Walter Dew: the man who caught Crippen

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Walter Dew's Early Days; 1 The Beginning of the Red Terror; 2 Long Days and Sleepless Nights; 3 The Elusive Jack; 4 13 Miller's Court; 5 Other Whitechapel Murders; 6 Theories and Suspects; 7 Harry the Valet; 8 Conrad Harms/Henry Clifford; 9 The Disappearance of Belle Elmore; 10 Doctor Crippen; 11 The Remains; 12 The Hunt; 13 The Capture; 14 Magistrates and Coroners; 15 Rex v. Crippen; 16 The Verdict; 17 Rex v. Le Neve; 18 Appeal and Execution; 19 Retirement and Libel Cases; 20 The Wee Hoose; 21 Memoirs.;To this day the name of Dr Crippen is universally recognised as one of the most infamous in the annals of crime and his notoriety is second only to that of Jack the Ripper. It was the job of one man to catch both Crippen and Jack the Ripper. His name was Walter Dew. Dew was a detective constable in the Whitechapel Criminal Investigation Department throughout the Ripper investigation and famously the first officer at the scene of the horrific murder of Mary Kelly. His transatlantic chase and eventual capture of the fugitive Dr Crippen and his mistress Ethel Le Neve made him the most celebr. Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Prologue: Walter Dew's Early Days 1 The Beginning of the Red Terror 2 Long Days and Sleepless Nights 3 The Elusive Jack 4 13 Miller's Court 5 Other Whitechapel Murders 6 Theories and Suspects 7 Harry the Valet 8 Conrad Harms/Henry Clifford 9 The Disappearance of Belle Elmore 10 Doctor Crippen 11 The Remains 12 The Hunt 13 The Capture 14 Magistrates and Coroners 15 Rex v. Crippen 16 The Verdict 17 Rex v. Le Neve 18 Appeal and Execution 19 Retirement and Libel Cases 20 The Wee Hoose 21 Memoirs. Appendix 1: Aftermath of the Crippen CaseAppendix 2: Dew's Appearances in Films and Fiction Notes Bibliography.