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spot, he roughly pulled off the
girls hat and took off her scarf
and jacket. These, together with
her handbag, he laid carefully
upon the river bank in such a po-
sition that they could be seen by
any passerby. Hist idea was to
give the crime the appearance of
suicide. Having slipped off his
boots SO that he should leave no
footprints, he lifted the girls un.
conscious form from the car. First,
he placed her upon her feet upon
the soft ground in order that her
footprints might remain i there.
Then, carrying, her to the bank,
he calmly let her slide into the
deep, fast-running water, without
making the slightest sound.
He sprang into the car and had
moved slowly along without
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high speed through the suburbs,
and until they came to the old
town OF Pontoise. where. taking
the left hand road which runs for
miles along the bank Of The Disc.
he continued as far as the village
Of Beaumont. -.....I
There he left the main road. and
taking a lonely byway' which ne
knew ran between two rows of
high poplars close to the river he
suddenly pulled up on the hard
road at a spot within a few feet
Of where the dark. swift waters
ran deeply. ',.. ...
He switched off the head and
rear lights. and waited. The mani.
mate girl was sleeping soundly at
his side, her head pillowed upon
his shoulder. for the impregnated
chocolates had done their work,
as they had done once before.
Having listened intently for five
minutes or so, in order to satisfy
himself that there was no one In
the vicinity Of that dark, desolate
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his coffee and gazing into the in
nocent countenance OF his good
looking victim, he wondered
whether action that night would
be to his advantage.
Al last he decided that II
would. Therefore. after idling at
another cafe near until half-past
nine. he conducted his fiancee
back to- his flat. where he pro-
duced a large box Of expensive
chocolates, and offered them to
her. She took two. but he pressed
upon her two more. and took one
himself-though she did not see
that he only made pretence Of
eating II, and carried II into the
salle-a.manger. where he went TO
obtain his cigarette box.
CHATTED MERRILY.
Till ten o'clock they sat together.
Landru, though chatting merrily
and all the time uttering words
Of deepest devotion, and from time
to time kissing her, watched her
narrowly, but. to his chagrin. he
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OF LANDRU, ARCH-VLLALN OF FRANCE, CAME in QUICK
SUCCESSION ON HEELS OF HIS VICTIMS HIDEOUS DEATH
HOW ERASSASSIN.
FOOLED THE POLICE

II YENRf LANDRU, the norlds greatest lope
~ criminal, carried on his terrible affairs
for years NTH incredible boLdness
He despised the police and, as the reader will
renier,bG, cleperly duped them after the double
killing OF the Cuchets at Vern0uille
he rpent boldly on snaring susceptible victims,
securing their money, and then Staying them by
poison and disposing of their bodies. .es,
He kept his own counsel and appeared after
each of his deeds openly in the streets Of Paris,
and dined at parious cafes.
There was no one to tell tales about him ana he
went so far in the affair of Elise Laporte as torrent
an apartment Yithin sight of the police station. &
His egotsm and eftrontay mere so great and
he lied NTH such incredible readiness and so logicaL
" that he completely fooled all those who made
inquiries about him. 800
His Lore affair Nth Elise Laporte, svho had fifty
thousand dollars in the bank, he pursued with his
old bait, using the magic word marriage II
mas through her that the police again came 10
grips with him. fa, A,;.
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s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make violent love to her In his
usual insidious but passionate
way. and the poor girl. her head
turned in her inexperience,- be-
lieved that his affection was
genuine.
On their third meeting she had
rather resented his too amorous
advances. therefore, the letter he
wrote her-one which I have
copied from the dossiers-jwas Ger,
tainly an appeal SO remarkable
and SO characteristic Of the mans
criminal mind that I here repro
duce II.
He wrote:
FLATTERED HER.
Little friend, whose prettiness
Is seen In every step and move
ment, whose eyes and smile have
the right happiness, may / enter
tain the hope of being raised to
the rank Of a comrade without be-
ing accused Of pretensions? A
great friendship. a feeling deeper
still, an affection, draws me to you
and increases every day, when I
recollect in you precious treasures
Of heart and mind--rare things,
and, unfortunately. so little ap-
preciated in these days. The
thought of having made you un-
happy tortures me. You alone
can, by a word, give me back that
calm and happiness by again per-
mitting me to look into your
limpid, clear, yet dreamy eyes,
which haunt me day and night.
