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The state herald., 1919-08-08
CHARGED WITH
2 MURDERS
French Detectives Are UnraveIln0
the Past Of Modern
Bluebeard.
VICTIMS ARE BURNED
Escaped Lover, Destined to Become
Thirteenth Victim, 10 Expected
to Give Startling TestI.
mony at Trial.

Paris.-French detectives continue
the Investigations into the strange case
Of Henry Landru, under arrest charged
with the murder Of II women and one
boy. Landru Is being detained In
prison while the police are completing
the net Of evidence which, they as
sert. will show this modern Bluebeard
to be the arch-crimlnal Of modern
times. The police have also taken into
custody Mile. Fernade Segeut. who was
with Landru at the time Of his arrest.
She is believed to know much Of Lam
dru's past affairs and. according to
the police. was destined to be his thir-
teenth victim. Paris is said to be i'm
patient for the trial, which is expected
to reveal a tale Of shocking and fright
full inhumanity.
Bones and Ashes Of Victims.
It Is believed by the police that
most of the victims of Landru disap-
peared at his secluded country home.
villa Gambais. There detectives have
discovered charred bits Of women's
clothing. burned bones of human be-
ings. ribs and pieces Of ribs, arm bones
shin bones and human teeth. In nu.
merous ash piles. believed to contain
the remains Of some Of the victims, de-
tectives have discovered bits Of melted
glass. hairpins and teeth.
In the kitchen Of the home were
found meat saws. such as only butch
er keeps, and a kitchen stove which.
in the opinion Of the police, served to
burn the bodieA In the cellar great
stains Of blood were found. covered
with sand. Discovery Of large can
filled with tar has led the police to the
The state herald., 1919-08-08
CHAPTER x-contInued.

"Him1 Oh. Jose an me carried him
inter the for'cassel, an showed him
inter q berth ter sleep on his liquor.
Thet wus the last ever see er hear
O. him fer bout six hours. when this
yere feller must woke up In the for
cassel sum crazy. He cum a chargln'
out on deck. whoopin' like an Indian,
vavin' q knife In his hand, intendin'
fer ter raise hi. Well. It happened
thet the fu'st Teller he run up against
wus Lsvere. Who wus cumin' forrard
fer sulhthin'. an fer about q minute
thar was one h-l ov a fight. 1t was
90 dark I couldn't tell whut did hap
pen, but It wus nsts mostly. till the
mate drove the poor devil. cussin' like
mad, over agin the rail. an then
heaved him out inter the water long.
side. heerd the feller splash when
he struck, but he never let out NO
yell"
what did Levere DOR
"Himi He didn't do nuthin' Just
stared down over the rail BIT. m
then cum back. rubbin' his hands.
Never even asked who the feller wus.
Thar amt nuthin' kin skcer that black
brute"
'He ain't got no human in him. It's
h-l when English sailorInen hes got
ter take orders from a ID Niger,
al be knocked round II they don't
Jump when he barks. He's goin' ter
Set q knife In his RIBS sum day."
Maybe he is; but yer better hold
Yer tongue, Tom. Sanchez don't stand
fer thet talk. an he's back o. Levere.
Let's 20 in; them gaskets will hold all
night now-cum long"
could now perceive now clearly the
character was destined to assume
when once safely aboard the Namur.
Such IN assumption would involve but
slight danger Of discovery. II was as
though miracle had opened the way.
revealed to me by the unconscious lips
of these two half.drunken, gosslping
sailors. The story told fitted my ne.
cessities cxnctiy. Had l planned the
circumstances myself nothing could
have been better prcarrangcd. No one
on board Ind seen the missing man by
daylight; he was believed to have
sunk without struggle. Yet no one
knew positively that this was 80. be-
cause no one cared. The death Of the
lad had simply been taken for granted
when Levere had failed to see his
body rise ngnin to the surface. Yet Il
was quite within the realm Of posi-.
bility for the fellow to come up once
more In that darkness. beyond Lc-
vcre's range Of vision. and even "a
have remained anoat. buoyed up b.
clinging TO the anchor hawser. until
strong enough to return on board. A,
lcas, there was no one aboard the Nm
muir able to deny that this had beer
done.
Satisfied by this reasoning Of beini
able 10 pass myself on ms the dcnt
Uaan. I began slowly and cautiously e
drug myself up the tnut hawscr.
hnd chosen n fortunate moment for IN,
effort; no one needed the little nois,
made, and. when ! finally topped thu
rail and wns able TO look inboard Il
wns TO discover deserted fore deck
with the watch nil engaged at som,
tnsk amidships. crcpt down the fore
cnstlc ladder md worked my way NJ
beneath the blnck shadow Of the por
rnil. until able thus TO drift unpoticc,
into group failing onto mnlnsal
hslynrd. The fellow NEXT TO me. with
out releasing his grip. turned his hen'
and stirred, but without discerning IN,
veaturcs.
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prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture)
1t Ia impossible. by merely looking
ut COW, to tell whether or not she
has tuberculosis. Nor can the pres.
ence of the disease be detected by
physical examination going not much
further than survey. The most re-
liable method for definitely determin-
Ing whether tuberculosis exists-the
only method recognized by the United
States Department Of Agrlculture-is
the tuberculin test applied BY a
trained operator.
Tuberculin Is the most accurate
diagnostic agency know to science,
but 1t Is safe only In the hands Of II
trained and skilled operator who IL
acquainted with its action and umi.
tatiOns.
Can Not Trust Eyes Alone.
Many fine herds Of cattle which
were delight to look upon and which
seemed to be healthy on superficial
examination. have been found to be
extensively affected with tuberculosis.
They reacted TO the tuberculin test.
and subsequent slaughter Of the AMI
mails proved that the test had not gone
wrong. Their bodies were found TO
contain extensive LESSONS Of tubercu.
losIs. and these healthy appearing AMI.
mails. II they had been allowed to live,
would have continued to spread the
disease to other cattle and swine and
The state herald., 1919-08-08

