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 a shipping agent: Ibid.
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.
