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Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24
VILLA DEClSlVELY
OUTFIGHTS EDWARDS

Boston, Oct. 23.--Pancho Villa.
American flyweight champion.
decisively outfought and outpoint-
ed Danny Edwards, Pacific coast
bantamweight champion. in their
10-round bout here tonight.
Tho Filipino champions weight
was announced as 1874 and his
opponents as 115 1a. Villa out
pointed Edwards in every round.
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SECRETARY FALL
. SPEAKS TONIGHT
I. FOR THE c. D. ?.
New Mexico Man, Member
of Harding's Cabinet,
viii Discuss Issues of the
Campaign.

Secretary OF the Interior Albert
b. Fall, OF Three Rivers, New
Mexico, will speak tonight at S
o'clock at the high school audi
torium. Secretary Fall. who re
Signed the senatorship from this
state to become a member OF
President Harding's cabinet, will
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24
II ROUNDS TO A DRAW

Salt Lake City, Oct. 23.--Frankie
Darren Of Logan and Spug Meyers
Of Pocatello fought IL rounds to
a draw at Logan tonight. The men
are welterweights.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24

For the first time in this gener-
alton the word Angora does not
suggest goat.--New York Herald,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24
IrGnr t2.RouNn nRAm

Providence. r. l., oct. 2S.--'
Young Montreal. Providence ban
tamweight, and Eddie o'Dowd ef
Columbus, Ohio, fought a 12-round
draw here tonight. eftf
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24
METEOR ILLUMlNATES
SKY BRILLIANTLY

Pana. Ill, Oct. 2S tby the Asso-
ciated Press) A meteor, declared
by persons who viewed it as be-
yond description in beauty, ap-
peared northeast of Pana at Sis
o'clock this morning. Spectators
said the phenomenon illuminated
the sky more brilliantly than the
noon day sun.
Remaining in the heavens for a
minute, the spectacle seemed to
roll up from each end and disap-
peared. The meteor appeared to
be about 40 feet long and ten
inches in width.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-24

Bulbs. Dutch. Japanese. Tulips.
Hyacinths, Daffodils. For fall
planting. Ives. Phone 732.--Adv.
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Assassin Escaped.

From the trio. as from the pro-
prietor and walters, the police
could obtaip/no information of any
value. The man they wanted often
came in and drank his blonde. or
light beer, or his cafe-cognac, AMI
chatted affably with all and sun.
dry. Therefore. Inspector Gaffior
was compelled TO return to tho Pre-
lecture OF Police and report a COM
plete failure. That he had found
the man alleged to be the assassin
Of Madame Cuchet and her son was
evident from the fact that he had
so cleverly evaded arrest, but, to
his dismay. the alleged assassin
was again lost in the labyrinth CT
the capital.
He consulted with his chief who.
sitting In the gloomy. green paint
ed room at the Prefecture, listened
to the dismal report Of his failure.
"This man has q distinctive sp.
pesrance-deep-set eyes and flow.
ing beard'-he said. Now, what
will inevitably happen is that he
will endeavor to alter his appear
ance, He will probably shave off
his beard, and perhaps 20 clean.
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Rejoined His Wife.

