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Talked of Marriage

The great assassin must have
had some reason for this. but until
now II has never been made plain.
Madame Pascal had a young
niece, named Marie Jeanne Fau.
chet, who worked with her. and
In the workroom-so the girl later
on related--it became common talk
that her aunt was to marry "un
monsieur tres bien." -
We now come to the date, March
2s, 1s1s--a cold day in Paris. with
rain and sleet. On that day
Madame Pascal. fascinated by her
baid.headed. fuil.bearded iover-as
well as the others-made her visit
to the lonely villa on the Gambais
road. The usual one return ana
one single tickets were taksni
why7 49,
Madame Pascal lived In O small
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Warned BY Sisters

Madame Pascal had been warned
~ her sister, Madame Fauchet.
who held the plausible adventurer
in suspicion. but on arrival at
The Hermitage she laughed at
her sisters fears. She was essen
TALLY a woman Of the world, with
y past. and she was now devoted
to her new fiance, and was. look
ing forward to an early marriage
with great contentment. Landru.
as was usual In such circum-
stances. was ineffably, charming,
and full OF elegant and poetical
speeches which fascinated her.
The great assassin was down
to his last fifty-franc note. He
had been tricked for his foolish
ness. That he--an international
thief and an associate OF the
greatest blackmaiiers in Paris
should have had his wallet stolen
by. a mere chit Of q girl. filled
him with fury and chagrin.- <
He had decided that ouiy by the
death OK the widow Pascsi--at
.whomshe wasanwardiy sneestne as
-an old woman"--could hss carry
on his fiat I'm which hs had in.
stalled Madsmoisslie Secret.
Landru was not really an artist
In crime; he was merely ., sexiess
criminal. without thought Of his
victims. He was just q butcher
who slaughtered lambs. sheep. or
pigs. for profit. s..
Now the morning of April s
dawned brightly--a true spring
morning - and Madame Pascal,
after their cafe au lait, which she
herself prepared. ;. suggested q walk
into Houdan., that being the near.
est town. e.. g 4"
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|Disrssardsd Her Mother

But even that did not deter Far
nande from meeting Monsieur Gull
lett again and agakp, untiieat last
she went to keep house for him In
the Rue Rochechouart. Indeed,
Monsieur "Lucien" had met her
mother face to face. and had. with
amazing audacity, laughed at her
when she openly accused him Of
being an escroc.
prove it. my dear Madame" he
said blandly. IT am an honest as
yourself. II have told a fancy
story. It is only what every man
does when he loves q girl"
Time went on.
That Mademoiselie SECRET lived
very happily with Lucien, she her
self testifies. She had not the
slightest suspicion that the Great
Lover was married, and had a
family. She never dreamed that
his constant absences from their
cosy fiat were due to his courting
Of other women whom he fleeced,
or his brief visits to his wife.
They lived the life Of thousands
Of other Parisians, going out to res
taurants at night. and to theaters.
music halls and cabarets. for 1t
must be remembered Landru had
the money he had secured from
the blackmailer Blaisot, as the
price Of Madame Jaume's life, and
he was enjoying himself hugely
upon It. though always parsirnoni-
Gus. and always noting every CEN
time Of expenditure In that we'll
worn pocketbook.
At that period Paris was much
disturbed by the shells Of rBig
Bertha" and the constant air-raids
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Exultsd IN Agony

The dates Of his two hundred
odd courtships and his fifteen or
more murders make It possible
TO, believe that he sought, as
some notrious scoundrels, to osuit
In the agony Of his victims. Once
he had made sure of their money
as In the case Of Smith In the
"Brides-in.the bath" case-his only
concern was to kill them quickly.
He was first, last and always a
man Of business. womsf were to
Landru "a mere raw material to
provide him with q modest liveli.
hood.
Yet he was adroit always. He
was adroit with Madame Pascal.
He lost no time. On March as,
the victim went out to Gambais,
but on April she breathed her
last. and six days later Landru
sold her furniture for just under
seventeen poundsl
II happened In this ways
While Fernando segret remained
In the NEST Of loves In Paris.
Landru was away upon his money
making adventure with the smooth
haired widow.
Unfortunately for Landru. Nh.
dame Pascal had announced her
Forthcoming marriage to her con-
cierge and also to a friend, Ma
dame Carbonel who-much to the
lovers annoyance - had accom-.
panied them TO the Invalides sta
ton. and had seen the happy"
pair off to Gambais. Madame
Pascal took with her her pet cat.
Yet even this meeting with his
victims friend did not deter
Landru from accomplishing his
object. He had now become utter
ly callous and defiant. HIS only
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Object in life at the moment was
Madamoiselle. SECRET.
In Landru's memorandum-beok
there is entered In his handwriting
a note concerning Madame Pascal.
He describes her, under the date
he first met her. as "Pasca. Youth.
full looking. Tailor costume, with
wide felt hat" And that same
Black Book contains a note. under
the date Of Aprii>s. at the head
Of the loose leaf. at h. l5."-which
means In French 5a5 p. m.--the
. hour of the victims death!
TO describe the actual drama
one Of SO many in the life Of
Landru-would occupy many
pages; but I will try to tell 1t
briefly. ,........m..', =.
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Seeks to Proue Loue

