The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-24

Copyright. 1919, By The Interna-
 tional News Bureau, Inc,
 Paris. June 23.-"Landru's spirit is broken. He will confess before the trial Is over" That is the deliberate opinion of M. Tanguy, the great French detective, who has worked up the case against the French Blue beard point by point.
 q did not believe the man iron, the start I knew he was lying" went on the detective, "and what Is most important of all, we can prove that he has been lying He is clever. but not nearly clever enough. for he makes the mistake in under-rating the powers of those he has to contend with. He treats us as though we were fools or children, but we are neither. We have listened impassive- ly to the stories told by this crim- inal, but we have not believed them. We have our own views, and merely want to hear what he has to say. so that it could be checked with what we knew by inference.
 "I am convinced that Landru now knows that his case is hopeless, but he is vain enough to think he can go on forever. He has gone through the ordeals we have put him to with amazing coolness. more so than most criminals. but there is a greater trial before him. and I am convinced he will break down.
 A Grim Collection.
 we have one of the grimmest col lections of exhibits ever put together fin a criminal case. It consists of hu- man bones, hair, garments. and odds and ends belonging to victims. Lan- dru will be left alone with these things, and if he can face that ordeal without breaking down he is stronger than I take him to be. The callous- ness of the man is unbelievable. He has been known to go from the ex- amining room, where he has been put through the ordeal of the 'ques- tionaire' for the whole of the day. and drop off into sound sleep. Agents lave remained in his cell In the hope that he would commit himself in his sleep. but his slumber has been az peaceful as that of an innocent child.
 Only once did he appear to dream, and when he woke up 1t appeared that he had dreamt of his wife. There is much about the man that makes one distrust him. He is sly of man. ner. and shifty-eyed. He is known to be mean to the point of miserliness, and he Is so grasping that few of the women unutT HIS neat lHllutICS eS- capped without losing their all.
 Tt has been said that Landru found his victims among middle-aged raStes of the vulgar shop-keepIng class, Nut that is not the truth. I have reaS07 to believe that one vic tim was young and beautiful and of fine family. Fortunately this girl did not lose her life, but her eAlerience of Landru was calculated to make her less truthful and trustful of men in future. and to that extent it must have been a lesson to her"
 Do you think the man is mad 2" asked the interviewer. NO more and than the ordinary citizan." was the emphatic reply of II. Tanguy. He is not quite normal in that he suffers from wrong as any man. He is one of those abnormal men who know right from wrong, but prefer wrong from right.
 'I am positive that I have seen the man smile when we were going over the catalogue of exhibits of his vic tims, and he certainly regards him self as one of the cleverest men in the world today, because he has up to the present hidden from us the clues we seek so diligently. T am greater than Foch or any of your great men of action he said to me, and my name will go down in his tory when they are forgotten because I have held up the whole criminal system of France. You cannot prove anything against me. l admit it is a coincidence that all these women should have disappeared but it is only a coincidence. If I had murdered the twelve. as you say, why should have spared the other "A you accuse me of having dealings with It is all Imagination and spite on the part of my enemies
 Iandru's Explanation.
 "One explanation of the disappear nnce of these women is characteristic of the men. He offered it when hard pressed by M. Bonin. the Examining Magistrate. It is not my business to account for the disappearance of these women he said. But if the police cannot find an explanation ] am ready to offer me. These. women were angry with me because I would not marry them because they found I was tired of them. In revenge or to hide their shame they went off and are hiding somewhere in France today. It is not for me to tell you where they are hiding. You have fhe resources that will enable you tc find them, and challenge you to use those resources
 That he repeated again and again When the Examination Magistrate asked him to explain his association with so many women. and especially with so many who had disappeared he gave an answer savoring of the cgotism of the man-'Am I to blame If the women run after me? Is i my fault if I fascinate them. YoJ cannot blame me if they are driver ts desparation by their love for me and go away to die, eat out O. their hearts in secret. did not seel them out
 "One of the most charming ant the most cultured of the victims O Landru is the one we have found ou about last of all. the one who figure in his books 'Bresir the one W, know now as Madame Labordeline This woman was good-looking an, she had gifts of a very high order She was fitted to be the bride of