THE CRIPPEN SENSATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 875, 6 August 1910, Page 3

THE CRIPPEN SENSATION.

London, August 3

Some ot Crippen’s friends have instructed Mr Arthur Newton to defend him in London.

The police permitted Crippen to receive a press message inviting a public statement. He replied with an emphatic “ No.”

Mrs Ginnett identified the jewellery found on the prisoner as formerly belonging to his wife. 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 Le Neve. London, August 3.

Mrs Ginnett interviewed the girl Le Neve, who stated that her suspicious were first aroused when Crippen suggested her adoption of a boy’s disguise. “He rather roughly told me to cut my hair,” she stated, and he eventually cut it himself.” Miss Le Neve added : “ 1 loved Crippen deeply, and still love him.” The detectives treated Miss Le Neve with the greatest consideration, and she is practically a guest in Detective McCarthy’s home, being allowed the freedom ot the premises, subject to inconspicuous surveillance.

Her parents have again cabled imploring her to confess. Inspector Drew was finally closetted with Miss Le Neve for two hours, and secured a full statement, including the details of the flight and their wanderings. The girl insisted that Crippen is not guilty.

She afterwards cabled to her mother that she had complied with her request to tell the police everything. Inspector Drew says Miss Le Neve’s statement is sufficient to clear her of complicity in the crime, when Scotland Yard has confirmed it, adding “ the foolish girl is absolutely fascinated by Crippen.”

Ottawa, August 4,

The girl Le Neve has cabled to her sister stating that she had seen or heard nothing of the crime until the cruel blow fell.

Detective-Inspector Drew denies the report that Crippen has confessed.

Several Canadian newspapers publish columns of falsehoods, purporting to be the sayings and doings of Crippen.