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Show EipiiC Says Belle Elmore Is Not Alive and Crip-pen Crip-pen Is Guilty Chicago, Nov. S Bruce Miller of East Chicago, friend of Bello Elmore, the actress wife of llawley H. Crlp-pen, Crlp-pen, who is under sentence of death In London for murdering his wife, takes no stock In the story that the woman is alive. Miller appeared as a witness in the Crlppcn trial to disprove the accusation ac-cusation that he was uuduly friendly with Mrs. Crippen. 'It's a canard, pure and simple," said he last ulcht. "Crippen had cast Insinuations that I might know the whereabouts of his wife, and I went to London to prove that I bad not ' seen the woman for over six years. She had two of my pictures in her room, but there was no attempt to conceal her friendship for both mo and Mrs. Miller. "While the evidence was only circumstantial, cir-cumstantial, It was conclusive, and no fair-minded man who heard the testimony could have the slightest doubt about the Identity of the slain woman. I am sure that we are the only people she knew In this vicinity, and it s certain she would not come here without visiting us. "N'o, there's nothing to it Some other woman must be impersonating the slain actress If Attorney F T. Tobln of Philadelphia, thinka ho hns her located, it will be an easy matter mat-ter to have me Identify her But she is dead. You may rest assured of that "The story about her being hero would have had more weight if I had not gone on to explain my friendship with Mrs. Crlppcn See, we met as theatrical people. Crippen In his de fenee declared thai. Instead of being dead, she was in America with me. 1 went over on the eume ship with Theresa Hun, her sister. With In-epector In-epector Dew, I went to the Crlppcn residence and Identified my pictures. I told him eevrylhlng, the same as I testified. There was nothing to conceal. con-ceal. She Is not alive. Crlppen's guilt was fully established." |