With his cropped beard and
new suit he had made "Bluebeard"
lived with his wife and family. and
quietly carried on his motor car
business. just as a respectable citi-
zen should. The surete was search
Ing everywhere for Monsieur Ray
mond piard. the late tenant Of
THE Lodge" at Vernouillet-for
the local police now acknowledged
themselves cleverly tricked--but
his identity with Henri Landru was
never suspected.
One evening, Just as the shops
were closing, and there was a rush
Of home.going workers on the
Metropolitan railway in Paris,
Lsndru was waiting on the plat.
form at the Opera station, when
his quick eye noted an unusually
good.looking girl, aged about niue.
teen, sobbing in secret, and trying
to hide her tears. Dark.haired,
with an innocent look, she was
dressed neatly, with a close. fitting
little hat, which was most becom-
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haps, her lover Bernard. an EN-.
ploys Of the Electricity Company
at LaEny. In the seine-et.Marne.
Landru. as q master-criminai,
was Of careful forethought In all
his actions. He foresaw that the
remains Of poor Madame Collornb
might be washed ashore. For that
reason he had bathed the face and
hands In acid. so as to render the
countenance unrecognizable. and
also obliterate another possible
clue. Leading q rather gay life. as
the poor woman had done. It was,
he saw. quite possible for her to
have fallen into the hands OF tho
police. and to have had her finger
prints and hand measurements
taken. BY the application OF acid.
any such means OF identity would
be rendered impossible. Further,
he had. after placing the remains
In the sacks. slashed the latter
with his knife, so that the action
of the water would quickly cause
the remaining strands Of the bags
to part. and thus release the vari.
GUS portions Of the body in various
directions.
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fore-armed!" he laughed harshly.
"The only man in all the world l
fear is, that suspicious fool. Fried.
mann. But. after all. he Is q Silly
imbecile!'
With half-closed, drowsy eyes.
the newspaper still in his hand. he
sat reflecting. He was reflecting
very seriously. Was there any
possibility that friedman knew
that he rented the garage at
Nsuilly? II he did, then the sitma.
tion was instantly dangerous.
Watch might be kept for his ra-
turn! But as he sat ruminating,
he quickly became convinced tiIlt
Friedman had never known OF
the garage. for he had purposely
not disclosed II. Again, II the dead
woman's sister know of 1t. would
not the police have already oeen
theref
So he felt that, after all. he ives
safe. His cunning and his courage
carried him far-and surely II was
unequalled in the annals Of crime.
What he read caused him to realize
that he was treading upon thin ice.
for with the hue-and-cry raised,
any agent Of police might suddenly
identify him.
That night he arrived at his
garage at Neuilly. vhereupon--he
drew from his pocket the idcntifi.
cation papers and rings belonging
to the dead woman. Madame Col.
lomh. and putting them into a box
which contained false hair. papers,
rings and hair-combs Of his other
victims. he locked II with q sigh
OF satisfaction.
Surely It was q strange trait CT
his degenerate sex.pervesity that
he should cherish souvenirs Of the
innocent. too-trustful women
whose lives he took in such cold.
hlooded fashion. Papers and rec
ords Landru always kept. 1t was a.
craze with him-the same craze ss
that Of the collector OF rare VOL
umes, Of old silver, or old furniture.
Rut the craze was, in the end. his
own undoing.
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Had Fund Of Stories.

To men he was attractive by yea
son Of his open generosity and his
fund OF amusing stories. To WON.
en- he was the silken.bearded, soft
voiced lover. with those remark
ably abnormal eyes which fasci-
mated most of the fair sex Of what.
ever social position.
1t was growing dark, and no time
was to be lost. Therefore he vert
to the solid. brick.built outhouse.
taking with him the butchers
chopper, saw. and sacks. together
with the big glass-stoppered bot
tie Of acid.
Quickly he drew out from the
straw the poor womaIi's stiff body.
dressed still In the clothes she had
put on to meet him.
Upon the concrete floor he put
a number Of newspapers. together
with some hempen wrappings.
which had come around the furni-
ture during removal, and then
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Lost ct Gross Roads.

Thus the sea had closed upon his
terrible secret. The great assassin,
driving on through the wild night,
had his headlights In the direction
Of Paris. He lost his way at the
cross roads at Les Thilliers-en-
Vexin during the early morning,
and when daylight came. fat!gucd
and exhausted. he took deteuner,
and spent several hours at the M.
cient Trois Poissons hotel at GIs.
cors. While smoking in tho little
fumoir. a snug, panelled old place
Of the old diligence days, he took
UP that mornings Paris Matin and
glanced casually 1T 1t. Suddenly
his quick. deep-set eyes caught a
heading which caused him to start.
The disappearance OF Madame
Cuchet and her son Andre had
been reported to the surete by the
ever suspicious Monsieur Fried.
mann, and the police were In active
search Of an individual named Ray
mond Diard. His full description
and certain details concerning him
were given. It was stated that he
had fled nysteriousiy from Yer.
noulllet after the disappearance Of
Madame and her son, and that It
was believed that piard was the
assumed name Of a man who was
an escroc well.known to the police
under a variety Of aliases.
"The affair has created consider.
able excitement at Venrnouillet,
the journal said. "The mysterious
Monsieur Diard told Madame Gu
chefs relatives that she had gone
with her son to London, but in
Quiriss made Of Scotland Yard. and
search of the passport registers,
has failed to find any trace of the
missing mothey and son. II Is also
alleged that Monsieur Diard, who
had promised marriage to Madame
Cuchet, has already seized all her
possessions and sold them. At
present the affair is a sensational
mystery which Monsieur Fried
mann declares he will unravol at
all costs. The police request that
any information concerning the
man whose description is giyef,
should be reported in confidence
to any Poste de Police"
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Chatted With Friends.