Come to see me at the Rue des
Petits Champs tomorrow at
o'clock and let us have another de-
lightful talk. cannot bear to be
parted from you another single
day, for ! love you, my darling
Nina-I love you with all my heart
and with all my soul-Your own
Raymond"
The buxom young girl, on re-
ceipt Of this letter, sent her ardent
lover a telegram, and at the hour
appointed called at Landru's fiat.
He kissed her fondly upon the
lips, stroked her hair, and acted in
the manner Of the perfect lover,
so mat she could do nothing else
but believe in his deep devotion.
After half an hour he took her
out in his car to Armenonville, in
the, Bois, where, 1t being a warm
afternoon. they had tea al fresco
beneath the trees, and then drove
back, arriving just at dusk.
When again In the well-fur-
nished nest Of love, Landru, with
his sinister cunning, advanced a
step further. He had told her Of
his wealth, of his chateau in the
country, and his villa at Cannes,
while she, on her part, had con.
sented to become engaged to her
bearded sdmirer, whom she found
30 ineffably charming. She was,
therefore, not much surprised
~hen, assuming a sudden gravity,
he said:
Your money is lying idle at
the bank, my dearest. why
should that be so? I am a man
Of business, and IL you win en-
trust your affairs in my hands, I
will invest IL so that It will bring
you five or even ten times It's
amount within the next tweiyo
months. To allow money to lie
in banks is extremely silly in
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switching on the lights. when sud-
denly two men sprang out OF the
darkness and commanded him TO
stopl s
RUSHED AWAY FROM SCENE.
Landru's fearlessness and daring
when cornered was one Of his out.
standing characteristics. s.
When challenged by the two
men, he realized sudden peril.
whereupon he drove his car
straight at them, causing them TO
Jump aside. and continued his way.
AS he had no lights the men could
not distinguish any number or tine
make Of car. 'es- ="
Two kilometres further along,
he came to the broad high-road
again, and turning to the right.
switched on his lights and drove
straight back to Paris.
The men on their part. alarmed
the police. and search was made;
but on the discovery OF the girls
hat, coat and bag. the rural con-
stable put It down to suicide, and
believed that the motorist was
merely passing by. ..-....'-,
Next day search was made In
the river. but not until four days
later was the body Of the poor
girl. Nina Langlois, recovered.
But already Monsieur Raymond
Lenoir, OF the Chateau des Grands
Vignes, at Frocourt. had present
ed at the bank the girls authority
to draw her 1900 francs, and had
been paid. The police were greatly
on the alert, but though they
searched for many months,
Monsieur Lenoir was never found
until quite recently-in the per-
son Of Henri Landru. IS
For that reason, the story
have just related, with othcrs
that I will later on disclose, was
not presented by the prosecution
at the trial. f....r
Landru never let the grass
grow beneath his feet. Madame
Labord-Line was held in the hoi.
low of his hand ais an easy pigeon
to be plucked whenever necessary.
Therefore he turned his attsu-
ton to a quarter which had been
recently attracting him, and ne
laid a plot which. for callousness
and deep cunning, II would be
difficult to find parallel In tho
criminal history of the world
Only four days had elapsed
since the cold-biooded murder of
the farmers daughter when. at
4 o'clock one afternoon, the
man OF mystery was changing his
clothes in his small, but well.fur.
nished bedroom in the Rue des
Petits.C Champs, the window Of
which looked down upon the mar
row Paris street which, as you
know, runs from the Rue de Ia
Paix to the rear Of the Palais
Royal. ->t ..'. . ~ ...s
CAREFUL DRESSER. - s..
He had put on a smart dark
blue suit. brushed his beard care.
fully, and in his mirror satisfied
himself of his appearance in
which, as a perfect lover, he al
ways took the greatest pride.
While at Lyons he had written TO
Madame Labord.Line telling her
that he must be absent for some
time, the actual truth being that
he had postponed, the end he had
In view for her because he deemed
II highly dangerous for the mo.
ment to take any woman to Yer.
nouillet. He intended to deal
with her-later!
The young war.widow had. to
his satisfaction. fallen an easy
victim. hence he had decided upon
q truly diabolicai method Of send
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r~1- ~ S~oN
money" ......-.
