The Washington times., 1922-09-10
LANDRU is NEARLY
TRAPPED BY GIRL
WHOM HE WED

roadside, twenty miles rom the
scene Of his crimes. He felt. how
ever. that II was. necessary to dis
arm al suspicion. and his actions
in this direction revealed the cum
ming nature Of the man.
One night. shortly after he had
arranged to marry young Nine.
Laporte. he drove out to 'Ver.
nouiliet. and. unlocking the up
stairs attic containing the clothes
Of his victims, he carried them,
into a corner Of the garden and
poured some petrol over them.
Afterwards he placed upon the pile
an old leather trunk, and applied
a match. whereupon in a few mo-
ments there arose column Of
flame and black smoke Of a par
ticularly obnoxious character, ow-
ing to the burning. leather.
Very soon the butcher Meunier.
living closs by, informed the gen.
darmes, who were soon on the
scene. just a. Landru hoped.
ANOTHER COMPLAINT, EH,"
"oh! come inr' he laughed. when
they told him the object Of their
call. $50 we have another COM
piaint-eh? These country folk
are all impossible! Come into the
garden. I ann simply burning some
clothes and an old trunk, because
I have decided to move, and It 10
useless to pay storage for them"
The gendarmes at once went
out into the garden, turned over
the smoldering trunk, and after
wards departed, well satisfied,
and declaring to the man Menuier
that he had discovered another
mares nest.
A week later a motor van from
his garage at Neuilly arrived at
THE Lodge" cleared out the fur.
niture, and stored it in a reposi-
tory near the Porte de Bagnolet.
Elise Laporte and Raoui Dupont
were. according to the register at
the Marie at Dijon, married there
after the usual formalities Of resi-
dence, and on the same day they
left for Italy. After three weeks,
during which time, they had q
pleasant time in Turin and Milan,
they went to Genoa, on their way
to Rome Nine. Dupont. having
assured herself Of her husbands
bona fides. expressed q desire to
see Genoa: therefore, they took
sitting room and bedroom at a
small hotsl close to the station.
TIRED OF HONEYMOON.
As a matter Of fact, Landru was
already tired Of honeymoontng,
and anxious to get back again to
Paris. but always smiling. gentle
and sweet-voiced, he was still the
infatuated lover that he had been
all along.
Late one night after they had
been to the theater. the pair were
in their sitting room. LaHdru
smiling contentedly and fondlins
his "wife's" hand, when he com
menced In quite . natural way q
confidential chat concerning their
future.
''we must settle down In house
Of our own." he said. "And you
must entertain In q manner befit-
ting you. When we get back We
win find . nice house somewhere
close to Psris. for you tell me you
are tired Of Paris itself. and. Of
course, darling. I am ready to
agree to any suggestion you may
make" Then, after . pause. he
went on: ''I do not know. dearest,
whether It has already occurred to
you that our fortunes should be
united, like our hearts"
mo. Raoul." was the reply. 1T
has never occurred to me-"
"well." he said. with your con-
sent and approval. darling. I pro-
pose to draft . document. which
you can Sign, BY which your money
at the Credit Lyonnais soes into
our Joint account, while I. on my
part. viii put twenty thousand
francs to your credit In . private
aocount--just a. . little present
20 that you may have your own
money, and you can add to II from
time to time" he said. with well
feisnsd ssnerosity. "If you asrsA.
then We WIN sign. tho document
now. and tomorrow I VIII send
them 70 my lawyer IN Paris to
execute"
To her Il seemed quite . natural
suggestion IN unite their fortunes
a their hearts were linked togeth-
or. 20 she consented.