Elmore (Belle, 1873-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Belle’, [London?], ‘Wednesday’, no date, to Lottie [Albert], Elmore stating that she was very grieved 'to hear the sad news your letter contained' and further adds, 'I would have called today but it's too foggy & I am suffering with a bad could (sic) could not work last week’, and in concluding Elmore sends her love to her correspondent's mother and family and asks for her deepest sympathy to be expressed to them, some very light uniform age toning, 2 pages on her personal blue monogrammed stationery, 8vo (Qty: 1) A very rare autograph of Belle Elmore, the stage name of Kunigunde Mackamotzki. Elmore was an American-born Music Hall entertainer, the wife and victim of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen. Lottie Albert was also a Music Hall artiste and a friend to Belle Elmore for more than a decade. Albert succeeded Elmore as treasurer of the Music Hall Ladies Guild in early February 1910 following the receipt of a forged letter to the committee, supposedly from Elmore in which she resigned her position as treasurer explaining that she would be leaving for America to spend some months nursing a close relative. Elmore, of course, had already been murdered just a few days earlier, on 31 January 1910, by her husband, Dr Crippen, who had proceeded to hide parts of her dismembered body in the cellar of their home.
Elmore (Belle, 1873-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Belle’, [London?], ‘Wednesday’, no date, to Lottie [Albert], Elmore stating that she was very grieved 'to hear the sad news your letter contained' and further adds, 'I would have called today but it's too foggy & I am suffering with a bad could (sic) could not work last week’, and in concluding Elmore sends her love to her correspondent's mother and family and asks for her deepest sympathy to be expressed to them, some very light uniform age toning, 2 pages on her personal blue monogrammed stationery, 8vo (Qty: 1) A very rare autograph of Belle Elmore, the stage name of Kunigunde Mackamotzki. Elmore was an American-born Music Hall entertainer, the wife and victim of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen. Lottie Albert was also a Music Hall artiste and a friend to Belle Elmore for more than a decade. Albert succeeded Elmore as treasurer of the Music Hall Ladies Guild in early February 1910 following the receipt of a forged letter to the committee, supposedly from Elmore in which she resigned her position as treasurer explaining that she would be leaving for America to spend some months nursing a close relative. Elmore, of course, had already been murdered just a few days earlier, on 31 January 1910, by her husband, Dr Crippen, who had proceeded to hide parts of her dismembered body in the cellar of their home.
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