Souls, si celia popvdit suffire,
Nns tres grunde anitie, un SEN
timent plus grand, fen al bien
penr, qh'ine affection, m'attire
Vers vers vou ct grdndit chdque
four en- decouprunt en- vous les
tresors 81 precien1 du coenr ct
de Pesprit, choses rares at
malheur'usement ST peu appreci
ees de nos jours.
On irdi-je aitsi, petite a,nie,
bien chere, dams votre joH sillaoe
ct on m'entTafes-vous?
Que serai-je pour pous9
Que poatdrez-vonz etre pour
moi?
Toutes ces pensees, toates ces
raisons, mile autres, comme je
vous 10 disdis, mont fdit re-
cher 10 motif dc votre petite
peine. Dites-la-moi, annie aimee,
que potre coetr s'onvre un peu.
Vons n trouverez peut-etre un
soNiagsmsnt, ct ceTtainement un
ami indslgent, affectsuz ct en-
prssse, don't voss R'anrez pos
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Madenoiselle SECRETS statement
which Is contained In the great
dossier. which was produced at the
Assize Court, Versailles, I have
examined. and from it, have
taken notes. It relates how she.
with q girl friend. went out shop
ping, and saw In the tramcar .
gentleman Of about forty-seven.
He was Of very intelligent and
correct appearance. and well
groomed," she says. He looked
nxedly at me. at the same time
stroking his long. dark beard. He
seemed to scrutinize me with au-
dacity and with strange hypnotic
eyes. know that I was compelled
to blush. When we alighted. tho
gentleman followed US ahd spoke
to me. I said nothing. but hurried
on to the shop where we were GO
ing. He, however, succeeded in
getting me aside, and In a most
polite and gentlemaniy tone--for
we hac refused TO allow him to
walk wk'h us--he said: 7 am.
alasi all lone In the world. Made
moiselle. and the affection Of =
friend IL necessary to my life.
shall not leave you unless you
promise to meet me tomorrow
morning ~ 10 o'clock at the Place
de rEtoile--at the corner Of the
Avenue Yragram.'"
Mademoiselle SECRET went on to
relate to me that she was entirely
taken aback by the polite and elel
CANT stranger. and half consciously
promised to meet him: tnereupon
he shof& her hand warmly. raised
bis hat. and disappeared.
And what followed that meet
ing is enc Of the strangest and
most fsmarlable drafnas ever
enacted In modern life. ! viii de-
scribe It In the next chapter.
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Robbed Of His Wallet

After they parted. he found. to
his chagrin, that he--expert escroc
that he was-had actually been
robbed OF his wallet. containing
forty poundsl
In q few days he realized that,
In order to support his latest H.
ancee. OF whom he was In reality
devoted as far as such a heartless
scoundrel could be. he must obtain
money from somewhere; 20 once
again he advertised himself as IAN
eligible bachelor" who was desir.
Gus Of marrying,
This brought him q number Of
replies. From three Of the women
who answered, he subsequently OBJ
tained small sums Of money on va
rious pretexts. and then decampsd:
but among those who replied was
q certain Pascaa' q rather good.
looking, slim. dark.haired widow,
whose husband had been killed at
the front. She was aged thirty.
six. and was working at q fashion,
able dressmakers near the Opera.
Landru. in answer TO her letter,
made an appointment, and met her
In a cafe In the Rue Royaie, where
he presented himself as Monster
Forest" For some reason un-
known. he also wrote to her in q
disguised hand. under the name Of
"Barzieux." So in both names
they corresponded.
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BLUEBEARD WENT
ABOUT IN PARIS
MOCKING POLICE
Despite the Dangerous Risk, the Master Grim
inal Openly Visited the Public Places Of the
City, Not Even Attempting a Slight Disguis
Through Cutting His Beard. " y \