"Yes, an yer might fnd smother AZ,
II yer looked fer 1t. Morn thet, we
know how ter use 'em. Now see here,
Gates; thar's no reason why we should
beat about the bush-fact is we're sea
r0vers."
"Sea rovers-pirates, sir7"
Bah! what's name! We take
what we want; It's our trade, that's
all. No worse than many another.
The question is, are yer goin' ter take
a chance long with us? It's the only
life, lad-plenty Of fun, the best of
liquor and pretty girls, with share in
all the swag."
"What Is the name Of this barkf
"The Namur-out o. Rotterdam till
we took her."
"who's the captaini"
"Silva Sanchez"
"Gawd! Sanchez-not-not BLACK
SanchezT
That's him; so yer've heerd of
Black Sanchezi' Well, we're sailin'
long with him. all right, mate, an
yer ought ter know whut thet means
fer a good man."
I hesitated. yet only long enough to
leave the impression sought to make
on them both.
Likely thar amt no sailor but what
has heerd o. him." I said slowly. 'Tt
don't look like thar wus much choice
does IT."
Levere appeared amused In his way,
which was not a pleasant one.
"Oh, yes. friend. there is choice
enough. Bill. here. had exactly the
same choice when he first came-hey,
Bill7 Remember how you signed on,
after We took you of the Albatross?
This is how 1t stands. Gates-either
60 forrard quietly yerself, er the both
Of us will kick you there. That will be
enough talk. Go on. now"
1t was a curt dismissal. coupled with
a plain threat. easy to understand.
obeyed the order gladly enough. stink
ing away into the black shadows for
ward. realizing my good fortune. and
seeking some spot where I could be
alone.
The crew had disappeared, lying
down no doubt In corners out Of the
wind. And this wind was certainly
rising. wondered that Levere hung
on SO long In his perilous position. al
though. in spite Of the increased strain,
the anchor still clung firmly. 1t seemed
to me that no hawser ever made could
long Withstand the terrific strain Of
our tugging. as the struggling bark
rose and fell In the grip Of the sea. To
him must have come the same con-
vIction. for suddenly his high-pitched
voice sang out from the poop:
STAND by. forrard. to lower the star
board anchor; move lively. men. Every.
thing ready. Hainesi"
"All clear. sir. Come on the Jump,
bulliesW
Then let 20 smartly. Watch that
you don't get the line fouled. Aioft
there! Anything In sight. Caversr
From high up on the fore-top yard.
the answer. blown by the wind, same
down in broken English:
"Non. m'sieur: I see nottings."
I Joined the watch forward. The
number Of men on deck was evidence
Of q large crew. there being many
more than were necessary for the
work to be done. Most Of them ap-
peared to be able seamen. and Hnines
drove them mercilessly. cursing them
for lubbers. and twice kicking vicious
ly At STOPPING form. Then the great
rope began to slip swiftly through the
hawse hole. and We heard the sharp
splash as the iron flukes struck the
water. and sank. Almost at that same
instant the voice Of Cavere rang out
from the masthead:
"A sail. m'sieur-a sail r.
"where awayf"
"Oh re port quarter. make eet to
be re leetle boat-she Just round -
point"
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Found Los, s.t. and $4,000.

