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Show CRtPPEN HAD PLANNED II COMMIT SUICIDE WHILE HE WAS AT- SEA Wrote a Note Telling of the Horror He Went Through very NighMIurderer and Companion Com-panion Formally Accused in Bow Street Police Court in London-Miss Leneve an Accomplice may go all rlirht; they may 'go oT . wrong. I may never see. her agalj and I want to ask to let me see he Ixmdon, Aug. 29 Both Hawiey H. Crippen. the American doctor, and Ethel Claire Leneve, his typist, were accused of the murder of Belle El- I more, the former's wife, In the formal chhrge read to them today in the Bow street police court. Miss Ledeve was charged also with harboring and maintaining Crippen after tho crime, knowing that he bad committed 1L Before the proceedings. Inspector Iew, who brought tbe prisoners back from Canada, Introduced evidence to show that Crippen contemplated suicide sui-cide while ot sea. following his flight from Una country. Crippen was quoted also as declaring thai his companion com-panion knew nothing of the trouble ! lu which he was involved, and Miss Leneve was said tu have protested : her innocence. i There was special interest In the character of the charge, as tb3 Canadian Cana-dian warrant for the arrest vf the fugitives fu-gitives had merely laid at their door responsibility for the death of tbe unknown un-known woman whose body was found in the cellar of the Crippen hom at Hllldrop Crescent. , Tho fact that both were" today ac-I ac-I cused of the murder of Belle Elmore. the actress wife of ihe doctor, leads , to the supporltion that the mutilated body has been Identified to the natls-f.ict.on natls-f.ict.on of the authorities It also 8ug-: 8ug-: gests that tho police have further evi-! evi-! oence concerning Miss Ineve's eon-I eon-I uectlon with the tragedy than they i bavo made known heretofore. Tvdrs prt31eeding9 consisted 1 In-I In-I troduefng evidence, at tho conclusion I of which the prisoners were remanded vntil September is. without having pleaded or made any comment In reply re-ply to the charge against them. Crippen and Miss Leneve stood together to-gether In the dock. He wore a gray frock suit, while his companion wis dressed in a tallor mado suit of blue. Arthur Newton, the solicitor engaged en-gaged by friends of the tli -u'.. appeared ap-peared for Crippen. and J. H. V.'cl rare, retained by the girl's father, resented her. Irosjcutor Travers-bad Travers-bad charge of the case for the crown, and after Introducing evidence in ju.-tiflcation ju.-tiflcation of the arrests, he asked (hat tho prisoners 1m remanded for eight days. The prosecutor explained that I bo government's evidence against ;le typist pointed only to her as an accessory acces-sory after the fact. He said he proposed pro-posed at this time to offer on'y formnl evidence in support of the action of the authorities in arresting nnd hold Ing Ihe accused. A week hence the prosecution would be readv to proceed pro-ceed with the case Inspector Dew briefly descried the arrests on board the stenmi-r Montrose Mon-trose as the vessel approached Quebec. Que-bec. Dew said he to'd Crippen '.h: . he must put hlni in handcuffs, "as ou have written that you intended jumping jump-ing overboard." To this Crippen replied, re-plied, "I will not do that. My anxiety has been too awful." Explaining his belief that the prisoner pris-oner had planned to commit suicide, the inspector exhibited to the couri a business csrd. one one side of which -was "P. Robinson and Comnanv, Michigan. Presented by John E. Robinson." This enrd was found among Crippen s effects, and on the bnck of it, apparentlv In the doctor's handwriting, was the following: "I ennnot stand the horror I go through overv nicht any Ien'-. and. as I see nothing bright nhead ond my lom-nev Is coming to an en f have made up my mind to jumn overbonrd tonight. T know I have spoiled your life but some day you mav learn to forgive for-give me. Mv last words are of love. Dew also ' introduced a torn pio of a card on which Crlnpen had writ-; ten this question, "Shall we wait until un-til tonight about 10 or 11? If not. what time?" Asking after Miss Leneve. Crippen said to the Inspector: "I will do all I can for her. It is onlv fair to say that she knows nothing" noth-ing" about It. I never told her anything." any-thing." . I The witness said, in iconversing with Captain Kendall of the Montrose. Miss leneve remarked that she had not seen a newspaper since she left , London, and. referring to the murder mystery added: "I know nothing about it. " To tbe Inspector, the woman said: i assure von I know nothing about it. I intended to wrlto my sister , when I got to Quebec." . I When the warrent wr.s read on ship board. Miss Leneve wept and, becoming be-coming greatly agitated, fainted. Pew 'concluded his testimony bv repenting a-conversation he had with Crippen while the latter waa exercising exercis-ing on the dock of the steamer Mo-gnntie Mo-gnntie during the return to Liverpool on August 24. Crippen said: "I want to ask a favor of you. but I will leave it until Friday." - Friday was the day preceding? tho arrival of the vessel at Liverpool ( i The lus-pedor replied: "As well now as Friday." j Crippen then said: "When you took me off the ship . at Quebec, I did not. see Miss Leneve. 1 don't know how things will go. They j |