It, This he uncorked and placed
beside the red wine he had pre-
pared for his victim.
They sat down to their luncheon,
which the frugal Madame Pascal
had bought in Houdan and carried
home.
Take some of this. dearest"
said her bearded lover. passing
over the bottle Of red wine., II
shall try my win d'Anjou." '
She laughed.
"You always like that wine;
don't. 1t is too tart for me-" she
said.
She poured herself out glass of
the red wine. while Landru; with
his big. sleepy eyes. watched her.s
A few moments later. over the|
outlet which she had cooked. she,
drank half the glass, declaring Il
to be excellent.
Presently, as she rose to change
the plates. she gasped:
> "Oh! feel 80 dizzy! Is II tina
wine? have not taken . glassfuI
I--oh. my throat! It's burning
burning as though I am poisoned!
'How silly you are, dearest!
laughed the great lover. "SurelJ
1t Ii imagination?" ,.-.,>. . ...
And he took a cigarette from the|
box at his elbow and lazily lit It,
while he watched her with curiosity
well knowing that the end was
near.
Away In Paris In that little fiat
in the Rue Rochechouart was his
one and only love, the dainty fair
haired Fernando SECRET. He was
eager to get back to her.
r And indeed he did so, for Mad
anne Pascal, after enduring the
most terrible tortures or the
stomach. and imploring Landru to
call q doctor-at which he laughed
in her face-died at a quarter past
a fivei that afternoon! Yet at hald
past nine o'clock that same eve.
'sntns the eteaf fover was back in
Paris with his latest iady love. ID
after telling her"a story Of his
/, journey 70 Nantes he took her out
20 support IT. .-r'", .'. ~.
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Destroyed Apparel

Meanwhile the dismembered body
Of the poor dressnlaker. in three
weighted sacks. lay hidden in the
depths Of the Eure river, some
twenty kilometers from Gambais,
at q lonely spot where the road
runs close to the bank, between the
village Of Charpont and the forest
Of Chandon. All Madame Pascars
clothes and her hat he destroyed
In the kitchen stove before leaving,
being careful to collect the buttons,
hooks. and steeis Of her corsets,
which he placed In one Of the sacks
after his gruesome task. 49,
Though the river was. later on,
dragged for many kilometers, the
remains have never been recov.
cred.
: The sum old ,Cailiard gave TIA
kreat assassin for the furniture
the Rue stendhal was. in Engiil
money. under seventeen pounds!
From that fatal day in Apyil,
1913. "Bluebeard" lived happily at
7s Rue Rochechouart, with Made
moiselle as his companion. Hel
was always polite and charmingI
toward her. and she frequently
went to Gambais, where, Of course,
all the evidence OF his latest ter.
rible crime had been carefully
obliterated. But he was often alb
sent ION business" AZ he declared,
for many days at q time. Some
times he went to attend to his
motor business-often the selling
Of stolen cars. from which he was
now deriving q small and unstable
income. He had Joined a gang Of
motor car thieves--an offshoot of
the blachmailers Of whom the ele1
CANT Blaisot was the head--and. .fo4
some months he prospered., &pf
spent upon his latest fiancee
the money he secured by
criminal deals" At his gard
cars were disguised. engine nun
bers altered. and various meat
taken to cbliterate their Identity.
This continued until the, middi
Of December. when Landru, in th'
course Of his pretended occupatior{|
a., q. dealer. met q Mademoiselle
Marchadier, a rather sood.looking
woman. aged thirty-seven. who
was a gay little landlady, who lot
rooms in the Rue st. Jacques. She
was about to give up her house,
she told him.; and she desired to
sell her furniture. Now the lady
In question had been Of the deni1
monde. and had recently takep
rooms and established a pensiol
This, however. did not pay,
she had resolved to soil up an
turn to her old life.
Further revelations ef tire Loves
Of Lsndru win appear In the
washington Times next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

