Evening star., 1937-12-12
FIVE MORE FEARED
SLAIN BY EXPERT
Second American Thought
Among French Mass
Murder Victims.
BY the Associated Press.

:
PARIS, Dec. 11.-Police tonight
sought the fate Of . second American
they feared might have brought the
number of victims of q mass murder
syndicate to 10.
In addition to the five slayings Al
ready admitted by the gangs expert
in murder" Eugene Weidmann, police
believed four women and An Ameri-
can tourist might have been lured to
the isolated villa Of death At SUBJ
urban st. Cloud.
. The bodies Of lovely Jean de Koven,
American dancer. and Fritz Frommer,
himself once = member of the muir
der-for- profit ring. already have been
unearthed at the villa, where police
were spading up half acre Of ground
in their search for other victims.
Notebook Names Checked.
Detectives studied q small black
notebook, containing 40 names and
addresses. found among Weidmann's
possessions. They started check-up
to determine whether they were
names Of victims or accomplices.
The police shovels rang against the
hard. snow-covered earth near the
villa-named La Voulzie, after the
peaceful French river.
The four women were known to
police only as "Jeannine," Caroline, "
Josephine" and Sophie" from the
names embroidered on f1lmy lingerie
found crammed In = trunk at the
villa
Both Weidmann and Roger Million,
supposed head Of the group, admitted.
police said, frequenting fashionable
Paris hotels and striking up acquaint-
ances with American and other tour
lists whom they believed wealthy.
That, Weidmann confessed, was
how he met the 22-year-old Brooklyn,
N. Y, dancing girl. whose strangIed
body was buried beneath the villa
porch four months ago after she COL
lapsed like = rag doll under the
killer's fingers.
Tells Of Theater Backer.
Collette Tricot. described by police
as the shared mistress Of Million and
Jean LIE Blanc. who gave himself ur
with them last night, told police Of
an American man who had given
Weidmann 81 400 10 start q "theatrica
venture"
At least one Of Weidmann,s foul
admitted men victims, Roger lie Blond
q broker, was slain after being lurec
to the trap by the same business deal
lie Blond's body, like those of Rogel
Lesorbre and Joseph Couffy, however
was found dumped far from the villa
causing police fears the other victim,
might have been buried in scattered
graves.
Weidmann was charged with volun.
tary homicide in the five known slay.
ings while Million, LIE Blanc, and th<
woman who shared her charms with
both men were charged with compile.
ity with the ~xecution-fo money
squad.
| Two Still Sought.
Still sought were q mysterious blons
and q waiter, known as Maurice, VIII,
disappeared two days ago from I
fashionable Champs Elysees cafe. H
was believed to have supplied Weld
mann, German fugitive from mill
tary service, with false passports.
Collette. . plump brunette Of Is
told police she first met Million IL
May. She disclosed she had husban,
working in an automobile plant ant
an S-year-old son.
She told police that she and he
two lovers entered the case through
financial transaction with Weld
mann-Weidmann said the scar-face'
Million hired him as = specialist ii
murder. Police said lie Blanc, know
as THE Little One" was the man witt
the money.
| After they learned Weidmann ha'
killed lie Blond, she said, the tri
ned from one end Of France to tn
other" to escape the same fate.