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Show -SYMPATHY FOR-ETHEL LENEYE BUI : A DEEP HATRED FOR DR.. CRIPPEN Beautiful Companion of the Captured Mur derer Is Looked Upon by the People of Quebec as a Villain's Diipe"Crowds Watch the Landing of Prisoners humble servant of the public that this room, better than any provided for prisoners, was given 1o the little woman wom-an who fr love of a man has found herself a fugitive from Justice. The act appears to be typical of the fueling fuel-ing prevailing here among a large part of Quebec's population today. The pi:hlic re-fuses to put the woman In the same class with the man. Insoector Dew Brightens. . Karly today throngs gathered out- side the Jail in anticipation of the ap- pearance of the prisoners in court. ' Next to the accused, the object of the ! greatest public attention is Inspector Dew. The successful conclusion of his mission has put a new light in his face. i Nevertheless, the Scotland Yard j ninn knows that a great resuonslbility I j still rests on him. His prisoners have been caught, but they are yet to be i safely returned to London. It is gen- j crally believed that Dew has failed to secure the hoped-for confession. Whii his Immediate duty was to get ' his man. to have obtained n confes- j sion would have been a feather in the j cap of any ofllcer. j Without such confession, inn. vers ' say a conviction inav be impossible. I Dew has said that Crippen was n cow- j aid. Dew, however, has been mis- ! taken about Crippen before. Mo was mistaken when he accepted Crippen's J ! promise to remain In . London. The j captain of the steamer said today that ho suspected Crippen the mo- ment lie laid eyes on him shortly afier j the man boarded the steamer at Antwerp Ant-werp on July 20. Kendall Was Resourceful. ( 1 "The English papers were full of j the case while we were on the other i .skle," said the captain, ''and I became j much interested in it. I bought all the papers and used to lie in my bunk and read them. Look here," anil opening the drawer of his d.-'sk In his co bin. I he skipper produced half a dozen papers, each containing pictures pic-tures of Crippen and Miss Lenevo. (Continued on Page Seven ) Quebec, Aug. 1. It seemed today n-. if half the city's population had deserted their usual pursuits an I climbed the heights to the Palais de .Tustlne In anticipation of the arraign ment of Dr. Hawley M. Crippen and LMiel Claire Leneve, wlio, after a fhght across the Atlantic, were ar-usted ar-usted under such dramatic circuin-r.ttnees circuin-r.ttnees as the steamer Montrse approached ap-proached the city yesterday. It ha 1 been announced that the prisoners would be brought before Magistrate Angers at 10:30 o'clock, and the. matter mat-ter of their deportation to Kngland quickly disposed of. However, the thousands fought for a vantage point in the hope of seeing the man and voman who have been lifted froia comparative obscurity Into world-vide world-vide prominence through an ellegcd connection with the murder in London of a woman supposed to be Belle El-More, El-More, the doctor's wife, were disap-l.olnted. disap-l.olnted. The case was not called at the time set, and Judge Angers even Intimated Intimat-ed that the prisoners might not be. brought before blm today. He said. In explanation of the delay, that the matter rested with Deputy Attorney General Lanclot. It Is believed that the delay was riuo '.o a dispatch received today bv Inspector Dew from Scotland Yard. The Inspector is awaiting the arrival from London of an officer bearing the necessary extradition papers j vhlch y.ill require ten days at least md In the mecntinie Dew will sitnplv psk that the prisoners be remanded ;s suspects. - I As the hour originally set for th'? arraignment approalhed, the crowd ! which covered a wide area about the Palais de Justice grew greater Every-where Every-where bitterness toward Crippen was exhibited, but the attitude toward tb.. woman in the case was strangely dif J ' fc-reut. F,ver3where one heard words of sympathy . for the girlish creature vho had pinned her faith to the man J now charged with a crime po shocking shock-ing as to seem almost unbelievable. Reports