But don't know anything OF
investments, or how to go about
it." replied thes haif-ignorant
country girl. MY sister and her
husband urge me to- keep it for
safety in the bank"
"Quite natural-but they are
not business folk" laughed Lam
dru. IF all people kept their
money deposited in banks then
the business world would quickly
be at standstill. MOI! Money
makes money-even though you
loan It out on interest. You
should really do that. my dearest
little one. merely advise you
in your own interest. darling-as
you know. Are we not to be
married soon. and Is not my OBJ
ject that my dear little wife
shall have q comfortable income
all her own? Would II not be
more pleasant for you to be in
dependent? '.
Certainly" laughed the good
looking girl, as she sat back In
her soft armchair. much i'm
pressed by her lbver's exquisite
courtesy and his deep soiicitude
on her behalf.
Then you had better give me
an authorization to draw the
money from the bank and invest
1t for. you." replied the crafty
scoundrel. who had already
formed a scheme by which. while
the money, went into his pocket
on the following day. no COM
plant or allegation would ever
pass her lips.
REMEMBERED WARNING.
She again hesitated. recollectins
the words Of her sister ana
brother-in-law, but at last con-
sented, whereupon he took out a
sheet Of stamped paper upon
which he typed with q small
portable typewriter. the necessary
authorization, giving his own
name as Raymond Lenoir and his
address the Chateau des Grandes
vignes, at Frocourt. near Beau
vais--an address. which. OF
course, was false. . r.
He called in the bent old woman
who came each day to do his
housework, to act as witness, and
a few minutes later the girl
Langlois had assigned her money
to him in perfectly legal man.
ner. a ....-,, ..N
,Landru was always precipitate
in his actions as soon as he OBJ
tained the necessary document to
enable him to deal with his vic
TINS possessions. Only three
weeks had elapsed since he had
first met the girl, but already
she had fallen his victim COM
pletely. ..,. d.. ..'
II will do my utmost with the
money to place It out to advan-
tage," he told her, as, full Of sat.
isfaction, he lii a cigarette, and
suggested that they should go to
dinner at a small restaurant close
to the Palais Royal. .. o.,
Already his active brain had
decided upon a grim and sinister
plan. But It was then too early
only half.past seven.
So they dined together. and he
made the doomed girl drink with
her coffee a strong liqueur to
which she was unaccustomed.
The order she had given upon
her bank. was an authorization
which he knew would not be
questioned. Next day, the money
would be his. Hence he was In
gleeful mood.
Tven AZ he sat there slipping
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himself or her property.
The young woman told him
frankly sf hsr posftton, whereupon
he asked her % marry him. and
she. after . iitf1s reflection. as-
sentsd Ths fitt1s widow. In her
, i1aooenos. regarded Il - . TO
Nance Of love at first sight,
You should realize on your fur
niture," Landru suggested later
that evening. II sold my sisters
furniture In the devastated area
for four times its worth . month
ago" he told her. 'It would bring
you In ready money. II you like to
leave It in my hands. my dear
Gabrielle, I viii effect the sale for
you without any delay"
The woman hesitated. She was
10th to part with her home. yet
she was badly in need of money.
Landru had already examined
the household effects with critical
eye. ..
''I could certainly get you ten
thousand francs, because I know
how to go about It," he went on.
you would. of course, have to
make over the furniture to me-so
that could dispose of 1t and give
q receipt for the money. That Is.
Of Nourse-" and he smiled as he
fixed her with those peculiar mag.
netic eyes Of his-'If you can trust
me7" And with his arm around
her he pressed her closely to him,
and kissed her fondly upon the
lips.
'T thank you very much, Mon.
sieur Lucien," responded the VIC
tim. "I. OF course, trust you"
The man who had attained such
. degree of criminality never lost
much time in preliminaries. lie
called upon her punctually AZ
noon next day, whereupoh poor
Madame Nadaud-who, by the
way. did not figure in the list Of
victims at the Assizes, and whose
dealings with the Man of Mystery
have only Just been discovered
handed over to him all her furni-
ture. 1t being understood that It
should remain there until he could
find a purchaser.
FEARED DETECTION.
He did not dare to take either
Madame Nadaud or Madame La
bord.Line out to Vernouillet at the
moment, for the police would most
certainly express surprise at the
sudden change in his menage.
