December 21, 1901. Indiana State Library.
Ambrose Fleming: Hong, Wireless, 80; Daily Mail, December 16, 1901. Fleming even clipped a copy and placed it, later, in his personal history. Fleming, “History,” 44.
Josephine Holman professed: Weightman, Signor Marconi’s, 113.
who was headed there now: Indianapolis News, December 20, 1901. Indiana State Library.
TO THE BALL
“Shall be in later”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 14. 197 “I was, of course”: Ibid., 15–16.
“He was not in a mood”: Ibid., 16.
“Has Belle Elmore really gone away”: Ibid., 15.
“I could not pretend”: Ibid., 16.
Now Crippen surprised her: Ibid., 16–17.
“a real expert in diamonds”: Ibid., 18.
He showed a clerk: Ernest William Stuart Statement, 88. Coroner’s Depositions, NA-CRIM 1/117.
That night Ethel Le Neve slept: Trial, 101.
“Dear Miss May”: Ibid., 23.
The letter to the executive committee: Ibid., 23–24.
“He thought it would cheer us both up”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 19.
Lest this problem destroy: Ibid., 19–20.
The cat led her: Ibid., 20.
“Rich gowns”: Ibid., 20–21.
“I did not question”: Ibid., 23.
“There was scarcely anything”: Ibid., 21.
“From the first”: Ibid., 21.
“What is all this about”: Clara Martinetti Statement, 23. Supplemental Information, NA-DPP 1/13.
“proper engagement ring”: Further Statement of Emily Jackson, 47. Witness, NA- DPP 1/13.
“Do you know”: Emily Jackson Statement, 15. Supplemental Information, NA-DPP 1/13.
“Somebody has gone”: Ibid., 10.
Ethel began spending nights: Emily Jackson Statement, 45. Coroner’s Depositions, NA-CRIM 1/117; Emily Jackson Statement, 38. Witness, NA DPP 1/13.
She told Mrs. Jackson: Further Statement of Emily Jackson, 47. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13; Walter Dew Statement, 31. Coroner’s Depositions, NA CRIM 1/117.
Soon Ethel began giving: Caroline Rumbold Statement, 92. Witness, NA DPP 1/13.
To her sister Nina: Adine Prue Brock Statement, 78. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
Yes, Ethel agreed: Ibid., 82.
1 outfit of mole: Emily Jackson Statement, 24. Supplemental Information, NA-CRIM 1/117; Clothing Received by Mrs. Jackson from Ethel Le Neve, 71. Exhibits, NA-DPP 1/13.
“Neither of us”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 23–24.
Built in 1873: Baedeker, London, 16; Macqueen-Pope, Goodbye Piccadilly, 319–20.
“wore it without any attempt”: Clara Martinetti Statement, 9. Brief for the Prosecution, NA-DPP 1/13.
John Nash said: John Nash Statement, 2, in letter, Seyd to Director of Public Prosecutions, April 29, 1911, NA-DPP 1/13.
Maud Burroughs saw it: Maud Burroughs Statement, 97. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
She recalled that Ethel: Clara Martinetti Statement, 9. Brief for the Prosecution, NA-DPP 1/13.
“I noticed that Crippen”: John Nash Statement, 25. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13.
Mrs. Louise Smythson approached: Louise Smythson Statement, 31. Witness, NA- DPP 1/13; Louise Smythson Statement, 3. Supplemental Information, NA-DPP 1/13.
“After this”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 24.
It made her uncomfortable: Ibid., 24.
“The pack was turning”: Forster, Howards End, 246.
On March 12: Emily Jackson Statement, 38–39. Witness, NA-DPP 1/13; Emily Jackson Statement, 44. Coroner’s Depositions, NA-CRIM 1/117.
“I DON’T BELIEVE IT”
“I doubt this story”: Associated Press dispatch quoted in the Sydney Daily Post, of Sydney, Nova Scotia, December 27, 1901. Beaton, MG 12, 214. G3. Scrapbook.
“Skepticism prevailed”: Hancock, Wireless, 36.
“the letters S and R”: Ibid., 36.
Two days later”: Electrical Review, 49, no. 1256 (December 20, 1901), 1031. Beaton, MG 12/214/A3.
“It is rash”: London Times, December 20, 1901.
Smith watched: For William Smith’s entire account see Smith to Prof. W. J. Loudon, March 10, 1931. William Smith Papers. Archives Canada, MG 30 D18 Vol. 1; also, in the same collection, see Notes and Transcripts. Marconi Papers. Memoranda, Printed Matter, Vol. 3, File 17.
“Best Christmas greetings”: Isted, II, 112.
NEWS FROM AMERICA
Dear Clara and Paul: Letter, Crippen to Martinettis, March 20, 1910. Exhibits, 21, NA-DPP 1/13.
Belle died yesterday: Telegram, Crippen to Martinettis. Ibid., 21.
PART IV: AN INSPECTOR CALLS
“DAMN THE SUN!”
At first: Marconi, My Father, 113.
Black signs at three points: Bussey, Marconi’s Atlantic Leap, 66.
“Potage Electrolytique”: Simons, “Guglielmo Marconi,” 51.
Bowls of sorbet: Weightman, Signor Marconi’s, 110.
“I am sorry”: Isted, II, 112.
In his own account of events: Fleming, “History,” no page number.
“ENGAGEMENT IS BROKEN”: Indianapolis News, January 21, 1902. Indiana State Library.
Later, a News reporter: The following exchange appears in the Indianapolis News, January 22, 1902. Indiana State Library.
He added a tincture: Weightman, Signor Marconi’s, 113.
“There have been disasters”: Ibid., 113. Early the following May, less than four months after breaking her engagement to Marconi, Josephine Holman stepped forward and announced that she had become engaged to a new man. The remarks that followed may have been made with the best intentions, but it is