When he entered the bare,
garish place, well lit. and alluring
to the night revelers, he saw the
old furniture dealer seated with
two men he knew-notoriou
blackmailers and souteneurs. He
Joined them, and for an hour he
sat at the table, yet reflecting upon
the innocent, chance.met girl who
was asleep in his fiat.
He was slipping his cafe-cognac
and laughing at a good story old
Caillard had told them when, Of a
sudden, before even he was aware
Of 1t. q rather slim. black nous
tached man, poorly dressed, came
to the table and said:
You are Raymond Diard! You
are under arrest for the murder
OF Madame Cuchet and her son"
The Assassin as Papa Lulu"
For only a second was Landru
taken by surprise.
The instant the detective ut
tered the name of Diard he
sprang to his feet, for his agility
equaied his cunning, and on glanc-
Ing at the door he saw two
plain-clothes officers Of the Surete
guarding 1t. Quick.witted, he knew
that there was door at the
further end of the oafe with which
he was so familiar, therefore, ere
the detective could seize him, he
had slipped around the table, and
singing his chair behind kim
across the officers path between a
row of tables, caused the man to
trip up and fall, and ere his col
leagues could assist him or stop
the wanted man, the latter was
out Of the other door and dashing
across the Place Pigalle.
He heard the loud shouts OF the
police as he dived into a series Of
narrow streets behind the Rue
Duperre, with all Of which he was
quite familiar.
Presently. when he found him.
self clear. he ceased running, but
walked at a brisk pace. avoiding a
policeman on duty at the corner
of the Rue de Clichy. Afterward
he travelled in a circle until he
reached the Batisnolles quarter.
where, In q short. narrow street
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Trimmed Beard.

He rejoined Madame Lanaru.
and next morning, in pre.ense
that his beard had become too
shaggy during his travels on bust
ness. he trimmed It considerably.
He would have shaved It off. only
he took the greatest pride in his
hirsute appearance. as he knew
that 1t appealed to a certain type
OF woman.
That same morning he called a.
q frowsy fifth.floor fiat Just off
the Boulevard de Sebsstopol, not
far from the Rue Turbigo, wheis
he was received by a tall man with
lank grey hair and grey mustache,
whom he addressed as Jean"
IT want you to do a little affair
of penmanship for me. my dear
jean" he said. '"Ts copy this
woman's signature upon these two
documents-and also sign as wit.
ness"
The old forger. for such he was,
was one Of the cleverest in all
France, who earned quite big fees
from INSCRIPTIONS persons to
whom he was introduced conf
dentially by other clients. More
than one rascally lawyer had EN-.
ployed Jean Boas to sign false
documents, and by thieves and
blackmailers his services were in
constant demand. In the under
world Of Paris he was, and still
Is, the recognized expert forger,
who can make out Q will or a deed
in the handwriting Of anyone Of
whom he has the true signature.
The tall old man took the two
documents which Landru had
prepared, and, without reading
them. first examined the place
left blank for the signature, and
then for some time he gazed very
closely at the signature Of Madame
Collomb, which she had appended
to one Of her first formal letters.
Five minutes later he crossed
the room, and seating himself at q
rickety old deal table. he selected
q pen from several, and un.
hesitatingly signed both docu-
ments in exact imitation Of the
dead woman's signature. After
wards, he wrote q fictitious name
and address as witness to both,
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Denied Acquaintance.

Il really can't think that?' de-
clared old Caillard. I've known
him here as a frequenter of this
cafe for the past six months, and
he always struck me as a charm.
ing man. His Christian name is,
believe. Lucien. He was here
one evening with a lady. and she
addressed him by that name"
Perhaps It was the lady he
murderedr' exclaimed Inspector
Gaffiott, Of the Surete.
She was a young lady-about
twenty-five" replied Caillard. Il
think she was English" he added,
for as a crook. he was inventiny
a story for the benefit Of the po-
lice.
"Ah! no. This Madame Cuchet
who 10 missing was thirty-niue,"
said the detective. But" he
went on. "can neither Of you gen.
tlemen tell me anything more con-
cerning this individual Diard. his
habits. or where he liyes?"
The criminal trio declared that
they were in total ignorance, yet
tho truth was that Caillard knew
very well that Landru's new
abode was in the Rue de Maui
berge, and those constant deals in
women's furniture which he had
with him were more than sus-
picious. Yet he never dreamed
that, in order to gain the belong
ings Of women, he murdered them.
The documents were always In
order. Never once had there been
questions. so cleverly did old Jean
Boas initiate the signatures Of his
clients victims.
Caillsrd and his two friends
were, in reality. very uneasy ut
finding themselves questioned by
the police, for all three had served
terms OF imprisonment, and
were professional criminals.
But their combined wits carried
them through. Their friend Ian
dru had escaped. and, as far as
they could, they were covering the
unwelcome inquiries concerning
him.
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Withdrew Her Money.