Hence he decided to postpone the
end he had In view for both
women. He had marked Madame
Nadaud as a victim-later.
Being much in want OF ready
money, however, he wrote to a
young woman named Nina Lang
lois, who lived in the GreneIle
QUARTER, and whom he had met
in a cabaret In the Montmartre
three weeks before. This girl, the
daughter Of a small farmer near
st. Martin-des.Champs, about
thirty kilometers from Paris, had,
a few months before, been left a
small income, and had come to
~isit Paris as guest of her mar.
kied sister.
On the first night Of their meet
hng Landru had discovered that
her legacy OF 1900 francs was in
tact in. Paris bank, - and on
their second meeting he suggested
that she should employ It in specu.
lation. Then he had proceeded to
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LOVES Or LANDl
SUCCESSION
NERVELESS IN CRIME,
BLUEBEARD COURTED
AS HE PLANNED END
Ruthless i'm Brutality, KILLER Would Slay Vic
tim and Within Few Hours BE Making Love
TO Next Fascinated Woman, Deliberately
Scheming to Get Her Fortune.
By WILLIAM LIE QuEUx
Famous criminOlogst and Author Of The Fifth Finger
THE STORY THUS FAR. I
II ANDRJs early life oas devoted to petty saoindling.
Later he turned his attention to pictimzing aoonne,
making love to thenn getting control of their prop
srty and then killing them III. -
Nine. Cuchet one OF the first Landru poisoned
her and her son. Andre In viIa rented ith her money
then set up furnace and burned the bodies. He then
met Mme Labord-Ltne assuring her, Just after the double
narder, that he loved her devotedly. 70 ... - ..
MeGnchile the police Investigated his activities at the
via and he shre,Odly played for tie going to Lyons
and notifying them he s0ouh haze to be gone soeek
MORE Mean,ohs he made love to several other soome
Including Nina Langloa to whom he t0rote afectionatel
TX URING the last days of Mme Cuchet's life Landru
j had, through Of his matrimonial advertise
- ments. got into touch with a young, goodlooking
war widow named Gabrielle Nadaud Her husband,
lieutenant Of chasseur had been killed at the 'front.'
ing her in rather sraitened circumstances with large
apartment in the Avenue de Vier. which contained fur
niture worth several thousand francs.
On the second occasion they had met, Landru made
pretenss Of violent love- and they sat togethershe
having invited him to cahe caressed her. at the same
time scheming with his devish cunning how to possess
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-01
Police Probing
New Story in
Death of Taylor

Los Angeles, Feb. eS.-The mystery
of the murder of William Desomnd
Taylor. film director, lis solved, If the
nection with the arrest here today of
six drug peddlers is correct" tonight
declared detective sergeant Herman
Cline. one of the police squad assign
ed to the case.
When Sergeant Cline head of the
police homicide squad made this
statement, Mrs. Rupp. who told the
police she had kept house" for the
men. had been rieidly questioned by
the two detectives Of the district at
torney's office. Officers said they
would check up every detail of her
statement.
Another witness who is new in the
case. and whose name and exact con-
nectiOn with it We're not made public
officially was taken before Thomas
Lee Woolwine, district attorney to
whom he was said 10 have told a
very important story" This witness
is called "Frenchy George" by the de-
tectives, who decline further informa-
ton.
"F'renchy Georges story. however.
was believed to relate to the arrests
of the six men, Who were accused of
having sold drugs and liquor to mo-
ton picture actors and actresses and
others in the Hollywood district.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-01
BANGOR man
SLAIN IN STORE
BY UNKNOWN
Evidence of Robbery
and Terrific Fight
with Assailant
Victim Jacob Rich. Clothier, Sc
Dead an Hour When Police
Find Body in Pool of Blood
Murderer Used Stove Shaker

Bangor Me. Feb. 2S-Jacob Rich,
Sc. was found dead in his clothing
store at 23 French street, tonight, the
body lying in pool of blood that
flowed from a wound in his head,
caused by a blow with a heavy stove
shaker, which implement the assail-
ant afterward threw into the fire. He
had been dead an hour when found.
The cash register had been rified of
it's contents, So and Rich's watch
had been taken from his pocket.
