Show CRIPPEN DIES NOV 8 B Dr Hawley H Crippen ten must t die The English court of appeals tj has decided d against the American dentist found guilty of murdering his wife It is scarcely two months since Crippen was chased across tho the ocean captured capt red taken beck back ackt TO face f ceh his 5 accusers s found guilty and sentenced all ill in that incredibly short period of time Americans ii t L stand amazed at the swiftness with which English judges and jurors move in that most responsible and serious duty of declaring the life of a human being forfeited There is something commendable in this speedy administration of law lav yet the average American must feel that the English interpretation interpretation interpretation tation of a reasonable doubt and the American conception of such a doubt are far apart Crippens whole attitude and his conduct fol following following following lowing the discovery discover of the evidence of his crime were self condemn condemnatory atory yet purely circumstantial The proof of a 11 murder was never fully established The body found in the Crippen home was not proven to be that of a woman much less that of Belle Elmore and still the English judge instructed the jury in a manner to make conviction con conviction conviction a certainty This is all contrary to the American idea of what is required to establish the crime of murder calling for the putting to death of the accused Perhaps there is not a person who read the evidence who does not lean to the theory that Crippen murdered his wife w e but there are few Americans who would have found him guilty of murder in the first degree because Americans are arc trained to give to the accused the benefit of the doubt so as to guard against the possibility of an innocent person suffering a complete miscarriage of justice |