craindrs d'user en- quoi que 90
soft. Nous nous connedtssons
encore peu, mais jai Ia preset
eftce que nous gdgnsri0ns beau-
coup q nous BsieuT appecier en-
nous oavrant loyatement Pun q
Pdntre. lie vondriez-vous9 et
n'sst-ce pas trop vous demdndsrf
H.y encore dautrss raisons
que }'ai e1dminees, mats celles-
la, don't 70 caractere plus deiiedt
demande q etre eomnente YER
baiefnent, ne vous seront ditss
par moi que si je n'drrive pas q
saVoir ie motif on la yuison de ce
naiage da,,s Vos year, 10 jour on
tes circonstances m'sn fourTi-
ront Poceasion.
Pardonnsz ma prose, SON f,.-
eohsrs1sce, flais Ia setile tdes de
yoNs voir chaGrfrse me sttpplieie.
Vous sea,ts ponvsz dun mot ,ns
rendrs ovec 10 calme ls bonheur
81 orand Dc revoir limpides ct
cloirss les prunelles 81 pYofonde-
meNt YeUeuses que leur souvenir
me hante ef ls four ct la nuit.
Adteu, ne ne fdites pas trop
lanouir;; quelie qrs soft votr, re-
ponse, ellie sera de voas Ia 6isn-
venue et recus sdns ftuyntire.
Vous n'en Gurez pas ntotns
i'estims, lee bons sentiments, ct
81 vous le vonles, sur vos .cheres
menottes, lee mefiIeurs baissrs
LUcIEN GUILLET.
Mademoisaile's mother. who met
Landru. was not Mt all satisfied
with her daughters lover. espe-
cially when she heard that he had
proposed marriage. From the first
she had some intuition that he was
an adventurer; but the daughter
laughed at her mothers warnings.
The mother. however. took her
daughter to Rocroi. and there
town. who. on making inquiry.
they saw the mayer Of the
found that no such person a. Gull.
lett, either father or son. had ever
been known therel
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

sons aur-quelles, dams mon bon
heur de pOus aVoir pres de moi,
10 n'avais pas songe dams Petan
de mon coeur 81 rempi de vous.
MalheureuseAent, la Taison
impldcable, lorsqu'on Ia disseque
fGit poir mile choses peut-etre
erronnees, peutetre, hslds! plus
proches de Ia verite.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

apartment In the Rue .Stendhai.
and possessed some very shabby
and rickety furniture. worth only
twenty pounds or 90. Landru had
seen It, and within himself had
secretly estimated Its value. The
woman was asnative Of Toulouse.
and her past--wsll. It need not be
exposed In these pages. -.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
BY WILLIAM LIE QUEUx,


Famous criminoogist and Author Of "Ths firth Finger"
Ths Four Faces I" Tracked BY Wireless" !" eto.
fFTER years Of petty scindIng. Landru tnr,sed his
n attention to pictimizng sconsen mailing love to
them, getting control of their property and then
killing them. Nine. Cuchet Of the first La,sdrp
poisoned her and her son, Andre in via rented ,cith
her money! set up furnace and burned their bodies
He then turned his attention to lurig other aooen to
gruesome deaths BY assuring them Of his overwhelming
devotion.
When the police tnvestigated his activities at the va
he shre,cdIy Gllayed their suspicons, ~, .,t#,
At the conclusion of last ,ceeEs instauent Lnndyu
had Just murdered Nine. Baisson aodoao and buried
her body in forest.
Stu successful IN eluding the police, La,,dru then
established another love nest in nesu apartment
Autumn passed into spring. finding him corresponding
soith eight Woe He in search of another yicti.
~HNE bright evening in May 1917-he was always very
chary of going abroad by daylight-Landru was out
~ for any adventure with Of any class or age
He was about to enter tram when his quick eye
esped goodooking young girl get in; and he followed
her. .. .. ... ..
She was a shop-assistant out upon holiday, and her
name was Fernando SECRET.
Here let her tell her story, because she the sole
surviving ancee Of the Man of Mystery 1t seems that
she possessed strange fascination for him. for even while
they lived at his flat and they perfectly happy he
took the lives Of other yet he faithful to her
always To others. never. s. -Hfe-7 q
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LAfJDRU KILLS ANOTHER POOR VICTIM AS HE PRETENDS
LOVE TO GUILIBLE LITTLE SHOPGIRL CHARMED BY HIS
CHILD-LIKE MAID
FASCINATED BY
HYPNOTIC EYES

