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Show THE STORY OF THE CRIME The execution of Dr. Hawley H. Cilppen'iu Loudon today completed tho criminal records of ouo of tho mortt sensational of recent murder cases. The brutality of the critic committed commit-ted by a man who had been known as u gentlo and kindly nature, the murderer's mur-derer's spectacular (light to his native lend, and the fact that tbe case against the doctor was purely circumstantial, combined to make a tragedy of absorbing absorb-ing interest, not only in Kngland, where the murder was committed, but aB well in America, where both Crip-pen Crip-pen and his wife were born. Married Bslle Elmore. Crippen, slight in figure, was Just 50 years old. He was borr. in Michigan, Michi-gan, and after studying medicine practiced prac-ticed in the United States and Canada. Cana-da. In 1906 he married Cora Macka-Motski Macka-Motski of Brooklvn, a vaudeville actress, whose stage name was Belle Klniore. They removed to London, where the doctor engagea in dental Manufacture. Soon there was domestic infelicity, l due, Crippen alleged, to tho atten-j atten-j lions his wife received from other i men. Then Clara Lenevc, a prepos- sesslng woman, 27 years old, entered I Crlppen's employ as a typist. Sh'J I sympathized with tho doctor and tho two fell in love. Meantime Crippen and his wife were estranged. Mrs. Crippen Disappeared. Nearly a year ago, .Miss Lcneve, feeling her position keenly, became impatient im-patient with the bltuatlon. About tho same time the doctor was In need of money. Mr?. Crippen disappeared ; suddenly last February. Her husband I inserted a death notice in the papers laving she had succumbed to an ill-tietiH ill-tietiH while visiting In California. Actress friends of Mrs. Crippen persuaded per-suaded Scotland Yard to make an Investigation In-vestigation and the police interviewed Crippen on July 12. Ho threw the pcllee off the scent, but on the following follow-ing day fled from London Arrested cn Steamer Montrose. Subsequently their picsence on board the steamer Montrose war; mado known to Scotland Yard, and as the Montroae was approaching Quebec, Crlppt-n and Miss Leneve were arrested arrest-ed This was on July 31. In the meantime the police had visited the Crippen home In Hilldrop Crescent and In the cellar unearthed parts of a woman's body. The medical experts who examined these .were never able anatomically to prove that they were from the body of Belle Elmore. Convicted of the Murder. Nevertheless, the Jury tnat beard the Crippen case were satisfied that they were Crlppeu wus indicted and convicted of the murder of his wife, tho evidence Including testimony that he had bought and administered poison, poi-son, after which he dismembered the body, lie was sentenced to be hanged November 8, but secured a stay of execution until today. An appeal on bis behalf was denied by the erlmlual court of appeals, and a petition for a leprleve was rejected by Home Secretory Secre-tory Churchill. Miss 1eutrve w;w Indicted and charged ri3 an accessory after the fact, but was acquitted |