fro mthe provincial jail where Crippen and Miss Leneve.have been confined since their arrival l.ere, added to the popular feeling i Mis Leneve Is described as having i h-ibbed and moaned as she tossed on ! her cot during the early hours today, j hen she arose this morning sh-r- was landed a cablegram which read: "Tell all you know." Those who saw this message say St v; as signed "Papa." It is known that Miss Ineve's father fa-ther in London has stoutly maintained j that his daughter was innocent and I. jd no knowledge of the crime, and i i-Ih believed herself to be the lawful law-ful wife of Crippen, supposing that , 'in- first wife had met a natural death, ! 'Acr deserting the doctor. j Quebec, Aug. 1. Crippen was ar- algned today and held for hearing j or August S. Miss Lenev was too ill 0 appear In court. Crowds See Prisoners. Quebec, Aug. 1 Canadian justice moved swirtly today in the case of It. Hawley M. Crippen and Ethel C!aire Leneve, who. charged with "guilty knowledge of an abominable crime," fled from the other side of the Atlantic only to be caught in a police trap before, they eould put foot on the soil of the Doiuinion. The steamer Montrose, on which ihr fugitives were arrested jrstenjay wl.ile the vessel was still 160 miles n cm this port, arrived at ber plei hei at 1:50 o'clock this morning. The prisoners were hastened through immense crowd of curious ones to the provincial Jail, where they wera v ere placed In separate cells for Cm: I'icht. Mere they got a few hours' Bleep II. e best rest cither had had since they 'l d from Indon, on July J, shortly it-fore the detecthes found in the V liar ot the Crippen hinir the bit s !' human flesh which th authorities :ave tried to establish once went io n.ake up the? bod of Belln Elmore. ('Ipprn'K wife. Today both prisoners "Ppeared refreshed. The agony of suspense over, they 1 ad fallen into that deep sloop that bttokcnfl physical exhaustion. As soon as the arrests were made, tlio h.ral court authorities were notilled at:d Judge Pnnet Angers had arranged to hold rmirt at 10:30 o'clock this Morning. The aerused were held mile mi-le r the law pertaining to fugitives upecled of connection with crime Uid the court proceedings were ar-Miiged ar-Miiged to be conducted expeditiously, t is hoped that Crippen ami his typist 'un be sent bark to London on the ileamer Royal George which will sail i Thursday. However, under the fugitive offem1,-i.g offem1,-i.g act, the prisoners have the iie!it to remain here fifteen days be'o'.v tluir departure, This period affords them opportunity to seek release through habeas corpus proceedings. Crippen may also exercise his right an American citizen to appeal Io tne American consul here and so Make .mre that his rights arc not Io-fringed. Io-fringed. It is doubtful If Crippen snails himself of either chance tor oelay. Excitement In Ouebec. The greatest excitement was catic-ril catic-ril In the city yesterday when a wireless wire-less message brought the news that iht long ;;oughl man and woman had ben arrested on board the tteamer Montrose, when the vessel laid to off l's-it her Point to take on a pilot. It was known that the steamer would be due here soon alter mhl-Hr-'ht. Early in the evening crowds , l'gan to gaiher at the pier. As the ' Pifcht advanced the crowd grew gieat-! gieat-! ci. The poller found difficulty in re-j re-j straining the curious The steamer steam-er was sighted down the harbor The i excitement wns Intense. When the j boat, swung into her pier, Crippen was still in cabin No. S, where be was confined yesterdav With hliv. v as detective Denis. Miss Leneve was under close watch of Chief McCarthy Mc-Carthy In cabin No T. Throughout the night Inspector Dew had passed from one cabin to the other, not for one moment relaxing the watch on the prisoners who once slipped through Ills fingers. A half hour before the landing, the prisoners were U.U1 that they were very near Quebec. Both had been un-j un-j dei (he greatest strain for hours and I showed Increased i e iiiessness. Crip-I Crip-I pen. who had been attempting to read a novel, tossed the book aside and , dropped his head In bis hands In the same despairing- attitude