Crippen

[c.d.]

I was surprised that the popular view of Ethel in the press at the time was of a young, naive girl who fell under the influence of an older man.

c.d.

[Ms Diddles]

I was surprised that the popular view of Ethel in the press at the time was of a young, naive girl who fell under the influence of an older man.

c.d.

Do you think Ethel was complicit in the murder c.d.?

[Herlock Sholmes]

I was surprised that the popular view of Ethel in the press at the time was of a young, naive girl who fell under the influence of an older man.

c.d.

She was certainly enjoying going through Belle’s jewellery. And as Rubenhold points out, she would have been fully aware of Crippen’s crooked business dealings. In that day and age she was lucky that her landlady didn’t chuck her out. If it had been left to Mr. Jackson she’d have been out on her ear.

[c.d.]

Do you think Ethel was complicit in the murder c.d.?

I don't think she was involved in the actual murder but unless she was extremely stupid and naive she had to have known what Crippen did. My opinion.

[c.d.]

Maybe I will change "known" to "strongly suspected". What is the old analogy? A piano player in the parlor of a brothel who claims he never knew what went on upstairs.

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Maybe I will change "known" to "strongly suspected". What is the old analogy? A piano player in the parlor of a brothel who claims he never knew what went on upstairs.

c.d.

I’m fairly convinced that she knew that Crippen had killed Belle but wasn’t actually involved. I guess that it’s possible that she only ‘suspected’ but elected to ‘believe’ Crippen because she got the life that she’d dreamed of.

[jmenges]

I believe she’d already announced her “engagement” to Crippen while Cora was still “in America”, not “dead in America”.

JM

[Herlock Sholmes]

She took some of Belle’s clothing to a dressmaker called Caroline Elsmore in early February for alterations to be made because she was getting married in 6 weeks time. Also in late February she told her sister that Belle had left Crippen and that he was seeking a divorce in America. Ethel said that they would be marrying in three weeks but didn’t explain how a divorce could possibly have been obtained that quickly. In early March she sent a note to her sister telling her that they had got married.