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A MODERN BLUEBEARD,

INFATUATED WOMEN'S FATE,

1919.

Every French husband of à runway wife he brought presents for Mme.

seems to hare got into communication with: the police following sunsational disclosures ងព the Bluebeard encone pursued by a

cinated, courted, nad enrried off wine or ter

employing many workgirls in her estab- father. How," he asks, “could we have lishment: but, despite this attraction, suspected him? He was good to hia Bluebeard shared his faveurs equally children. Never did to give them bad between the sant and the niece.

Fre

advice.or excuse even the lightest fault. He was severe. This man, who had had cakes and old wines; for Me, troubles and bean convicted, always give Fauchet, armfule of costly flowers, For us counsels of honesty and uprightness. more than a gear this double philandering He did not smoke, drink, or gamble. continued. The two women were full of was an untiring worker, and his enthusiasm for this charming man. They devoted to nothing else. His parents,

who were Parisian work-people-

and of food education His first profession

CALLEN HÙM THE INDIARUBBER MAN

Parisian engineer, who is said to hare fas well-to-do wamed--widows and rouge girls and Robert Heudin." in rognition of and then destroyed schem, There is firty his cleverness as a contortionist and con

jurer. But gradually, unknown to the substantial evidence that they were withornicre an understanding was springing up hurjed ar buried in the garden of a lonely between the older woman and Landen

Once said Mme. Pascal to a friend : villa, which came into possession of the

I do not know what to make of that accused when the war was 12 months' obl.

He is charming.

Bat h innot look at him with-- It went to have been the summer of frightens me. I

"he made me wit in an arm-

Man

He

gave him numbar that of architect, but he was also clever engineer. He was the rst to patant a national motorcycle, and pre- yiously, in 1990, he had invented a motor car, Among the tasks the father

carried out, the son mentions the planning of light. railways, tramways, and electrical in

Havre Harbour works. and was decorated ས་གས

stallations. Er W218 employed on the

1913 when Charlies Landru set out on his out trembling.ening, after the Government for architectural work.'

by chair, while he unlosed my hair and maid

got

victions were widows fairly wall-to do, but chair. w some were quite young and pretty girls of it a mantle. (She had very long and Altogether, Landru's papers have provid-beautiful tresses.) Then he knelt and tonk ed records of more than twenty women my hands, looking fixedly into my eyes For a time he remained silent, looking at with whom he had ἐπι touch by matri

And then he began to monial advertisements. and with most of

"Annette! Annette. I am the man, whom he probably did pursue the subject you are waiting for

The following list of eleven master, and you belong to me! of marriage. names found in his pocket book is believed His intense gaze disturbed me I cannot by the police to be a complete chronologi-

explain what I

experienced. Everything ent record of his victims

turned about me

I seemed to sele diabolical lights, and I must have lost. consciousness, for I remember nothing more I do not want to see the man again.

Hi ga is terrifying. Foll

August, 1915.-J. and A. U. otherwise Mu Cuchet, a good looking widow, who, with her son Andre, went to Bluebeard's house, taking her savings of over £4.000.

As

August to December, 1913. -The name of would say it was the devi; looking at you. Jille Jeanne Falk, a middle-aged

the sen says he went there to die repairs, but always alone. His mother and sisters had visited the house and stayed several days. The fath

father said he wanted to buy whisper

it as a speculation. H did business openly in furniture, ami a one suspected your im of

-doing, wrong-

3. Dautel. the police commissars, who bas the case in hand. has made interesting discoveries among the mass of papers seized. Thes include several blank military identic books and a number of forged family papers, which enabled Landru to change his civic personality as often as he phys CC. An interesting statement, throwing much light Landru's methods, has been At Easter, 1918, Landru propceed to

by one woman, which the police withhold for the tent until identibertion has been entertain the rice at Gamhais for a few Parisianne, who was sought in marci

days. but the aunt preferred to zo herself age by Bluebeard. It was in:

Septeas completed. October,

Oty returning to Paris the complained of ber, that this lady met Landre, and 1993-Mrue. Berthe "Anna

being

had almost. frightened by gunfire and aerial within a short time he Hrn. an elderly wider who disappeared bombs. M. Forest de Barzinux (Landru)unded her to join him at the notorious

pet." just about the time that ber marriage had offered her a refuge in the country. villa at Gambais. But not quite, for Landru was announced.

which she had decided to recept Mlle Falk was saved by her own perspi Landru's mysterious

Gaillin, which ing, but he never succeeded in Living her papers of a full session of identity sucity. Landry, she admits, name he had altered to fit his alin

ron fidence. The ticies he attempted to Guillet, is explained now, as is also the borrow money from her.

