THE VERDICT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 955, 24 October 1910, Page 7

THE VERDICT.

; EVIDENCE AT THE LAST ,'... ..MOMENT,,;/ JURY'S SHORT RETIREMENT. (Rec. October 23; 5;6jp.m.) ; ; London, Octotier 22. Farther important ■ evidence .was given in the Crippen case: at the last moment. ~-,•; A draper y/as called and swore that Crippon had purchased from him the suit of pjjamas of which a portion was found buried :'in the quicklime along with the remains in.the cellar at. Hilldrop Crescent.' -.-. - -,';■■;.-.. .;.[.' ■ Crippen was -severely; cross-examined,;', and was weakest, in explaining. 1 his, flight. ■''''• ''. r "; t i.ivi' : '■..'.>, His medical. witne's\flesj*who.v.aiei(! ro'-« ■ garded as high "authorities, were : -un T shaken. -'•'-'■'-'.■■. ■,•'.'-' - Mr. iMuir, Crown Prosecutor, in his address'to the,"jury, said that with the exception that there -was no ■ actual anatomical proof, there v was no doubt that the"body found'iriithe cellar; was that of. Mrs.:.Crippen. Y "■-■ < -y<"-... '■:■ The judge, in summing ;up, said itwas remarked that the prisoner did not take, steps, to get testimony to support his evidence.''". '•'.'';' ' , ;'-''■''. "■.'.'-.;' ■.-'"'' ' 'The v jury, afterVa 'retirement of half an "hour,: returned- "a 'Verdict "of ; "Guiity.";•■•,.";; >;.';:.-...';:'-.v. '/:■■', • ■'Crippen/-. was., then'.. sentenced. ■ to' death. ..: ' '-'■,■ ■•: ■ • ~■:"'■ ' PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.; .-".; SECOND TRIAL' ON TUESDAY. vf (Rec. 0.30: a.nt) /'-.-'"'!' London, October 23.: Crippen, on leaving the dock, protested .his 'innocence. • The female prisoner, Ethel Le Neve, will be tried on Tuesday.. :'- .'■'■.-.. The- most remarkable- featurb ■ of. the Crippen" case, and that which resulted in its attracting siich immense attention throughout the world; was, "of course,; .the pursuia by wireless telegraphy acrossthe. Atlantic. \<-."-- : ' : ■'.'. On July U the .'first evidence of the tragedy was discovered, when the detectives, who had received information from Mr. John 'Nash,'. av theatrical ; manager, unearthed the battered remains of a woman, under tho flagstones' in .the coalcellar of the house at Camden formerly ■occupied by Crippen. ■ .A few days, previously. Crippen and his typist,. Hiss -Le Neve, had disappeared. : . Mrs. Crippen was an American woman, aged 34. . She had .been:;'missing since February, and inquiries were made as to her whereabouts by the management of- a music-hall where she had so-' cured :an engagement under the stage name of Belle Elmore. Thenceforward events were as - follow: July offers reward of .£250. . "' ..'■. •-.- :- ;' : . '-'' .July 20—Suspected man seen in south of France; pursued, and .flees across Spanish frontier. • July 22— Several innocent persons followed and detained-in Great Britain. July 23—Rumour that Crippen and Le Neve are in Canada; detectives dispatched. Searcn proceeding in Andorra. Suspects disguised :as old woman and yonng man seen, at Dieppe.- • July 2.4—The steamer Montrose reports by wireless telegraphy that Crippen and Le Neve are crossing the Atlantic disguised as the Rey. Mr. Robinson and son. July 31—Crippen and Le Neve arrested at Father Point, Quebec.