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Ethel felt great relief: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 36–38.
“For mercy’s sake”: Ibid., 38.
“My dear,” he said: Ibid., 39.
THE PRISONER OF GLACE BAY
Beatrice and Marconi married: Weightman, Signor Marconi’s, 191–92.
Marconi gave Beatrice: Marconi, My Father, 169.
They fought: Marconi, My Father, 172.
They moved to something far grander: Ibid., 175; Baedeker, London, 9; Weightman, Signor Marconi’s, 194.
His ship-to-shore business: Baker, History, 105.
One clause of the agreement: Hong, Wireless, 148; “Memorandum of Agreement.” May 26, 1905. UCL, Fleming Collection, 122/47.
The new station at Whittle Rocks: Cash Book, Vol. 33, March 1905. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of Canada Ltd. Archives Canada, MG 28 III 72.
In April 1905: Ibid., April 1905.
Each got one: Ibid., April 1905.
In August 1905: Ibid., August 1905 and August 1904.
In 1904 Glace Bay: Balance Sheets, Vol. 22, Glace Bay. See balance sheets for years ended January 31, 1904, and 1908. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of Canada Ltd. Archives Canada, MG 28 III 72.
For the first time: MacLeod, Marconi, 95; Marconi, My Father, 176.
As she put it: Marconi, My Father, 168.
He gave her many: Ibid., 176.
The crew of 415: Fox, Transatlantic, 318–20.
“When her husband did emerge”: Marconi, My Father, 176.
One day Beatrice entered: Ibid., 177.
The new station: MacLeod, Marconi, 93; Vyvyan, Marconi and Wireless, 43.
The news made Marconi furious: Marconi, My Father, 178–79.
“The stillness of winter”: Vyvyan, Marconi and Wireless, 48–49.
Beatrice did not agree: Marconi, My Father, 178.
He volunteered his own fortune: MacLeod, Marconi, 96; Marconi, My Father, 180.
At Poldhu he inaugurated: MacLeod, Marconi, 96–98.
At last, at nine o’clock: Vyvyan, Marconi and Wireless, 44.
He began to see a pattern: Baker, History, 112–13; Vyvyan, Marconi and Wireless, 44.
He realized now: Vyvyan, Marconi and Wireless, 44–45.
LIBERATION
Ethel looked “rather troubled”: This and subsequent dialogue come from Adine True Brock Statement, 83. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
Dew composed a circular: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 23.
“You will look a perfect boy”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 43.
“Dear Sid”: Walter William Neave Statement, 88. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
“It was not a good fit”: This and subsequent dialogue come from Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 43–44.
Crippen reassured her: Ibid., 48.
To enhance her costume: Ibid., 44.
“I was terribly self-conscious”: Ibid., 44–45.
“Strange as it may seem”: Ibid., 45.
“Oh, the pretty English boy”: Ibid., 48.
Crippen identified himself: Police Reports as to Enquiries at Antwerp. NA DPP 1/13.
The innkeepers noticed: Ibid.
Later that Sunday: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 24.
A LOSS IN MAYFAIR
He envisioned: MacLeod, Marconi, 80–83; Vyvyan, Marconi and Wireless, 45.
“I was almost too young”: Marconi, My Father, 180.
“Our darling little baby”: Weightman, Signor Marconi, 195.
Now he endured: Marconi, My Father, 180–81.
Eventually he found one: Weightman, Signor Marconi, 196.
Beatrice’s sister: Marconi, My Father, 181.
On April 3, 1906: H. Kershaw to Fleming, April 3, 1906. UCL, Fleming Collection, 122/48.
During this time: Marconi, My Father, 181.
Standing on his head: Ibid., 181–82.
He recruited Marconi’s opponents: Hong, Wireless, 166.
“We find that the administration”: Hozier to Lodge, May 11, 1906. UCL, Lodge Collection, 89/77.
Muirhead arranged: Muirhead to Lodge, June 10, 1906. Ibid.
Impressed anew: Lodge, Past Years, 283–84.
In 1906, in response: Massie, Dreadnought, 481–82; Read, Urban Democracy, 475.
That year: Clarke, Voices, 144–52.
One witness: Ibid., 145.
The publisher of the German-language edition: Ibid., 148.
On September 11, 1908: Marconi, My Father, 186.
AN INSPECTOR RETURNS
“Will you do me”: Trial, 30.
Long chose not to mention: Further Report of Chief Inspector Dew, 7. NA DPP 1/13.
a five-chambered revolver: Ibid., 4.
He composed detailed descriptions: Ibid., 4.
The hotel’s owner noticed: Police Reports as to Enquiries at Antwerp. NA DPP 1/13.
Ethel loved touring: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 49.