CAMDEN ROAD MYSTERY.
SEARCHING FOR CKTPPEN.
R ceived July 17, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 16,
Professor Pepper'd autopsy showed that Mrs Crippen's head and limbs had been carefully removed; also every bone from that part uf the body discovered in the ctilar. A portion of a woman's under vest and necklet remained. Whoever dissected the limbs had a full knowledge of anatomy. In February Crippen removed some boxes from the house. The police are now digging for the head and legs.
The girl Lsneve or Neva wa3 ssen last week in boy's clothes. She called at her fathers' house on Saturday in a hurry and promised to write. She left in a taxi-cab.
Crippen's assistant nn the same night received a leiter from Crippen a king him to take charge of the house, sell the furniture and pay the tradesmen and rent. Mr Leneve and the. assistant found the house in charge of a French maid, whom Crippen had brought from France at Easter. It contained plenty of furniture and handsome dresses On Monday the police interrogated Leneve and his assistant. The case is creating much interest in London. STATEMENT BY CRIPPEN'S SON.
Received July 16, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, July 15
Crippen's son is employed by a telephone company at Loa Argeles, California. He states that his father wrote to him in April last notifying his wife's death in San Fran» cisco, where he had gone to settle some estate business. NEIGHBOURS' STATEMENTS. Received July 16,10.5 a.m. LONPON, July 15. Four months ago a tesident near the house occupied by the Crippens heard shots in the garden, and later cries from the basement, "Oh, don't!" The body was buried in quicklime. A revolver found in the cellar suggested that the woman was first shot. It is not beiieved that the couple had much money before Mrs Crippen's disappearance. All the neighbours agree that the couple appeared to have lived happily together The woman never wrote to her mother stating that she had been married. Crippen spent Easter on the Continent.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10043, 18 July 1910, Page 5
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340CAMDEN ROAD MYSTERY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10043, 18 July 1910, Page 5
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