Sun Francisco.-Tcn years ngo Il. G.
Mccormick OF this city lost his Office
safc. containing between $4,000 and
$4,000 In bonds. The snfe failed To
follow him when he moved. Recently
an attorney came upon n strong box
That no key would NJ. A locksmlth
opened II nnd revealed the missing
bonds.
The state herald., 1919-08-08

theory that Landru used tar with coal
to create nre sufiiciently hot to con-
aume bodies.
Sensational Arrest Of eiusbsard.
Landru was arrested In Paris. where
he was living under the nnme Of Gull
let. Two detectives entered his home
on pretense Of being eager to purchase
his automobile. Once they were In.
side. they seized and handcuffed Ian.
dru and told him he was under arrest.
Shouting and screaming and trying TO
tear on the handouts. he protested
against the arrest.
The state herald., 1919-08-08

and the carbon bisulphide gets into the
lungs Of the horse, death results. That
Is why the extension workers insist
on having the medicine given by vet
erinarian.
The state herald., 1919-08-08
cro DE coNTINuEDJ
CAa. but Don't.

German cxpcrlmcntcrs hnvo found
TINT explosions can be caused In gas
works by sparks from telephones, al.
though nothing OF the kind has ben
known 10 occur,
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

was wounded and captured. Senator
Warren served as a private and nom
commissioned officer in the Forty
ninth Massachusetts regiment. He
received the Congressional medal
for gailantry on the battlefield at the
siege Of Fort Hudson. These two
veterans find pleasure frequently
in fighting over" the battle which
meant so much to them.
Representative Henry z. Osborne,
Of California, served in the Ninety
second New York regiment He en-
listed at the age Of Is.
Representative Isaac r. Sherwood,
Of Ohio, enlisted as a private in the
Fourteenth Ohio infantry. He was
mustered out a brigadier general.
He was in 43 battles and 1913 days
under fire.
Senator John n. Bankhead, of
Alabama, served-four years in the
Confederate army, being wounded
four times.
Senator Thomas Staples Martin.
Of Virginia, was educated at the
Virginia Military Institution. While
there much Of his time was spent
in the cadet battalion of the insti-
tuition serving the Confederate
atates. He has been elected to the
senate for term Of thirty yo-~r.
which expires in 1925.
Representative Charles NJ. Slc,-
man, of North Carolina, served Win
General Lees army throughout th-
war. He was wounded three times
lInlisting as a private he was mus
tered out as Il major.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

as I dislike Wilson, I'll stump the
country for him from one end of
it to the other and l won't ask his
permission to do SO, either.
"No platform and no man who
swerves in the slightest degree from
absolute loyalty to the greater
Americanism can have my support.
l will not be neutral if such a candi-
date is named or such a candidate
nominated. There is no such thing
as being neutral between right and
wrong. Neutral, l do not care who
the man is or Who his friends are
or who comes to me in his behalf. if
such candidate is named, l will
fight him with every weapon at nv
command
"But at neither place did I say
anything to advance either my own
candidacy or that of any other man.
l am not interested in candidates.
am interested in principles. My sole
interest at these two affairs was to
try and arouse the American people,
to urge them and ultimately, through
them, compel Congress to take the
proper attitude on the question Of
greater Americanism and national
preparedness If you say that l am
working not for nomination, but
as every American should work to
secure the peace and prosperity Of
the United States, you will have hit
the nail on the head
"And don't overlook the fact that
any Republican who seeks Presi-
dent Wilson's place by pandering to
the hyphens will find that he is fight
ing Roosevelt as well as Wilson"
Far from being afraid of hecklers,
Colonel Roosevelt rejoiced in them.
Again and again in the 1915 cam
paign local leaders, fearful he might
offend somebody, would ask that he
go slow lest hecklers disturb him.
Once a United States Senator
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
An lndnlgent Father

