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Show CRIPPEN'S FATHER IS GRIEF-STRICKEN. Does Not Believe Belle Elmore Is Dead or Son Guilty. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. I .Bowed .Bow-ed down by years and broken by the ordeal of his son's flight and arrest on suspicion of having murdered his wife, M. A. Crippen, father of Dr, Hawley Crippen. today presents the most pathetic figure of the case that has engrosser! the interest of two continents. con-tinents. "They can't prove anything on Hawley. They can t even prove that Belle Elmore is dead. Why should I believe him guilty' I know he wouldn't do such a th.ng It passes belief. I may never know the truth as T don't feel I cau stand this worry much longer. I feel as If I would like to go away alone and die. I did my best to educate Hawley and hi son. I did the best I could and now In my old age I am alone and overwhelmed by this disgrace.'' |