Dr. Crippen Trial

Dr. CRIPPEN TRIAL



Dr. CRIPPEN TRIAL”

Introduction of Characters and the Case

Dr. Crippen was born in Coldwater, Michigan, in the year 1862 and became famous due to the most renowned murders in British history. However, the descriptions of that case have been given in many books and movies in the past years, still critical queries remain about his guiltiness or innocence. Dr. Crippen was a homeopathic doctor and was also a qualified homeopathic physician. His first wife died due to ''apoplexy''. In the year 1892, Dr. Crippen got married with Cora Mersinger. The couple than moved to a rental house in North London on September 21, 1905 (Menges and Jonathan, 2008, Pp. 20). Crippen's wife was evidently seen alive on February, 1, 1910 at 1:30 am. As soon as his wife disappeared, Dr. Crippen was seen along with his secretary, with whom he had an affair since last 3 years. After his wife disappeared, Crippen's friends felt that there is something wrong due to which they went to the New Scotland Yard and asked for an inquiry. The in charge of the case was Walter Dew, who investigated Crippen regarding his wife. According to Dr. Crippen he had an argument with his wife, and after that she decided to leave him, and was never seen again. Crippen told the Chief inspector that she might probably had run with a Bruce Miller, with whom she was supposed to have had a loving relation. One day after the investigation, Crippen left for Belgium along with his personal secretary, and after few days they travelled to Canada. The investigation officer Mr. Dew went to Crippen's residence on 11th of July and found the house vacant. A broad inquiry was initiated by the police detectives in search of evidence that might shed light on the lost wife of Crippen. After the four days of extensive investigation decaying tissues with some feminine clothes and male pajama tops were found under the bricks (Goodman, 1985, Pp. 98). The remains consisted of flesh with internal organs. All of the organs had been removed en masse. Other organs were still missing. It was concluded by the detectives that all these organs belong to Mrs. Crippen, and a global alert was issued to get Dr. Crippen and his secretary. A toxicological examination of the organs by the chemists acknowledged the deadly quantity of alkaloid stuff hyoscine hydrobromide (scopolamine). It was discovered during the investigation that the same drug had been acquired by Dr. Crippen to use in homeopathic medicines. The detectives further assumed that Crippen had killed his spouse by that particular chemical substance (Sears, 2009, Pp. 130). On July 22nd, New Scotland Yard received a wireless message from Captain Henry Kendall of the S.S. Montrose, who told about the presence of both the suspects in his ship. Both the suspects were arrested by the Investigation Officer of the case on very next day. The case was recognized as one of the most critical murder cases of the ...