that he as-, as-, sumed yesterday forenoon when he ! heard 'the. fateful words: "In the 1 name of the King, I arrest you. j l Fell on Her Knees, i At the some time Miss Leneve, In hei' quarters in anctner part of the vessel, fell on her knees. and gazed out ' of the poi t hole into 'the blackness j of the night. Suddenly she turned ; back Into her room and was seized with a fit of coughing. It was a nervous cough that racked ! her and the nerves of her guard, who ; had attended ber fioru the time she collapsed, following her arrest. At 10: nn o'clock Captain Kendall came down the hj-idgo and unUfled In- specfoT-DrTnri-In Vf e w inniu f es 'TjIT passengers would be taken ashore. Dew notified - McCarthy and Denis. Presently Denis emerged from the cnbln deor with- Crippen, whom he held by the arm as they passed both main cabins In a roundabout direction. White as Death. Crippen, his face white as' death, walked In a shambling gait. As they passed the state room which the doc-tor doc-tor formerly had occupied with Miss Leneve. the door of that room swung ( open and Detective McCarthy half car-1 car-1 'fMi Miss Leneve out io the passageway. passage-way. r Both prisoners were so near to physican collapse that they scarcely glanced at each other. Miss Leneve I tottered as she moved forward and j hardly could have proceeded alone, j She wore a grray dress which had been given her by the stewardess when the boy's clothing in which sho bad crossed the Atlantic was taken I from her. Over her hat a heavy veil I had betn thrown. But she scarcely needed the veil to hide her features. I for her head was so bent that no ono i could have seen her face. Too Pretty for a Boy. On the way over from Antwerp the face of Miss Leneve had appeared too pretty for that of a boy. A half-hour niter she had leen placed In custodv i her features appeared to be rather i those of a well-matured woman who I had suffered much. Dew led the way to the gangway, a I steward carrying a small suit case I marked "J. RoblDson." This was the i only baggage which the two had j brought with them. Neither had on I extra suit of clothing. ' Crippen bad ( one the same brown s'Jit that he wore I when he embarked at Antwerp. He ! is smooth shaven. i ; As they appeared on the gang i plank and caught sight of the enor-I enor-I mous crowd that surged to the pier, desperately determined to get a j glimpse at the pair, Crippen and the woman would have fallen but for tho ; arms which supported them. I Cripptn's manacled hands swung J loose in front of him. Miss leneve j swayed from side to side. Her clot,e-ly clot,e-ly cut hair still gave her the boyish appearance which she had tried to adopt, and many of the crowd were I fo-.lcil into thinking that the diminu- I j tie figure was not of the woman who j had challenged the attention of two I continents, and believed the police j were utdng a little boy disguised as a ' ) woman to detract the attention of the I crowd and so give them an opimrtunl- ty to remove the real prisoner with j less Inconvenience. j' The lltle protcesslon had scarcely j reached the foot of the gan plank I when the pushing crowd crawled In around It, and It was only alter the I police had charged that they were j able to make a passage to the rah that was wailing just outside the j i pl r shed. Half Carried Them. . I j When the officers found an open- 1 Ing, they half carried their charges i (o the ci'.rrirjge, pushed them inside ; 1 and In another momeut the vehicle j ! wa. clattering along the wooden floor j of the pier and out into the narrow i street that led to the provincial build j j ings. The doer of the provincial Jail ! fclooj open, awaiting its new guests. and the formalltks necessary were quickly over. Crippen was 'placed In 'a cell smaller than, the state room which be and his typist had occupied I on the Montrose. More consideration was shown Mls Lenee. She was i given a large and comparatively eoin-fi eoin-fi l iable roo ii o nthe upper t-oor. TI1I5 I room had been lilted for the occupation occupa-tion of -a scrub woman employed In the Jail. It was at the request of tills 'day, be was enreful to prepare. Crip-' pen for the arrival of the river