THE CRIPPEN CASE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14343, 22 October 1910, Page 3

THE CRIPPEN CASE.

NEARING THE END. CASE FOR DEFENCE CLOSED. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Oct. 22, 10.35 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 21. Continuing his evidence, Crippeu said that during the final quarrel he offered his wife money' to go away. He admitted that ho did n6t inquire of cabmen and others regarding his wife’s flight, nor did he take into consideration the pain tho announcement of ‘her death caused his wife’s friends. Under pressure he admitted the pyjama found with tho remains was possibly part of a suit she bought. Counsel remarked that tho cloth of which it was made was never manufactured till November, 1908. Crippen shook his head as though unconvinced. As far as he was awaro the cellar was undisturbed during bis tenancy. There were times when both he and his wife were absent when tho remains might have been placed in tho collar. Tho reason he decided to leave was through fear he might be arrested and detained till his wife was found. Dr. Turnbull, of London Hospital, testified that the mark on the skin of a portion of tho remains was not an operation scar, but a piece of the folding skin after death. The scarred skin was from the buttock, not the abdomen. Dr. Wall, assistant-physician at London Hospital, also said it was not an operation scar. Tho case for the defence has now closed.