Nor, pes here,~ advised the Colo
0e. jnEt dor't te scvere with him
lei him ! Sid, az an inaulgert
Dsndparer1t, that it really IS not
aash asrions thing. You just tell
MN that for me, and just make him
'es' more than ever that his Yathef
u his best friend and understands
al about such thin2s.7
I have Wired him an much"
ssM-
That's Ane." sa1a he. "you are
W fss right track. Sometimes We
'&Ihsrs 10 not realize how inpor-
'sns saeh things may be, and we
~ not always Do the right thing.
eaa become ezcited about some
eng and chagtise or severely lc-
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

be merciful to those to whom mercy
should be shown, to realize that
there are some things that must
always remain a mystery to US, and
when the time comes for US to en-
ter the great blackness, to go smil-
ing and unafraid.
THAT is my religion, my faith.
To me it sums up all the creed l
need. It seems simple and easy,
but there is more in that verse
than in the involved rituals and
confessions Of faith of many creeds
We know.
''To love justice, to be merciful,
to appreciate that the great mys-
teries shall not be known to US,
and SO living face the beyond con-
tident and without fear-that is
life.
''That's too simple a creed for
many Of rs, though. Perhaps it is
as well that through more in
volyed paths and nlazes of theology
the majority should seek the same
result.
II can quarrel with no man be-
cause Of his religion"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

as to the possibility of a reconcilia-
ton which some mutual friends had
taken upon themselves to try to ar
range.
At the time, the Colonel did not
venture an opinion as to whether
they would get together, but he did
seem anxious to make it clear that,
whatever he may have thought about
Taft's hackers in 1912, he had no
real feeling against Taft personally.
"The break in our relations" said
he, was due to no one thing, but to
the cumulative effect of many things
the abandonment of everything my
administration had stood for, and
other things.
Taft changed greatly between the
time he was elected and the time
he took Office.
"The first friction came in the
matter of his Cabinet. When he was
nominated | went to him and asked
whom he wished to have take his
place as Secretary of War. I tcld
him l considered it as much his ap-
pointment as mine, and that | would
appoint no one not acceptable to him,
though l had a good man in mind.
l told him the man was Luke E.
Wright.
"He said Wright was absolutely
the man he would have chosen him
self. Wright had been with him in
the Philippines and was the man
for the place.
after he was elected he came to
me and told me he wished to retain
my Cabinet and would like to have
me tell the members so. / realized
at once that this was rather deli
cate matter, believing he might and
probably would change his mind
later, and his wishes in November
might not be his wishes in March
and | asked him if he really desired
the message delivered.
How about Cortelyou?' I
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
His Hold ont Cro,Uds

The discussion in which the
Colonel declared himself on this
point came one night when he and
a party Of three were returning to
New York from a red-hot Roosevelt
meeting - two meetings, in fact,
one in a hall, the other outside.
1t was precipitated by a remark
by A. Leonard Smith, Of "The New
York Times" to the effect that the
Colonel "certainly had that crowd "
What seemed to get them?"
asked the Colonel
1t was a question none in the
party could answer, for the crowd,
like most Roosevelt crowds, was en-
thusiastic from the start and one
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

