#142 DOCTOR, FUGITIVE
HAWLEY HARVEY CRIPPEN It took the jury just 27 minutes to find Hawley Crippen guilty of the murder of his wife. Today with DNA evidence, there may have been a different verdict. Born in 1862 in Coldwater, Michigan, Crippen trained as a homeopathic physician specializing in gynaecology and related mental health conditions; he was also an ear and eye specialist. After his first wife died, he left his only son to the care of his parents. In 1894, Crippen married his second wife. She was christened Kunegunde Mataamotski, but later called herself Concordia, then Cora. As a teenage maidservant in Brooklyn home, she was known as Mrs. Turner to conceal her relationship with her married employer. Cora and Hawley met when he assisted at the abortio...
