Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1910 — POLICE AFTER CRIPPEN [ARTICLE]

POLICE AFTER CRIPPEN

Want American Doctor for Murdering Wife in London.

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, the American physician who is sought by the Scotland Yard authorities In connection with the murder of his wife. Belle Elmore, is believed to be on a steamer bound for the United States. He is a native of Coldwater. Mich , and was educated in Indiana. Dr. Crippen, who is said to be fifty years of age. made his home for some time at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, North London. Some time ago his wife, Belie Elmore, a vaudeville actress and treasurer of the Music Hall Artists’ Guild, disappeared, and subsequently a notice of her death appeared In print. The fact of her demise was generally credited, but there was more or less gossip among the women intimates and this finally reached the ears of the police A search of the Crippen house was made and the battered body of a woman was found buried in the cellar. It had been placed in quick lime and waa burned beyond recognition, but the finding of the body, together with other discoveries, has left no doubt In the minds of the authorities that the murdered woman was Mrs. Crippen. Dr. Crippen, after attending schools in Indiana and Los Angeles, completed his medical studies in Michigan, New York and Cleveland. He practiced In Detroit, San Diego, Cal., Salt Lake City, St. Louis and Brooklyn as an eye aad ear specialist.