The Washington times., 1922-10-01
Landru, With Detective ON Trail,
Out Thinks Pursuer and Escapes


depth Of eighteen inches or 80 he
dug. working increasingly. until
the Precipitation poured from him,
and at the same time scattering
much Of the earth broadcast, hav-
ing first scraped up the leaves in
a heap close by.
Within half an hour he succeed.
ed in laying the body Of his vic.
tim in its shallow grave. first re-
moving the rings from her fingers
by the aid of his flash-lamp. Then
he covered the body with earth.
and sacttered the leaves over the
spot.
PACKED CLOTHES IN SACK.
Madame Buisson's clothes he
placed in the sack, and having
locked them In the suitcase, after.
wards drove the car back upon
the broad high road. Then, still
with his spade and hand.lamp. he
retraced his steps. and carefully
effaced the tracks made by the
car. and returning. he switched on
the headlights and drove rapidly
away from the spot where lay the
grim evidence Of his latest crime.
About three kilometres distant
he halted, and, taking the spade,
flung it over the rocks into the
sea. Then, turning back to Biar-
ritz. he passed through the town
in the night and continued toward
the Spanish frontier by the lower
road to Hendaye, the frontier town
Of Spain.
There, just after midnight, he
took a room at the new hotel,
THE Eskalduna," in the name of
Jean Henry. In the morning he
rose and took his cafe-au.lait.
He posed as a man Of wealth,
and to the hotel servants was most
gracious. 1t was a habit OF his
after a commital of a crime.
Il want to see the actual divid.
ing line between our France and
SPAIN" he said to- the polyglot
concierge.
CROSSED BORDER.
The latter instructed him in the
road. so about eleven o'clock he
drove the unsuspicious-looking car.
which he had used for so many
funerals Of his victims. along the
road to the bridge, called the Pont
International de Ia Bidsssoa, where
the high, road passes from France
into the Spanish province of Gui.
puzcoa.
Accompanied by q girl with
whom he had made acquaintance,
he spent an idling day in Fuenter.
rabia, lunching at the hotel Con-
cha, and exploring the little Bas.
que town with its quaint narrow
streets and massive white houses.
with overhanging caves. adorned
with wonderful balconies of
wrought iron and gorgeous ar
mortal bearings. Even the local
butcher OF Feunterrabia seemed to
exhibit his nany-quartered escutch-
con.
The distance between the Span
ish frontier and Paris 10 nearly q
thousand kilometers, but Landru
set out gaily on the following day
on his return to the capital.
A curious fact was that on his
way through the town Of Bayonne.
close to the bridge, he actually
passed the house where lived the
son of Madame Buisson-the young
man whose illness in the be-
ginning Of 1919 caused inquiries
to be made for his missing mother:
inquiries which eventually prov.
ed that the suave and poetic
Monsieur Charcroix. alias Freni.
net. Of Gambais, Lucien Outlet, the
engineer who had a fiat in the Rue
Rochechouart, and Henri Landru
the Fregoli of names and ad-
dresses" as the Judge, termed him
was one and the Same person.
With q cool boldness which was
one OF the modern Bluebeard's 9
chief characteristics. he drove to
his garage at Neuilly. and after ex.
planning that he had been absent
in the south on business, attended
to his correspondence. and then
went home to his wife.
LIED TO WIFE.
For several days he remained
there, declaring to her that he wes
tired Of his long journey. He ex-
planned that his business had not
been very profitable. and appeared
disappointed. Madame Buisson's
clothes ne had added to his strange
collection Of souvenirs of his fian.
Gees, which he kept in secret out at
Neuilly.