The Washington times., 1922-10-22

Tries villa, "The Hermitage"
Later, she went to the Paris
police. and told them Of her failure
to find her sister, and showed
them the letter Of the mayor Of
Gambais. Now there were certain
suspicious aroused by the descrip.
ton given of the mysterious Mon.
sieur Charcroix. for II corresponded
in every particular with that Of
the my ysterious Raymond Diard,
the fiance of the missing Madame
Cuchet, which had been 90 widely
circulated. and yet the police had
failed to find him. although watch
had been kept all over France.
ANOTHER INQUIRY BEGUN.
Tha relatives OF Madame cuohst.
and Of certain other Of the missing
women. were called and |clossiy
questioned by Inspector oaffiot.
and at once It was decided to make
still another effort to find the slu.
sive criminal.
Inquiries at 0ambais made It
quite evident that the lover Of
Madame Cuchet and Of Madame
Buisson were one and the same
individual, ana, naturally. watch
was kept at Gambais should he re.
appear there.
Now Landru was in blissful
ignorance Of this jig.saw puzzle
which the Surete were engaged In
piecing together. For three whole
months the villa at Gambais was
watched both night and day. but
the mysterious tenant made no
appearance. Had he been warned.
they wondered7
The police had broken . catch
Of the window. and entering. made
q complete and thorough investi.
cation Of the house. its contents.
and it, outbuildings. but not .
single scrap Of anything to indi.
cate any crime was found. A f,w
old newspapers-mostly English
ones-were lying in the little
drawing.room. and from them the
police arrived at the conclusion
that the full-bearded man they
sought was N EngAshman!
SUGGESTED A WALK.
Now. on Friday. April II. soon
after luncheon, Landru suggested
to Mademoiselle SECRET that they
should 60 out for q walk. It being
q bright spring afternoon. They
strolled together as far as the
Rue de Rivoli. and then turned to
walk along the long colonnades,
when, suddenly. in q shop window.
Landru noticed a fine white-and.
gold dinner service which matched
exactly q tea service they pos.
sessed. Mademoiselle admired It.
whereupon he told her that he
would buy 1t for her as an Easter
present.
Both entered the shop, where
upon Landru purchased the set
for 500 francs. laying 100 francs
down. and promising the balance
on delivery. He gave his address
in the Rue Rochechouart.
They came out of the shop and
walked happily back home again.
little dreaming what had actually
occurred.
BY the merest off-chance, Made
moiselle Lacoste had, at the very
moment when they left the shop.
passed along the pavement and
recognized "Bluebeard" as her
sisters lover! She dashed across
and Informed the nearest police.
man, who went to the shop and
at once obtained the address which
Monsieur Outlet had given! This
fact was passed on to Inspector
Gaffiot Of the Surete!
Now Landru. after seeing Made.
moiselle home, went out and spent
the evening merrily with four Of
his criminal friends at cafe close
to the Place Pigalle. They dis
cussed big scheme of blackmail.
ing a certain English nobleman,
at that moment in Paris; and he
returned home just after mid.
night. The nobleman had en-
gagged a guide outside the Opera
to show him the night life of
Paris. and it was decided to ex.
tract large sum from him In
exchange for silence.
POLICE VISIT FLAT.
On the following morning, how
ever. Just before o'clock, Lucien
Outlet rose and went out to pur-
chase q copy Of the "Matin" at the
newspaper shop few doors along
the Rue Rochechouart, while
Mademoiselle Fernando prepared
their morning coffee. When he
returned. ten minutes later. she,
according to her statement to me,