pilot. Crlpprn and Miss Leneve had' risen eirl) and breakfasted toother, . o'clock Then Miss Inev. roDiplain-ed roDiplain-ed of a slight Indisposition and retired to her rtate room. Crlppen went on deck to watch for the pilot boat. When it appeared carrying four men all in pilot garb, the accused turned suddenly to the ship's physician, 'and eying the other searchingly. paid: "There seems lo be tlio many pilots on hoard; I see four." I Stewart, the physician who had been instructed not to leave Crlppen's sido until the arrest was inad. gave a commonplace reply and Crlppen again turned his eyes seaward. When Dew Met Cnppen. Crlppen remained hanging over the-rail the-rail near the companionway as th tender of the pilot boat, with the police po-lice officials, paddled alongside inspector in-spector Dew, Chief McCarthy and Detective De-tective Doni3 of the provincial pollco were made up in an attempt to look like the fourth occupant of the boat, the real pilot. Dew, however, did not make a good pilot and hh disguise was hardly more effective than that of his n'larry. The English officer could could not clamber up the rope ladder with a sailor's agility and he all but upsef the little boat, when he left It. The denoument was simple enough. The recognition between Crlppen and Dew was mutual and immediate When he reached the companion-way companion-way and, at last faced the man whom he leng had sought, the Inspector said: "Are you nr. Crippen?" To this Crlppen replied quietly: "T am." Dew continued, "You are arrested on the charge of murder and mutilation of an unknown woman." ouotlne from the first sentence of the warrant which was later formallv read by Chief McCarthy, when the prisoner had accompanied his captors into cabin cab-in N'n S. The first exchanges over, Dew nodded nodd-ed to McCarthy and tne latter clapped a na.r of handcuffs on Crlppen's wrists. The- prisoner made no resistance. resist-ance. In fact he appeared relieved and. as he turned In the direction Indicated by the oftlcers, said: "I am glad The suspense was too great." Crlppen flung himself into a steamer steam-er chair and buried his face In his hands. McCarthy remained with him. In the menntlme, Miss i.eneve remained remain-ed alone In her state ro-m Telllnc of her arrest today. Detective Denis said: "No handcuffs were used on the woman and none will be. She fainted faint-ed at the shock of arrest, but was quickly restored." SYMPATHY FOR ETHEL LENEVE (Continued from Page One.) One of the dentist's pictures had the black mustache blocked out with white chalk. "I did Ibat," continued Kendall, "the first day I saw the mau aboard; i he was clean shaven then, and I wanted want-ed to see how this likeness would look without the mustache. I also chalked out the spectacles in the picture. pic-ture. Crippen wore no spectacles on board. Here Is the result: You can so how closely It resembles the man as he looks today. And here is some, thing else I did." The r-kipper toow from his desk a square of white cardboard with a round hole cut iu th center, and fitted fit-ted it over a newspaper cut of Miss Leneve. Thus superimposed, it covered cov-ered the girl s picture, hat and dress, leaving only the face showing. "I rii.j this and compared the pictured face with that of the passenger Crippen said was his son," said Kendall. The resemblance Is striking. 'After these experiments I was convinced. con-vinced. Crlppt-n was very wary in his talks with me. Several times i conversed with him in the cabin, but always I was careful to ask him no questions that would excite his suspicions. sus-picions. I'p to the hour of his arrest, i believe lhat he did not dream how Hire we were of their Identity." Crlppen Not Surprised. There are many today who believe Crlppen was taken less by surprise thnn had lrfen planner: It js certain that his resources for escape had dwindled until he was nearly help-I less. He had a railroad tleket for Detroit, De-troit, but inly ?10 in his pocket Miss leneve had not a cent. Crippen. however, had several Jewels concealed conceal-ed cn his person. Capt. Kendall was apprehensive of an attempt at suicide and. as Father roint loomed Lu Uni disUVA i.u- |