Two hours later LANDRY drew out
Madame Collomb's money from the
bank. and that same evening he
sold the furniture in her flat at 15,
Rue Rodier, to the old rascal.
Jules Caillard. handing him what
purported to be Madame's signed
authority. This old Caillard
showed the landlord on the fol.
lowing day and. as the rent had
been paid in advance. the furniture
was removed.
BY the assassination Of Madame
Collomb. the master.criminal had
enriched himself by she sum of
3SS pounds, about forty Of which
had gone in expenses incidental
to the commission Of the crime.
Surely the risk was great and the
profit ridiculously small? Yet
"Bluebeard" never seemed to re-
gard 1t In that light. for, willy and
abnormal. he had now made as.
sassination a profession which,
thanks to that little blue phial and
the platinum needle. could be car.
ried on at will.
He was defiant Of all-save
Monsieur Friedmann. As he went
about Paris he was always wary
lest he might encounter him. He
avoided travelling by rail as much
as possible for fear one Of the
detectives at the various termini
might stop him. Besides, the
newspapers were still full Of the
mysterious disappearance Of
Madame Cuchet and her son, and
the description Of tie mysterious
lover, Monsieur Diard, were, time
after time, circulated. It being be-
lieved by the police that the
wanted man still remained in
Paris.
The police he always treated
with contempt. They were stupid
blunderers, he was fond Of de-
claring to his friends Caillard,
Boas, and the others with whom
he associated and met so often at
the low night cafes where the
underworld Of Paris meet-those
men and women Of all classes.
from the apprentice.thief boy and
girl to the swell cracksman with
his motor car, or the rat d'hotel
who works" jewel thefts at the
hotels dc luxe all over the con-
tinent.
Though Landru endeavored to
bring murder to a fine art, he
never really succeeded. He
practised It as one Of the petite
bourgeoisie, as a means OF OBJ
tanning a livelihood. AS a strug.
Cling adventurer, he had within
him the traditional cult Of the soul.
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Read Own Description.

Landru read the article through
three times. Then his sinister face
relaxed into q smile. He had so
many aliases that he could scarce
keep count Of them. With every
change Of address--and they were
constantine assumed Q new name
and . new profession.
"They will have great difficulty
In tracing the missing Raymond
Disrd." he muttered to himself.
But the description Is horribly
awkward. What II some fool Can.
cies that he sees In me the mys-
tsrious Diard, and informs the po.
iioe7 might than experience con.
siderable trouble. Now he went on,
still speaking aloud. for there was
no one in the room. mol II is
fortunsts-a very good thing-that
] know the police are on the alert,
for now ! am forewarned-anj
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Police Bafned.

Gaffiot described how the mys.
terious man suddenly flung the
chair across his path, tripping him
UP and causing him to fall heavily.
Indeed, he had an abrasion on his
jaw where he fell upon the edge
Of one Of the marble-topped tables
Of the cafe.
Well. said the chief, we must
circulate the doleful news, I SUD.
pose. 1t is very unfortunate-but
we will get him yet"
After all, the allegation 10 only
q suspicion" remarked the In.
spector. ''The man Friedman,
who complained, has no actual evil
dence. His sister-in.law has disap.
peared-she went to London. Diari
says. She may be there now for
aught We know. You will remem-
Der, m 'sieur, that over at Scotland
Yard they are not infallible. Rec
ollect the Alphonse Robert case.
They reported him to be living in
Walworth Road. in London, yet all
the time he was living here in the
tue de Madrid. Their silly law in
England protects the criminal, and
always hampers justice. TheY
have no right Of entering and
searching as we fortunately have"
IT agree entirely. Gaffiot," re-,
piled the Chef de Ia Surete. But
this case Of the disappearance Of
mother and son interests me. II
is a mystery which we must elucl-
date"
Next evening Landru, delighted
at having tricked the police whom
he held in such contempt. dressed
himself in a suit Of clothes he had
not worn for some months, and in
a taxi went across Paris to his fiat
at 80, Rue de Mauberge, in search
Of his foundling-love little Andree
Babelsy.
The nineteen.year-old girl was
still there. awaiting the return OF
the bearded man with the seduc.
tive voice who had behaved 90
kindly and generously towards her.
In his absence she had made ner.
self useful, and cleaned up and
busted the flat. She had found
some coffee and bread, with som.
sardines, and had eaten a good
meal.
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att Of at
the to lin

