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Caught by a Telegraph at Sea
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In 1910, a wanted man fled across the ocean. A new invention beat him to shore.
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London police were searching for Dr. Hawley Crippen, after his wife vanished and remains were found in his cellar.
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He boarded a ship to Canada under a false name, with a companion disguised as his son.
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The captain grew suspicious and sent a message by wireless telegraph, still a new technology at sea.
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A Scotland Yard inspector took a faster ship and got to Canada first.
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He came aboard dressed as a river pilot, and made the arrest before the ship ever docked.
