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In Halifax, Nova Scotia: Ibid., July 24, 1910.
From Brussels came: Ibid., July 23, 1910.
“Many meek looking men”: Ibid., July 24, 1910.
On the night of Wednesday: Ibid., July 22, 1910.
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
In talking with Robinson: Henry George Kendall Statement, 2. NA-MEPO 3/198; also, Croall, Fourteen Minutes, 25, and Jeffers, Bloody Business, 125.
Once, a gust of wind: Trial, 188.
Kendall invited the Robinsons: Trial, 188.
“This ruse was successful”: Ibid., 188.
“I was then fully convinced”: Henry George Kendall Statement, 2. NA MEPO 3/198.
One afternoon Kendall spotted: Trial, 188.
Have strong suspicions: Henry George Kendall Statement, 3. NA-MEPO 3/198; Jeffers, Bloody Business, 126; see photograph of Marconigram in Goodman, Crippen Files, 28.
“MR. DEWHURST”
“It was eight o’clock”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 37.
“Read it to me”: Jeffers, Bloody Business, 126.
“What do you think”: This and subsequent dialogue is from Dew, I Caught Crippen, 39.
“It was a serious step”: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 199.
Moreover, the Murder Squad: Ibid., 229–31.
Macnaghten worried: Ibid., 199.
“Here is your authority, Dew”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 39.
“That night could not fail”: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 199.
An officer with the Liverpool police: Telegram. Head Constable Leonard Dunne to Macnaghten, July 22, 1910. NA-MEPO 3/198.
Only the ship’s captain: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 40.
He was met: Telegram. Head Constable Leonard Dunne to Macnaghten, July 22, 1910. NA-MEPO 3/198.
“It was hopeless”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 40.
“I assumed an air”: Macnaghten, Days of My Years, 199–200.
Macnaghten’s anxiety increased: Ibid., 200.
New York police: Inspector John H. Russell, Police Department of the City of New York, to Macnaghten, July 22, 1910. NA-MEPO 3/198.
A French rail guard: New York Times, July 20, 1910.
A traveler on an English train: Charles Jones to Head Constable, Cardiff City Police, July 15, 1910. NA-MEPO 3/198.
In Brussels a Scotland Yard detective: Central Officer’s Special Report: Re John Robinson and John Robinson Junior. July 24, 1910. NA-MEPO 3/198.
The innkeeper’s wife: Daily Mail, July 27, 1910. Reproduced in Goodman, Crippen File, 35.
AN INTERCEPTED SIGNAL
“The doctor was as calm ”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 53.
She imagined the letter: Ibid., 54.
“What is Inspector Dew doing”: MarconiCalling. Search Crippen. See, “Kendall’s Message Reaches Scotland Yard.”
CAGE OF GLASS
“It is believed that”: Daily Telegraph, July 25, 1910. Reproduced in Goodman, Crippen File, 28.
The story consumed: Trial, xxxi.
“At noon to-day”: Daily Mail, July 26, 1910. Reproduced in Goodman, Crippen File, 31.
One article speculated: Daily Mail, July 25, 1910. Reproduced in Goodman, Crippen File, 29.
“Mysterious voices”: Daily Mirror, July 27, 1910. Reproduced in Goodman, Crippen File, 33.
A French newspaper: Quoted in Goodman, Crippen File, 37.
“The people, who have a sure instinct”: Priestley, Edwardians, 200.
“The King’s Poisoner”: Willcox, Detective-Physician, 324.
He took the first steps: Trial, 68.
“The remains”: Ibid., 66.
He succeeded in locating: William Henry Willcox Statement, 58. Brief for the Prosecution, NA-DPP 1/13.
At No. 46 Brecknock Road: Lena Lyons Statement, 133–35. Witness, NA DPP 1/13.
Another neighbor, Franziska: Franziska Hachenberger Statement, 135A. Ibid.
The most detailed report: Frederick Evans Statement, 136–38. Ibid.
Crutchett tracked down: William Curtis Statement, 162–63. Ibid.
On Wednesday, July 27: Cullen, Crippen, 135; Jeffers, Bloody Business, 126–27.
“What the devil”: Jeffers, Bloody Business, 127.
“Speaking for myself”: London Times, July 29, 1910.
QUIVERING ETHER
“Kindly wireless”: Cullen, Crippen, 135.
“too good a thing to lose”: Trial, 187.
“My dear,” he told her: This and subsequent dialogue come from Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 55–56.
On Friday, July 29: Trial, 187–88.
“There was something”: London Times, August 1, 1910.
“The suspect fugitive”: Reproduced in Goodman, Crippen File, 37.
“What a wonderful invention”: Trial,