Show PREJUDICE AGAINST r M ON O CIRCUMSTANTIAL GE When V Asked Ased by the tha Court Whether hether He Be Had ad Any Anything i thing to Say the Accused Said Saw SaidI l I 1 Still Protest Vy My Innocence I LONDON LOmON Oct 22 Dr Hawley II Crippen alter after a ter a n trial rial ex extending e x tending over five days das was ns today found guilty of ol the th murder of his Ins wife an American woman known on the stage as Belle Elinore more I Lord Chief Justice Riverstone who presided at the trial sen sentenced sen Crippen to be hanged on November 15 o oThere 5 There is is however the strongest prejudice in England against executing n fI man mun on purely purl circumstantial evidence and amI an m incident I at the Oil close of Crippens trial has ha caused causel the tilO impi impression ess hat the jury may have huc recommended a n life hue sentence After Crippen was sentenced the foreman of the jury handed I to the tile lord lOrl chief justice a i note after looking at which the jus justice justice justice tice said That shall be forwarded to the th proper quarter The proper quarter might mean the home secretary who has jurisdiction in such matters The rh jurors refused to discuss the incident A large crowd awaited the departure of Crippen from froni New Bailey There were a few fe fc boos as he drove away awny to the prison but hut no other demonstration II It Is the rule role In England to allow I three Sundays to Intervene between I a It sentence ot o death and the execution I tion The trial lasted less leas than five fie fi days lays having begun at nt 1030 last lal Tuesday morning The Tie Jury Jur retired at 1217 J 17 this afternoon n returned with the verdict at Receives Sentence S Calmly received the death leath sentence sont with the apparent calmness that char characterized him throughout the trial and which In fact has hns been noticeable flom tho thio moment of hi his arrest lIe He appeared rather nervous nerous during durin the tho summing up which was wag very ery strongly against him As Lord Alvor Alver Alverstone stono stone mercilessly portrayed his char character character acter cler as developed during the trial twirled his thumbs crossed and J nd his legs and occasionally occasion ally alb all shuffled his feet Appeared to Be Restless However How r as soon as tho the charge had been concluded tho tim prisoner seemed I to tn pull himself himsel together As the jury jur moved moed out of ot the room he ap i to be not quite sure suro what whal to todo todo todo do with himself and for Tor a moment he in front of f the dock with his litz Iii elbows resting on ou the railing tailing and watched the tho men in whoso hands tested his hil fate tile file past him Jury Examines Exhibits During the half haIr hour that thal the jury was out tho the court filled up and md when an officer returned with the exhibits in the th case casc for which the tho foreman lad had nd asked and aud Intimated that a ver verdict dict Ilet had been boezi reached every eer foot of ace In the room was ws occupied Thiro was wa a It buzz of conversation the tho spectators being boing convinced from the return of the jurors juro that hat Crip Cnn had hall been hon found gUilty guilt Did Not Flinch When He H Heard Hoard the tho Verdict There was little delay dela after the judge and jury jur had again taken taleen their theil fats Eats In the open court before lefore the prisoner mounted tho the Blairs and ad con confronted confronted fronted the Jurors juron Ho lIo walked be he I tween two wardens to his seat He lIe HIas lIelas vas las as paler than usual When the thc ver verdict verdIct dict diet was announced he did dill not flinch and was in no need beth of the pi protectIng electing arm which a warden held helel out toward hm hIm The silence was broken by b the clerks cerks c formal question Prisoner at the bar have hao you ou any anything an thing to JI Wily the court coo rt should not bo be passed against you Protests His Innocence For a fraction of or a l second en hesitated then their replied betraying his by only the slightest of the voice I t still lUll protest my m innocence Lord pronounced the sen sentence sentence sentence tence of death and the officers again held out their arms to support the tue prisoner p IIo Ho lb Ignored Ign red their assistance aol and turning walked firmly from the room stopping only once then for fOl a brief moment to take nice nicea a last look Jook at aL the court room which he had fought fOIl ht for fr his life Statement of Crippens Crl Father 1 LOS ANGELES A Cal Oct Ocl 22 My Myson son Is innocent even een though thought he stands I convicted and I firmly believe his wife Polio Hollo Elmore is i living some somewhere somewhere where In the United States SUites With tears streaming down l I Is I cheeks Myron A the father of the physician sentenced today todar in iii London to be hanged made mude this state statement 1 mont ment when the news was to him him here While confidence In the theon tic son soil on is expressed It Is evident that the aged man mun has no hope of the course of or the law being changed Refers to Early E Life Ufe In his hour of sorrow however he referred with pride to Lo the early carl life of bin son and that as a child ho he had an unusual mind that his desires for music conquered when his would not permit nermit him to in lii indulge dul e his hie artistic taste by b making his violins i and showed ac at a an In early carl carlI ago age ho had hind entered the office of a n I physician at Son Jose Iose Cal Ca and re received received the tho rudiments of or a medical ed I uc allon which was completed at Ann Arbor Uch Mich Mr fr Crippen is practically penni penniless less ies let I |