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Show fllui till Court of Appeals Dc-, Dc-, cides Against Doctor on AH Points tho temporary separation of tho juror did not alTeet tho trial. WOMAN FALLS FROM AUTOMOMILE AND IS KILLED Ixs Angeles, Nov. "i. Mr3. Vera Stafford, wl,. of II. n. Stafford, paid to lie connected with a local trust company, su?Liine,l a fracture of tho skull when she fell fern the a!om--hllo in which was riding with her husband early to lay, and died before' she could be taken to the receiving hospital. An Impiest probatdv will bo held to determine the cause of the accident. Stafford was detained at police headquarter. until detectives made (Continued on Page Five ) I London, Nov, 5. Dr. I law-ley II. Crlppen, convicted of the murder of his wife. Belle Elmore, the actress, today played his last card and lost. He will bo hanged on November 8. The criminal court of appeals heard his appeal frfm the conviction of tho lower court and decided against him on all points. The court refused to grant a new trial and confirmed th order of execution, which will take place on Tuesday. The hearing of the appeal of Dr Haw lev H. Crippeh drew .mother great crowd to the New . Pulley court today. Justices Darlings, Channel and Pickfork heard tho appeal. Crlppen was brought to the court house, but kept in a cell pending a decision on an appeal against Justice Ridley's ruling that he could not at tend the proceedings. This ruling was set aside nnd Crip-pen Crip-pen was brought Into the court room, i He was very pale and evidently had lost strength since his conviction. The prisoner's counsel w-as the some as appeared for him at his trial The principal grounds on which they 'based their appeal were: First That eno juror, having been ill during the trial, was removed frm the court by physicians without being be-ing in the custody of an officer. Second The Identity of the corpse found in the cellar at the Crlppen home hns not been established; and Third That the crown's rebutting I evidence had been Irupropeilv admit-I admit-I ted. Solicitor To!) In said it was not I charged that any one had tampered I with the Juror while he was temporarily tempor-arily excused, but that an important plea of law was invohed. Tho crown offered the evidence of a bailiff that the j'Jror was In his charge throughout his Illness. Dec Id ing this pclni. the court ruled that zr-T rg-',i3vLL'?-v'-L-A"W'!:t.ii 's re CRIPPEN MUST DIE. (Continued from Page Oil'.' an lnve:-tIgatlon, but was laier released. re-leased. Changed as ho was physically, Crlp-pen Crlp-pen maintained his composure even in the trying moment when he heard his doom pronounced. Once the court's decision was announced, a warden touched the prisoner on the shoulder snd the latter, without a word or stir, turned and left the dock He was conducted at once to Peutonvllle pilson. Those who have seen Crippen during dur-ing his Imprisonment say that his bearing has never changed from the Pioment of his arrest He bleeps throughout ihe night soundly and ents heartily. He spend much time in reading. read-ing. Miss Leneve has visited him In prison three times. |