THE CRIPPEN TRIAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 164, 20 October 1910, Page 5

THE CRIPPEN TRIAL

THE OPENING PROCEEDINGS. ' By Cable.—'Press Association.—Copyright. I London, October 18. The Court was crowded when Crippen's trial began. In a firm tone lie i pleaded not guilty. Mr. Muir, prosecuting counsel, «x-, plained that accused had not cohabited j with his wife for four years, and the intrigue with Le Neve had been carried on for three years. Mr. Bruce Millar, with whom Crippen ■ stated that bis wife eloped, gave evidence' that he bad not seen Mrs. "Crippen since! 1904. He admitted that they Were friends and on affectionate terms, but denied any improper relationships between them.

FURTHER EVIDENCE. BELLE ELMORE'S LIFE. Received 20, 1 ajn. London, October 19. During the trial of Crippen, Teresa Dunne, Belle Elmore's elder sister, from America, gave evidence that she saw a partly healed abdominal scar soon after Belle's marriage with Crippen in 1892, also seven years later. A witness named Miller said he met Belle in 1899 and admitted kissing her end writing and sending love and kisses to "Brown-eyes." Belle, not discouraged by these endearments, exchanged occasional letters with him since 1904. Cross-examined, he denied going to a bouse in Bloomsbury Square for the purpose of illicit relationship.