ing. and In her hand she carried a
little leather bag.purss.
He stepped into the train behind
her and as they sat Wis Q Wis he
quickly summed her up" as
young girl who had perhaps Auar-
relied with her parents-or her
lover.
Therefore. when she alighted he
followed her.
The arch-criminal never lost
time. He was always in a hurry.
He spoke to her as she walked
along. and within five minutes he
learned that her name was Andree
Babelay. and that she had been a
shop girl. and afterward a nurse-
maid. She was. she told him,
without a SOU. She had quarSe!led
with her mother, Madame Collin.
and she had also lost her place.
For her the world was blank and
desolate.
Landru-telling her that his
name was Lucien Outlet, for he
always chose euphonious Names
comforted her. She had no place
to sleep that night. for she refused
to 60 home. So he offered her a
shelter for the night at his little
nest Of love" in the Rue de Mau.
berge. And this she gratefully
accepted.
This fact is recorded in Landru's
black book. lie Garnet Noir," as
the Judge called It at the trial. A
women's name entered there
meant death 20 her. And in it he
wrote the name CT the poor. friend
less little girl, Andree Babelay!
That night the master criminal
took the despairing girl to his flat
in the Rue de Mauberge, and
posing as a good Samaritan, gave
her some dinner in a cheap and
obscure restaurant close by, and
then, at 10 o'clock, showed her to
her room.
Afterward he went out, taking
a taxi to the Montmartre. where,
at a cafe-the Soufflet. not far
from the Place Pigalle-he hoped
to spend an hour or two with old
Caillard and perhaps some Of his
friends.
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Entrapped Girl.

"Ah! ma petiter cried the arch
assassin as he entered with his key.
II have been absent on business.
Pray forgive me-eh? have beer
all the time wondering how You
have been getting on"
And .glancing around he saw
that she had been putting the
room in order.
To Madame Faucher, tho con-
cierge, Monsieur Guillet."-as
Landru then called himself-had
explained that the young girl was
q niece who had just come from
the country in search Of a situa.
ton. The truth was, however.
that she was the daughter Of a
woman who had been born In
Rumania, and, Andree's father
having died, she had married 4
man named Collin. Andree was In
the service Of a certain Madame
Vidal, fortune teller who lived
in Belleville, and next day Landru
persuaded her to return to her
place "for a few days"-which
she did.
Her name was inscribed in his
fatal notebook, but Landru had
other business at the moment to
occupy him. including several
meetings with Madame Buisson.
So. after she had left. he went
back to his wife and calmly pur-
sued his business out at Neuilly.
A week later, however. accord
In to arrangement. the young girl
with the wide-open innocent eyes
met her lover at the Rue de Mau-
berge, and he lent her q brown
leather bag. which she took to
Madame Vidal's. Then, after an.
nouncing that she had met very
charming monsieur who was go.
ing to marry her, she packed up
her belongings and left. on the
following day, unknown TO Lans
Continued on Page ~
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huns the body upon them as he
would toss a package.
To Henri Landru, who at heart
was q fierce hater Of women, and
whose mental condition was one
well known to all alienists all over
the world. the life Of any woman,
old or young, was the same as the
Life Of q ny.
With the body stretched upon
the bed Of papsr-so that ai,y
blood might be absorbsd-he be.
gan to saw through II. after cut
ting away the clothing and plac.
ing It all carefully aside for de.
struction. In an hour he had com.
pleted his appalling work. and hud
placed all the corpse into the Two
sacks. save the head and the hands
from which he had taken the
rinss-two parts OF a body whicn
might be Identified by the medi.
cologists Of the surete.
The severed head and the chip
ped-off hands he placed aside. and
in the growing darkness poured
out the acid into q large earthen
paim.pot, which had stood in the
hall. and was the property Of the
previous tenant. Into the acid he
placed the head and hands, aud
within few minutes all were
burnt out Of recosnition-the nox-
icus fumes arising to his nostriis.
This done. he picked out the re-
mains by the aid OF the kitchen
tongs-themselves SCARED by tho
aoid-and placed them in a sack
with the other dismembered Limbs.
BY z o'cleck. It bsing now quite
dark, tbs two sacks were in the
back Of his car. and he was driv.
Ing swiftly over the lonely road
to Evreux.