A royal commission found: Browne, Rise, 279–83.
The government investigated: Hynes, Edwardian, 22– 23.
A month later the government launched: Ibid., 32–33.
In London on the night: Dunbar, J. M. Barrie, 170.
The Daily Telegraph would call: Ibid., 170.
“Do you believe in fairies”: Barrie, Peter Pan, 115.
“How still the night is”: Ibid., 117.
PART V: THE FINEST TIME
THE TRUTH ABOUT BELLE
“From his manner”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 13–14.
“Meanwhile,” she wrote: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 35.
Crippen ordered a steak: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 15.
“I realized that she had gone”: Crippen Statement, 123. Statements of Crippen and Le Neve, NA-DPP 1/13.
“I was impressed”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 14.
“The girl showed”: Ibid., 19–20.
“He told you a lie”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 35.
“I was stunned”: Ibid., 36.
“There was not enough”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 19.
“I seemed to be living”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 36.
“I certainly had no suspicion”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 21.
“In the bedroom”: Ibid., 21.
“What were these men doing”: Le Neve, Ethel Le Neve, 36.
“The place was completely dark”: Dew, I Caught Crippen, 21.
“Of course I shall have to find”: Ibid., 22.
“I did not absolutely think”: Chief Inspector Dew Statement, 81. Brief for the Prosecution, NA-DPP 1/13. In his memoir, on p. 21, Dew says essentially the same thing: “I certainly had no suspicion of murder. You don’t jump to the conclusion that murder has been committed merely because a wife has disappeared and a husband has told lies about it.”
He told at least one observer: Trial, xxx.
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.
