Show liNE CRIPPEN DEfENSE Will fOLLOW CLEAR Solicitor Newton AsKs Independent Inde pendent Examination of Remains Found CONTENDS THEY CAN CANNOT CANNOT NOT BE IDENTIFIED London Offic Officer r Sails With Evidence to Support Requisition Requisition Re Re- Request LONDON Aug 4 Solicitor t. Solicitor Newton n who vho has been retained to defend Dr Crippen made his first move today when whon he ho filed a formal application asking the authorities to permit an independent physician to examine tho bits of human flesh found in the tho Crippen cellar It is that Newton will contend con tend that they thoO cannot be identified n na in ha having belonged cd to tho the body of Belle Bella Scotland Yard is kept busy enrin all sorts of rumors concerning Crippen and Miss Lonc e tho recent do- do scribing an alleged confession ion by tho thin doctor emanating from front Quebec Superintendent Forest treated the tho re report report port lightly intimating that Inspector Dow Dew would not bo be likely to give out in in information formation in Quebec which bo ho had bad not first cabled to headquarters hero The superintendent pointed out also that had Crippen confessed it would bavo been unnecessary to send Sergeant Mitchell to Quebec with depositions taken timken ta tn ken in London in order to gain tho tIm extra extradition of tho prisoners Mitchell accompanied b. b by two wardresses ward who will tako char charge e of Miss Mis Leneve sailed this morn morning n oti on tho the steamer Lake Manitoba for Quebec Question of Marriage Tho question wb whether thor Crippen and his companion have havo been married has been revived rc because of its bear bearing n on ou the status of tho the woman yoman as lS a possible witness against Crippen It is known that the police are aro hoping Miss iss will Trill make a witness for tho tho- crown but if it is is proven th that t she Hbo i is the tho wife of tho doctor she may refuse absolutely I to tako tak a against her ber husband hl Dj this feature 0 of the tUo cg e Superintendent Forest said an nn eX exhaustive jive tive official investigation IJa had failed to produce an any evidence of such a mar mar- ria c. c RUMORS OF CONFESSION ARE FLATLY DENIED DInnED QUEBEC A Aug uc 4 The Tho Tho Quebec provincial pro authorities were insistent today to da day that Dr Crippen had not mn made o a n confession They maintained this attitude attitude atti atti- tude tudo in in the face of persistent rumors that some sort of a n statement bad had been obtained from tho the prisoner This much is known Inspector Dew and tho time Canadian detectives cs have havo not visited Crippens Crippen's coil cell or had any di direct direct direct di- di communication with him since since yesterday yes res mornin morning Dew breakfasted early today at his boarding house and anil disappeared whether he left loft town could not bo ho determined but members of the pro provincial police expressed d tho belief that ho had sought s seclusion in ill order to avoid the tho annoyance of being obliged to W deny frequently erroneous statements statements state state- ments attributed to him Crippen has hag changed much in in facial expression since he arrived here Mon Mon- day He Ho is not allowed to shave e and amI anda amIa a four tour da days davs' growth of beard him gives quite quito a different look The Tho j jail il governor governor governor gov gov- said the tho precautions against an attempt at self destruction were so strict that tho the prisoner neither would be bo allowed to have havo a razor nor bo be trusted in the hands of the tIm jail barber The rumors of statements made by as to tho the crime w with th which heis ho he hois hois is jointly charged with Miss Mi neve have havo reached Sore here usually usually from irom Montreal Montreal Montreal Mon Mon- treal New Now York and London In each instance tho they sent tho the correspondents scurrying from one provincial officer to another Nothing in confirmation could bo be learned It has been variously reported that Crippen admitted of u a 1 scuffle Cuffle with his wife after which she aho was seized with a fatal illness and ancl also that tho the prisoner explained that the death of his wife was acci accidental The Tho time set by law for the tho detention of the tho pair on Canadian soil will expire at midnight ht August 15 The Tho first En English l inglish in- in u- u glish Clish steamer from irom this port sailing sif nf- sifter if- if tar ter that date data will leave du n August 18 IS but a faster boat will leave on the tho and tho the deportation of Crippen and Miss Lene e ma may o await wait the later date dato They havo have been remanded until August Au August Au Au- gust 6 8 L but on oa that date dato it is proposed to again remand them until the and on that date dato to once moro more remand them until the day on which the vessel decided on sails |