ANLY seven Civil War vet
u B Grams are members Of the
~ 66th Congress-fifty-four
years after the close of the
memorable struggle between the
North and South Soldier repre-
sentation in Congress was at its
peak between 1880 and 1890. There
has been steady decrease in the
number Of soldier members since
1890.
The fact that the period between
1880 and 1890 marked the larger
soldier representation in Congress
indicates that most Of the soldiers
who were In their twenties at the
close OF the war in 1865 did not
begin to aspire to Congressional
gervice until they had reached
thirty-fve or forty years Of age.
Many of them were between forty
and fifty when they took their
seats.
There has been much conjecture
az TO how soon the veterans Of the
War Of 1917, az the recent world
var has been officially designated
BY the War Department, win occupy
majority Of seats in Congress. As
majority Of those who actually
saw foreign service, which will BE-
the larger political factor as the
years 20 by, were between twenty
and twenty-five years Of are, #
may he safely calculated that it will
be At least fifteen years before
there viii be another soldier Con.
grcss. That will be in 1894. Il
may be sooner if the newer custom
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
sked that he confne his talk to the

asked that he confne his talk to the
tariff.
"My dear Senator said he, "you
will pardon me for saying I will do
nothing Of the kind. l did not come
here to talk tariff, the crowd did not
come here to hear me talk tariff
and III be hanged if l do talk
tariff. III talk what IS in me-"
Jack" he called to me in much
the same manner that small boy
would announce ice cream would
be served at dinner, 'did you hear
that? The Senator here promises
US that Wen have some hecklers
tonight! Isn't that bully?"
There were hecklers that night
just two of them. Their efforts
served to emphasize the Colonel's
points, both giving him openings he
was quick to take advantage of to
the delight Of his audience. On the
way to the train I remarked that
the dreaded questioners had not
made much progress
"Of course they did not" he re-
piled. "They seldom if ever do. A
man with an honest question has
no terrors for a speaker who is
honest himself. A dishonest heckler
has no chance with an honest
speaker.
"But if man is sincere-he has
nothing to fear. If he isn't sincere
he has no business speaking. In
the long run sincerity must be the
test of any public man"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

Representative Charles M. Sted-
man, of North Carolina.
Senator Nelson was a non-com-
nlissioned officer in the Fourth Wis
consin regiment. He was wounded
and taken prisoner at Fort Hudson,
La, June II, 1883. 1t is coinci-
dence that the only other Northern
senator who was a soldier, Senator
Francis E. Warren, fought in the
same battle in which Senator Nelson
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

ture a boy and make him afraid Of
US, or we can sit down with him.
man fashion, and reason the thing
cut. Sometimes, grant you, chas-
tlsement is exactly what a boy
needs. Then he should have it. But
when boys in trouble, as your lad
is, over something that really in
wolves at most only carelessness, it
often is a mistake to do anything
more than point out to him what a
foolish fellow he's been and try to
plan out some way in which he, not
you, can undo the mischief.
"In other words, every boy thinks
his father is pretty big man. One
Of mine told a teacher once his
father was it That confidence is
something no man can afford to
lose, and if he can make his bow
see that the thing to do is to go
to his father with his troubles, he
has a pretty good guarantee that
the boy won't get into very serious
messes. On the other hand, if the
boy knows that he is going to get
dressing down every time his pa
rent hears Of some venial sin of
omission or commission, boylike,
he's going to try to conceal as
much as he can. He will, however,
sget advice abroad if he does not
get it at home, and he's mighty
lucky If the kind he gets abroad is
the kind he should have.
eyes, sir, IT'S mighty bad thing
for a boy when he becomes afraid
to go to his father with his trou-
bles, and it's mighty bad for
father when he becomes SO busy
with other affairs that he has no
time for the affairs Of his children.
Kn0aU Your Son
'That," he concluded, ISIS the ad-
vice I'd give every father Of a boy
get acquainted with him"
We are told that during the 1915
campaign Colonel Roosevelt had an
attack Of dry pleurisy which kept
him away from church one Sun
day. Late that afternoon l called
and remarked that the "boys
thought it funny You did not go to
church"
'Huh, they did, did they? Wen,
you just tel them that If they
think pleurisy Is a JOKE they'd bet
ter try il am just going to stay
right IN here the next four or five
days Anyway, SO far as church
is concerned, I jnst had the Rev
erend Ta1nage up to look me over.
Speaking Of church, yuu once
told me you were heterDdox- That's
right, isn't it, Well, do you know,
I think wonder if you recall one
verse Of Micah that ] am very fond
of-Ato do justly and to low mercy
and to walk hnmbly With thy God
that to re is the essenee Of re-
Hglon To bs JuBt With all men. to