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On Tuesday Dew ordered: “Further Report of Chief Inspector Dew,” 4. NA-DPP 1/13.
“Even in bed”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 27.
At last Long disclosed: Further Report of Chief Inspector Dew, 7. NA-DPP 1/13.
He and Mitchell worked: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 27.
One of the bricks: Further Report of Chief Inspector Dew, 5. NA-DPP 1/13.
Mitchell went to the garden: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 28.
THE MERMAID
In future years: Interview, Princess Elettra Marconi; also, Marconi, Marconi My Beloved, 159.
Suddenly Beatrice appeared: Marconi, My Father, 188–89.
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
“The stench was unbearable”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 28.
He and Froest set out: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 195.
His task would be: Thomas Marshall Statement, 50. Brief for the Prosecution, NA-DPP 1/13.
The men concentrated: Arthur Mitchell Statement, 4. Further Information, NA-DPP 1/13.
As Dew would note: Particulars of Human Remains, 23–24. Witness, NA DPP 1/13.
There was nothing: Thomas Marshall Statement, 43. Supplemental Information, NA-DPP 1/13. Marshall said, “We found not one single bone, no head, no arms or leg.”
“Someone had simply carved”: Walter Dew Statement, July 18, 1910, 38. NA-DPP 1/13.
The scope of the challenge: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 30.
“From the doctor’s chair”: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 195.
He titled the circular: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 29; for a photograph of the circular, see Goodman, Crippen File, 10.
The detectives returned: Alfred Henry Sargent Statement, 156, and Francis Barclay Statement, 158–59. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
“I asked him several times”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 50.
THE DYNAMITE PRIZE
“The Telefunken Wall”: Baker, History, 131.
A company memorandum: “Traffic Between Clifden and Glace Bay from October 10, 1907 to June 27, 1908.” August 4, 1908. William Smith Papers, Vol. 1. Archives Canada, MG 30 D18.
Another company report: “Analysis of Clifden Traffic from 4th January 1908 to 15th August 1908.” William Smith Papers, Vol. 2. Archives Canada, MG 30 D18.
“I might mention”: Marconi, Nobel, 1, 2.
He acknowledged: Ibid., 40.
Nor had he found: Ibid., 27–28.
“It would almost appear”: Ibid., 41.
“Whatever may be its present shortcomings”: Ibid., 44.
FIVE JARS
Dew also retrieved: Walter Dew Statement, July 18, 1910, 39. NA-DPP 1/13.
“There was one large mass”: Augustus Joseph Pepper Statement, 40. Brief for the Prosecution, NA-DPP 1/13.
Amid the discarded skin: Ibid., 46.
“False hair”: Ibid., 41.
As Pepper probed: Trial, 48; W. H. Willcox, Report, 4. NA-DPP 1/13.
Ethel grew weary: This and subsequent dialogue and detail: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 49–53.
His search also turned up: Walter Dew Statement, July 18, 1910, 39. NA DPP 1/13.
“It was the one big topic”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 33.
“Not a day passed”: Ibid., 36–37.
On this score: Browne, Rise, 250, 258.
The most important lesson: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 98.
“I did what I could”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 36.
On Friday, July 15: Emily Jackson Statement, 38–40. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
They revisited Clara Martinetti: Clara Martinetti Statement, 63–68. Ibid.
They interviewed Marion: Marion Louisa Curnow Statement, 72–73. Ibid.
“They were on exceedingly good”: Emily Cowderoy Statement, 104. Ibid.
that Sir Melville Macnaghten believed: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 196–97.
Mrs. Ginnette and the police: Cullen, Crippen, 69; Fox, Transatlantic, 405.
“Up till today”: Cullen, Crippen, 70.
“The reverend gentleman”: Ibid., 74.
“Many a man”: Ibid., 72.
Afterward, in the hall: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 31–32.
TESTAMENT
“Marconi-Atlantic”: Marconi, My Father, 192.
“It was without”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 52.
PART VI: PURSUIT BY THUNDER
THE ROBINSONS
“The whole ship”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 52–53.
“I felt so sure”: Ibid., 53.
The captain also produced: Trial, 187.
The ship’s open-sea velocity: Ibid., 188.
“So with a rug”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 54.
He found their hats: Trial, 187; also, Cullen, Crippen, 126.
“I warned him”: Trial, 187.
SUICIDE
In Chicago police arrested: New York Times, July 23, 1910.
In Marseille