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Show neve not only because they pity her T Plight, lut niso because they lielicvo ' he In Crljpen's dupe and that she may turn against him on the witness stand. This Is the course her relat.vea are urging her to take, as several cnmV-.rnms cnmV-.rnms received today mad apparent. Will Not Ask American Aid. Crippen occupies a cell In the provincial pro-vincial jail on the he.ghts east rt the city overlooking the St. I.awrenre river riv-er lie rnii'ht ask to have the American Ameri-can consul notified or seek an attorney attor-ney to insure that he gets fair treatment. treat-ment. The Frilled States consul here Is Gebhart lllrlch. n former resident cf Milwaukee ami St. Paul. Minn. Mr. Willrlck said to.lay that while h stood ready to give f'rippen all con- 1 f Istenf. assistance, he added, ho saw no ; way In which he could better the sit-nation sit-nation of the prisoner in any way. Inspector Dew is resting here after his labors, an object of curiosity of res'dents and to the tourists that throng this queer old French city at this time of the year and the envy and admiration of the local police Counsel to Defend fi rl. A Ixmdon dispatch says Miss J,e-neve's J,e-neve's relatives have retained counsel here to defend her. but on this point the police have received no official information. Crippen seemed utterly discouraged, hut no f?r as can be ascertained he has let nothing Rllp that can be used against him when he comes to trial The police pin their hope upon Miss Leneve, hiit following the wishes of Inspector Dew they derlare they are making no effort to obtain confessions con-fessions and are not subjecting their prisoners to anything approaching the "third degree.," audi efforts being contrary con-trary to British police. Actions on Board. Talks with the crew and stewards of the Montrose thrw Interesting sidelights on the action of the pair on the voyage from Antwerp Domi-nick Domi-nick Keen, the steward who looked after their stateroom, had the beet opportunity for observing their actions. ac-tions. Me said: "I was one of the first, to dlscorer by her neat methods In her room, her way of walking and her effeminate effem-inate figure that John Robinson, dr.. was a woman. Then we discovered that the labels bad been taken from nil their clothes, lining had been torn from the younger Robinson's hat and soon Captain Kendall was convinced that be hn the much sought fugitiver on board." "My Boy Is a Little Deaf." Alfred Smith, the dining room stew ard. told bow Crippen had maneuvered to keep Miss 1Cneve seated by blm at tho captain's table, side by side and her next to the wall, so that no one could sit beside Miss I,eneve other oth-er than himself "My hoy is a little denf," he told the steward and after some argument sue-ceeded sue-ceeded in getting the desired seats. In this way he prevented any passenger passen-ger from engaging the girl in conversation conver-sation at the table and betraying her se by her voice. Arthur Homer of Montreal, one of the few English speaking passengers aboard, came perhaps closer In contact con-tact with thf hair, Crippen used to lend him magazines and they of ted talked together when Miss Leneve was Dot present, although Crippen "was careful not to reveal much of bis paj?t history. CRIPPEN WILL NOT FIGHT EXTRADITION QUEBEC, Aug. 1. Probably not be-' fore August IS will Dr. Hawley H. Crippen and Ethel Clara Leneve be taken aboard a trans Atlantic liner bound for England, theie to stand trial jointly accused of murdering a woman believed to have been Belle Elmore The criminal law of the British possessions established this j today when the haggard dentist, whose flight ended so dramatically aboard Lhe steamer Montrose yesterday morning, morn-ing, was arraigned before a magistrate magis-trate and remanded until August S. The girl was too ill to appear, hut If her condition improves she may he brought into court tomorrow. Will Not Fight Extradition. Crippen will not tight extradition. Of the girl's attitude less Is known. She is still broken in body and spirit, t'lternntely shaken with sobs or silently silent-ly morose. Her relatives in Ixndon are beseeching her hy cable to tell all and the Quebec police are treating her with gentleness rarely accorded a prisoner, even though a woman. Forced through a curious crowd, Crippen was taken today before the provincial court cf special sessions, where he was formally questioned as to his Identity and notified that ho was under arrest for the murder of an unknown wemnn. Remauling him to August R was purely perfunctory, as he and his companion, under the fugitive fu-gitive act must remain here Ht least 15 days. On the eighth he likely will ho remanded again until the fifteenth, and the first available vessel fnr England Eng-land will not depart until three days later. Woman Is Center of Attraction. Ijy that lime another detective from Scotland Yard will have arrived, bringing formal application for extradition, extra-dition, although this application prob-ahly prob-ahly will not be necessary In view nf the perused man's declaration that h will raise no obslf.clet, to his return. Although Crippen was the confer of attention wheu amiened. perhaps the most interesting development of the day was the extremely liberal treatment of Miss Leneve bv the po-lice. po-lice. Like Crippen. Is nectisr-d of murder, but the girt today -nJ--ved the freedom of the house of Chief of Police McCarthy: Physician Attends Girl. When taken from Jail today, it was announced that she had because rt her weak condition, been taken to a hospital, hos-pital, hut this proved to he lnrorrect. She H back in Jail tonlu-ht. under the earn of a physician, but vlPliorr: to the chief's bouse sn.v lhv had a glimpse of her waiving about the yard for a breath rf air under careful ruf. unob truslve surveillance Many perron helieve the poDc ar to markedlv lenient with Mis A- |