The police have as yet discovered
no clue Rich was not known to
have had any enemies, and it is sup
rosed that the crime was committed
by some stranger who entered the
shop for the purpose of robbery and
met unexpected resistance. That
there was a fierce struggle is indicat-
ed by the fact that part of Rich $
beard was torn out and was found in
the pool of blood beside the body.
No shot or other noise was heard by
the neighbors.
Rich lived at 10! Hancock street
and is survived by his wife and two
children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-01
WOMEN WENT
INTO CAME WITH
THEIR EYES Open
Contention of Lindsay,
Accused of Swindling
Society Group
Declares They Knew Money
Advanced Was for Specula.
ti0n-Claims Gave Them
Money to. Tide Over Lean
Periods-Says Sums Greatly
Magnified

New York. Feb, as.-Alfred E. Lind
say, alleged swindler of society wom-
en-, issued a statement from his cell in
Tombs prison today denying he had
fieeced the women out of nearly ST.
painting himself as a faithful meal
ticket to those who had lost through
his speculations.
This statement was in sharp con-
trast to one issued earlier in the day
by Assistant District Attorney Muir
ply in which Mr.. Murphy said Lind
say had broken down and sobbinsiy
dictated a confession that many of
the charges against him were true and
that he and his wife had discussed
suicide as a possib.s way out OF their
difficulties.
All the women who advanced him
money did 50, Lindsay's statement de-
clared. with full understanding that
it was to be used for stock specuia-
ton and all knew, he asserted, that
their money had been lost honestly"
Despite the fact that he felt he was
under no obligation to them. he said
he has continually advanced them mcn-
cy until the greater part of their
losses has been restored to them.
Supporting this contention. he gave
Continued on Page 5-Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-01
JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY GETS
GIFT OF S6,OOO,OOO

New York, Feb ga gift Of Sc
900. 600 to Johns Hopkins University
of Baltimore for endowment and
buildings for the school of hygiene
and public health. was announced to-
night by the Rockefeller Foundation.
The school. which aims at preVen-
ton rather than cure of disease. has
been supported from year to year by
the foundation since its opening in
1918, but the s6,0O0,000 gift places it
on a permanent footing and provides
for construction of new buildings on
site adjacent to the Johns Hopkins
medical school and hospital.
The s6000,000 gift was said to be
the largest ever made by one institu-
ton to another at single time. Dur
ing the war the Rockefeller Founda-
ton gave S5;00o.O00 to Rcd Cross and
a similar sum to the United War
Workers and two years ago the gen.
eral education board gave 100000
to the University of Rochester for
medical work.
To make the gift to Johns Hopkins
it was necessary for tie Rockefeller
OunudtlOn 10 uEdN lIofH tne pt1fcl-
pal to the extent of several millions
as most of the sS000.c0O which is to
be the approximate income of the
foundation this year already has been
committed.
This will be the third time since
the establishment Of the foundation
! that it has tapped the principal. the
other two Withdra walls made durin o
the war having exceeded $4,000. 900
Today the foundation has a prin-
cipal of Sill 900 300.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-01
House Committee
in Deadlock Over
Soldier Bonus

Washington, Feb. 2S.-House ways
and means committee Republicans
spent three hours today trying to rec
oncile their differences over the SOL
diers' bonus. but without success.
After they had adjourned until tc-
morrow. Chairman Fordney announced
he had been authorized to say that
the committee has arrived at no con-
clusion."
There is nothing to he given to
the newspapers today" he added.
1t was understood that there was a
general Observation-Disclosures at
tmcs-of the whole question of fl
rances. and that al the finish the situa-
ton was just where it was before IN,
special subcommittee tentatively
agreed upon a special tax progra M
which subsequently was disapprovcd
by President Harding.
AS the Republican committee men
were assembling TO resume conside"-
alton of the bonus, Hanford Mac Nj
dor. national comma nder Of the Amer
lean Legior. and john Thomas Tav,o~.
,ice chairman of the Lcgion's legisla-
tive committee, discussed the bonus
situation with President IIaeding at
the White House. They said after
ward they were fairly satisfied" with
the results of the conference and cx-
pressed confidence there would be no
delay in the enactment of the adjusted
compensation legislation. They added
tina the president was heart and
SOUL with the Legion and understood
its position fully.