Great Lover Had Eight Women On his Corre-
Spondence List while He Made Ardent Love
to Fernando, After Forcing His Own Intro
ductiOn- Girls Mother Proved Landru Z
Fakef, But Daughter Held Faith.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-21
A Sure Way To
End Dandruff

There Is one sure way that has
never failed to remove dandruff at
once, and that is to dissolve it, then
you destroy It entirely. To do this,
Just get about four ounces of plain,
common liquid arvon from any drug
store (this is all you will need, apply
it at night when retiring; use enough
to moisten the scalp and rub it in
gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most If not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace of it, no matter
how much dandruff you may have.
You will find all itching and digging
of the scalp will stop instantly, and
your hair will be fluffy, lustrous
glossy, silky and soft, and look and
feel hundred times better.-Adver
tisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-21

well entertained at house party at
her home south of town over the week
end, Misses Mary Williams and Fran
ces Bell, of Harrisburg, and Miss Ha-
eel of Florea, of Connersville. ;. LATE
Myers received word Friday of the
death of his mother at her home in
Connersville :. The Eastern Star will
meet Tuesday night. Degree work
will be given. THE Five Hundred
club will meet with Mrs. Myrtle Low
cry Wednesday afternoon. Harry
Hoshour. of Evansville, spent the
weekend with his mother, Mrs. Ann
Hoshour. -. A large representation
from Milton attended the Odd Eel
lows district meeting at Connersville
Wednesday. e. c. Caldwell, Miss
Mary Caldwell and Mrs. Earl Craw-
ford were visitors in Newcastle We'd
nesday Sunday afternoon prizes
were awarded for the essays of the
Washington township school children
on birds. The following were given
prizes: Out of high school, Bernice
Hicks, How Birds Protect Crops re-
ceived bottle of toilet water donated
by Mr.. Parkins; Gertrude Connell,
How to Attract Birds" received a
sack of flour donated by Mr. GLENN;
Jane Templin, Outlaws Among the
Birds" received two-pound box of
candy donated by Mr. Kellam; Ber-
; nice Knipp, Outlaws Among Birds, "
received box of stationery donated
by Mr.. Galloway. Out of the grades:
Thelma Ellis, g The Humming Bird, =
received a China plate donated by
James Doddridge; John Hines, 1.-THE
Bluebird," received sack of flour do
mated by Milton Grain company; Ed
win Lamott, 1.-THE Farmers Friend
the Birds" received book, 1.-THE Mes
sage to Garcia" donated by DR.. Den
ny; Cornelius Connell. 1.-THE Outlaw
Among Birds received a tie donated
by Mr.. White; Piccola Doddridge
How Birds Protect Crops" received
a fancy China jar donated by Mr.. Mil
Ter; Riley Baker, characteristics of
Birds received a salt and pepper set
donated by Templin's restaurant. The
orchestra furnished music, and Walter
Ratliff, of Richmond, gave a lecture
on birds. He has a large collection OF
/ stuffed birds and brought few with
| him. g. Miss Gussie Miller spent the
weekend with Miss Helen McCalment
near Indianapolis.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-21
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-21
CHOOSE FRED LEMON
FLOWER SHOW JUDGE

Fred Lemon, local florist, will Judge
one of the classes at the national
flower show starting in Indianapolis
March %. No Richmond entries will
be in the class to be judged by Mr..
Lemon, who also is chairman of the
special premium committee
Mr.. Lemon also viii make a liberal
display at the show exhibiting several
hundred blooms and featuring the
Amelia Gude," yellow rose, and the
"Angelus," white rose, both of which
will enter the competitive classes
Miss Amelia GUIDE, daughter of Will
INN GUIDE, the Washington representa-
tive of the Society of American Flor
lists, will be present in person to in
apect the rose which has been named
after her.
Another Richmond display will be
seen in the booths filed with the Hill
roses. Both the r. G. Hill company
and the Joseph Hill company are ex-
hIbiting double booth of roses. z. G.
Hell VIII make special display OF
the America and several thousand
flowers will be shown. The Joseph Hill
company also plans to give away 5000
roses on Rose Day"
Bridal and corsage bouquets will be
shown by George r. Cause, National
Roal West, in the retail florists sec
ton
The show will be held in the state
fair grounds, and beginning March %
will cuntinue until April /. Special
rates on round trip tickets have been
granted during the show by the inter
Urban railway