The Washington times., 1922-10-22

from her silk handbag took out the
two thousand francs In notes
which he had paid her. After
wards he threw the bag into the
burning coals--those Goals they
had brought with them from
Houdan! y
Then. just after midnight, he
wrapped the nude, bent.up body in
a big travelling rug. and placed it
in a stolen motor car which he
had driven down there three days
before for that purpose. -
Through the pelting rain he
drove. the car, with its gruesome
burden. along the open, slushy
roads for seventy kilometers, to
that narrow, crooked byway which
led from Boutigny up to the
giassworks near vierzy. The
two roaring furnaces. left un-
attended. Siowed fiercely In
the pitch black darkness. and Just
a. in the case Of poor little Andree
Babelay, he opened the door Of the
first Of the great red ovens, and
though the fearful heat that belch.
ed forth scorched his face. he sue
ceedsd. by an almost herculean ef.
fort, in flinging in his poor vic.
TINS remains, pushing in the body
by means OF the long iron stoker's
rake which was lying near.
DESTROYED BUTTpNs.
Afterward he drew q paper
packet from his pocket--a packet
containing the hooks and buttons
from the dresses Of Madamolselle
which he had destroyed--which he
threw into the furnace. afterwards
stirring the Goals 30 that they
were piled about the body. Then,
closing the great red-hot iron door
as noiselessly as possible. he re.
tired.
The whole proceeding only occu.
pied about five minutes. When
the stokers came next day they
would never dream Of the presence
Of q human body within. ard
would pile in more coal in oder
to retain the intense heat required
for glass-making.
Landru, however, with his vic
TINS money In his pocket, at once
drove the car back again out OF
the lane, needless Of leaving
tracks. for there were many rain
filled ruts left by the c onstan,
coal-carts. Then, switching on the
headlights. the seducer Of women
drove rapidly back to Paris.
He had left the capital with
Madamoiselle on the morning Of
january 10. but in the early morn
ing Of the following day he wis
back again with Mademoiselle
segfet at the Rue Rochechouart!
She noticed, with surprise. that he
had suddenly become affluent. He
had transacted some highly salts
factory business" he told her. and
indeed in his notebook there ~ set
down the fact that on the follow
ing day he paid debts amounting
to one thousand and forty.five
francs out Of the money for Which
he murdered Madamoiselle March.
adler! Why he purchased her fur
niture and paid her for 1t seems
a mystery. Perhaps It was 10
establish a kind of bona fides with
old Caillard.
NOT HIS LAST CRIME.
That the cruel poisoning Of the
poor. fascinated woman Of the
Rue st. Jacques was not the last
OF Landru's crimes Ia we'll estab-
lished. There were others--that
Of highly ingenious theft, heartless
blackmail and deals in certain
stolen property and jewelry--all
committed with an audacity that
was truly amazing when 1t Is re.
collected that a hue-and-cry had
been raised for Monsieur Diard.
1t was indeed his cool audacity
and his disregard Of the repeated
warnings OF both his friends. Gail.
lard and Blaisot, that was undoub:.
edly the cause Of his undoing.
The crime of murder is disclosed
sooner or later, and often in
strange and most unexpected ways.
It was 30 with Henri Desire Ian.
dru, who was, after his long series
Of adventures and terrible crimes,
now apparently leading a very
happy life. devoted to a woman
who, after q visit to the House
of Death, lived to return and re.
late her experience.
The story Of how Landru was
discovered and his awful crimes
brought home to him is certainly
an amazing romance in itself.
II came about In this way.
Only a few days after the heart.
less murder Of Mademoiselle