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Show CONFESSION i l DENQi Crippen Has Not Broken Down He Is Not Allowed to Shave London, Aug. 4. Scotland Yard li l.epi busy denying all sorts of rumon concerning Crippen nnd Miss Lenevi-. (!. most recent describing an alljcu c fission by the doctor, emanating I mm Quebec. SupL Froent treat the report lightly. Intimating that ln-: ln-: P i ter Dew would not be likely to give out Information in Quebec which lie Lad not first cabled to headquar;. t rs hero. The superintendent poiai-.! poiai-.! out also that had Crippen confer-on confer-on it would have been unnecessary to send Sergeant Mitchell to Qui-bee Qui-bee with depositions taken In Loudon In order to gain the extradllion of t lie l-rioacrs. Mitchell, accompanied by two war Jiessci, who will take charge of'Miu Ia neve, sailed this morning on th trcamcr Lake Manitoba for Quebec The- question whether Crippr ami bis companion have been married has been levived In cause of Its bearing bear-ing on the status of the woman as i poycible witness against Crippen. Ii ij known that the police are hoping Mlsj Lcneve will make u witness fo,-Ihe fo,-Ihe crown, but if It is proven that the U the wifo of the doctor, she li'.ny refuse absolutely to take t!i. stand against her husband. Discussing this feature of tiie case, SnpL Froest said an exhaustive o'-lkial o'-lkial investigation had failed to pro Ouce any evidence of such a marn-ige. marn-ige. Quebec, Aug. 4. The Quebec provincial pro-vincial authorities were Insistent to-i'ay to-i'ay that Dr. Crippen had not mnd a confession. They maintained thin attitude in the face of persistent rumors ru-mors that some sort ot a statement I. yd ben obtained from the prisoner. This moth is known. Inspector Dew has not visited Crip, pen's cell or hail any direct communication communi-cation with him since yesterday morning. Dew breakfasted early to day and disappeared. Whether he' left town could not be determined, but members of the provincial police expressed the belief that he had sought seclusion in or.ler to avoid th annoyance of being obliged to deny frequently erroneous statements at-tiibuted at-tiibuted to him Crippen has changed much in fac ial expression since he arrived here Monday. He is not allowed to shave and a four days growth of beai i gives him quite a different look. Taj jfii! governor eaid the precautions against an attempt at self dcstructlo-j were so strict that the prisoner neither would be allowed to have n rf.zor nor be trusted In the ban is of the jail barber. The rumors of statements made by Crippen as to the crime with which be Jointly charged Miss Leneve, have reached here usually from Montreal New York and London, In each Instance thy sent the cor respondents scurrying from one prov i icial officer to another. Nothlug It confirmation could be learned. It has been variously reported t ha' Crippen admitted of a scuffle with hi: vile, alter which she was seized wit a fatal Illness and also that the pri oi.er explained that the death of hi.; v ife was accidental. The time set by law for the detention deten-tion oi the pair on Canadian soil whl expire at midnight. August ISth. They have been remanded until Aug Sth. At hen it Is proposed to again remand them until the 15th nnd on that dat.' lo once more remand them until th; day on which the vessel decided od sails. |