"I LOVED CRIPPEN."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 August 1910, Page 3

"I LOVED CRIPPEN."

LE NEVE'S FATAL FASCINATION. FOR OR I I'i'EN. " lIFi IS NOT GUILTY." I.BY KIiKCTIIIO TEIiKORAI'H-COPYniGnT.] [PKR PRESS ABHOCUTION..] LONDON; August .1. The police permitted Crippen to receive a Press message invi-tliifX n. public statement. Ho replied with an emphatic "No." Mrs Gi.nnett identified tho jewel lory found oil Hit* prisoner as formerly belonging to ihi.s wife. Mrs Ginnett interviewed the girl Tjo Neve, who stated Hint her suspicions were first aroused when Grippe n suggested lie.r adoption of a itov'a disguise. l, J:Io rather ronghlv told me to cut my hnir," .she stated, "and ho eventually cut it himself." Miss Lo Neve added: "I loved Crippen deeply, and still love him." Inspector Drew was finally closeted with AI i.ss Lo Neve for two hours and secured a full statement, including the details of tho flight ami their wanderings. Tho girl insisted that Crippen is not guilty. She afterwards cabled to her mother that she had complied with her request to tell (he police every thing. Inspector Drew _ says Miss Le Neve's statement is sufficient to olea.r her of complicity in tho crime, when Scotland Yard has con linn ed it, adding "the foolish girl is absolutely fascinated by Crippen." AN ALLEGED CONFFSSION. OTTAWA. August 3. There are persistent reports in Quebec that Crippen has confessed to killing his wife during a quarrel, arising from his wife's jealousy of the girl Lo Neve.