think he was not good enough for her. She boasted of a man in a good position who had made a fuss of her. He never saw the man Bruce Miller, but Miller called when he was out and took her out in the evening. She and prisoner continued to live together apparently happily, but there were frequent occasions on which she got into violent tempers, and threatened to leave him, saying she had a man she could go to. Some time after this he ceased to cohabit with her, but never interfered with her movements. They were of no interest to him. On January 31, the day before he wrote the letter resigning her position from the Guild, Mr. and Mrs. Martinetti came to their place to dinner, and after they had left his wife abused him and said she would not stand it any longer; she would leave him next day and he would not hear of her again, and he might cover up the scandal with their mutual friends and the Guild the best way he could. On returning home from business on the evening of February 1 he found she was gone. He sat down to think how to cover up the scandal, and wrote a letter to the Guild saying she had gone away. He afterwards told people that she was ill with bronchitis and pneumonia, and had died in California. What-ever he had said to other people regarding her death was wrong, and he was giving this as an explanation. It was not true that she went away on legal business or to see relatives in America. He did not receive any cables to say she was ill, and it was not true that she was cremated in San Francisco, or that the ashes were sent to him. Prisoner further stated that when his wife went away she took some of her jewellery, but left four rings behind. He had never sold or pawned anything belonging to her. Le Neve was then living with him as his wife at Hilldrop Crescent. He had been intimate with her for three years. After he had told people that his wife was dead he and Le Neve went to Dieppe for five days and stayed at a hotel there in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Crippen. His belief was that his wife had gone to Chicago to join Bruce Miller.) After taking this statement from prisoner and also a written statement from the Neve I suggested to prisoner that I should accompany him back to 39, Hilldrop Crescent and go over the house; he agreed readily. We went back, and he showed me into every room in the house, and the cellar. I asked to see the jewellery his wife had left behind her, and he showed me Exhibits 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. I fold him, "Of course, I shall have to find Mrs. Crippen to clear this matter up" He said, "Yes; I will do anything I can; would an advertisement be any good?" I said I thought it an excellent idea; he wrote out the draft advertisement (Exhibit 41), and said he would insert it in various American newspapers; I left the draft advertisement with him. I continued my inquiries, and on July 11 (having first found that prisoner was not at Albion House) I went to 39, Hilldrop Crescent; there was no one in the house. I found on a table Exhibit 41. I searched the house and the cellar, and dug up portions of the garden. That day I circulated a description of prisoner and Le Neve to various ports in England and abroad. On July 12 and 13 I further examined the house; on the 13th I determined to closely examine the cellar. It had a brick floor: I probed about with a poker; at one place I found that the poker went rather easily in between the crevices, and I got a few bricks up. I then got a spade and dug the clay immediately beneath the bricks. After digging about four spadesfull down, that is, about nine inches below, I came across what appeared to be human remains. I sent for Dr. Marshall, the Divisional Surgeon, and for Sir Melville Macnaghten, the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department. On the 14th Dr. Marshall came with Mr. Pepper, and on their instructions the remains were put into a coffin and removed to the mortuary. On searching the house itself I found a quantity of woman's clothes and jewellery. In a bedroom I found a box containing two suits of pyjamas (Exhibit 76), and one odd pair of pyjama trousers (Exhibit 48). I looked for, but could not find, any jacket to correspond with the odd trousers. I found prisoner's diploma from the Cleveland Hospital College. On July 16 a warrant was issued for prisoner's arrest, and was entrusted to me for execution. Having received certain information, I proceeded to Canada, [It should be recorded that the "certain information" was conveyed to the authorities by wireless telegraphy from the captain of the "Montrose," at see, enabling the officer to proceed to Canada by a faster vessel, and meet the "Montrose" on its arrival in the St. Lawrence.] On July 31 I boarded the "Montrose" (the vessel in which prisoner and Le Neve had travelled from Antwerp) on her arrival at Father Point. On deck I saw prisoner; he was then clean shaven. He was brought into the captain's cabin. I said to him, "You will be arrested for the murder and mutilation of your wife in London about February 2." Chief Inspector McCarthy, of the Canadian Provincial Police, cautioned him, and he made no reply. On searching prisoner I found upon him four rings and two brooches, also two cards. I went to another cabin, where I found Le Neve; she was dressed as a boy, with her hair cut short. After speaking to her, I returned to prisoner. He said, "I am not sorry, the anxiety has been too much." I read the warrant in detail to him; he made no reply. McCarthy then handcuffed prisoner; I said to him, "We must put these on, because on a card found on you you have written that you intend jumping overboard." He said, "I won't; I am more than satisfied, because the anxiety has been too awful." The two cards have upon them in print, "E. Robinson and Co., Detroit, Mich. Presented by Mr. John Robinson." On the back of one (Exhibit 2) is written, "I cannot stand the horrors I go through every night any longer. As I see nothing bright ahead, and money has come to an end, I have made up my mind to jump overboard to-night. I know I have spoilt your life, but I hope some day you can learn to forgive me. With last words of love, yours, H." On the other card (Exhibit 3) is written, "Shall we wait until to-night, 10 or 11 o'clock; if not what time." I believe this writing to be that of the prisoner. Prisoner and Le Neve had occupied one two-berth cabin; their passages were booked in the name of John Robinson aged 55, merchant, and John C. Robinson, aged 16, student; they passed as father and son. While prisoner was being further searched he said to me, "How is Miss Le Neve?" I said, "Agitated, but I am doing all I can for her." He said, "It is only fair to say that she knows nothing about it; I never told her anything." On August 20 I left Canada for England with prisoner and Le Neve in custody. During the voyage, on August 24, while I was taking prisoner for deck exercise, he said, "I want to ask you a favour. When you took me off the ship I did net see Miss Le Neve, and do not know how things will go; they may go all right or they may go all wrong with me, and I may never see her again. I want to ask you if you will let me see her, but I won't speak to her. She has been my only comfort for the last three years." On being formally charged at Bow Street prisoner made no reply. (Witness identified a quantity of clothing and two photographs of Bruce Miller found