of Mme "Guillin, whose disappearance

December 1913, to March 1916-"Moga· fascinating young clerk in a Government office, who lived at Clichy

dur.

with Landru, when the latter was known as Fremiet.

son und daught to whom the Papers belonged, die in 1912. Moe. Guillin, a lively middle-aged widow of cheerful disposition had been hos chet

at Melun, who left keeper to an elable furniture. After her £400 and

Dember 20th, 1916 A woman named Colomb, a bank check, who on this date went to Gambaic with over £300 in her p possession

September, 17.Mose. Buisson, who went to Gambats with £800:

September to December. 1017-Two names of

of women.not yet identified: January, 1915.-Mme. Jayme, aged 42. who wrote that the Gambais Villa was

melancholy place, and that her home as a maniac, who her gather leaves made what she knew not.

1918-Mme. Paseal, who went to Ganrbais with her cut.

January 13th, 1919 Mile. Marchadier, who had 200, took three dogs to Gambais, whose bodies have been found.

A

souvenirs

of

reappear.

charru

AND WEAKENED HER YALTH in his stability. And his detection a niall deception anally opened her eyes. Subsequently Landru visited her on two or three ccasions, but, receiving no ea conragem has also spoken of Landru

he discontinued his visits. Mlle Falk gilts as a

Sols Mio, ,which had

sprong

is

his death she lived for a time in Paris, and then early in 1013 Advertised

a vocalist. His rendering of “Ö fresh post as companion. Landru

in Paris vogne in during the war, is representing himself to be a French

described

as strangely au ir Australia, and played his usual fascinating by the earaptured women who of falling desperately in love with listened to its voluptuous words. The pre- comedy the be promptly proposed macron, to when urinary inquir

ripe but

whom col

liminary inquiry into the supposed crimes conducted by M. Bonin, who has off her feet by Landru's insinusting man-

into prominence during ners. the poor woman old her Jewellery the past year by his skilful handling of and disappeared from her fat In the several delicate affairs. He was the ex summer of 1913 she made a

a brist In every case so far, in which the per

amining magistrate in the prosecution sons in this list have been traced, they are are, and told a friend the now familiar concerning counterfeit Rodin statues, and known to have disappeared, and relics and story of the charraing man she was about recently has been probing the history of

to marry and of the superb villa near Girard, the insurance agent, who them have been found in Landru's possession. It was his habit to She mentioned that she had already stay

Mantes, where they were going to live. alleged to have insered a number of

people without their knowledge, and then one funcér, when she had Jewellery of, to his next victim. Thused there, and that owing to the unplea poisoned them with drugs or microbes

Lands of

women

at Gambais and

its grounds will this or mix with the people of the

As detec pat through a sieve," ing fairly wealthy widows who came under Landru was not there, he told her, not

In fact, if anyone called when tives say. Considering its baffing com- Landry's spell and disappeared.

Mme. Guillin added innumerable intrigues with the unravelling of the history caretaker, of the block of flats where lived to open the door. Mme. Cuchet

has given

that she had inspected the villa from roof information to the Sin which

to cellar with the excention of one room, to the discovery of police

victims. Landra arrived at which was locked.

may

Her curiosity. the caretaker, with two very LED HER TO PEEP THROTOR THE KEYHOLE, well-dressed little girls about ten years

They were both very pretty, with a of this room, and she saw a quantity of age wealth of blond hair. In response to some beautiful lace-trimmed anderclothing on remark, Landru told the woman that the bed, together with a pair of smart new two girls were his little daughters. But boots, Questioned about this. Landru Min. Landra's shildren are all much mother, and, that from motiver of Aliul tangible evidence

told her the things belonged to his dead piety kept the room locked. Mme. Cuchet, is said she had realised her disappearance is so fat purely "conjec

guild insert

through the santness of the neighbours her fauri had Ender M. Bonin's direction the Tone's

was one of the good-lookilled her not to show herself in the

the ther

Mme.

of

district.

khes

be

women has been carried on with remark- able speed.

In a little more than ten days the police, as stated, have traced 10 out of 11 persons in the list which Landru

that the accused rented "

is now bad in his pocketbook,

Tr

a safe at a bank, and an attempt is made to trace this. Legally, Bluebeard's case presents many dificulties.

He is charged with murder, but there is n

concerning the death of any one of his supposed

posed victims Their

older than the two girls. Mme. Friedmann, sister of relates how her sister spoke of the myster ous conduct of Diare (under which Bam they knew Landru). On many occa on at cottage near Chantilly (where the couple once lived. Mme. Cuchet saw

court when ta be on ance with his invariable, but in record

1915, paid persons are dead. And it is an interest- Diarethe

removed the furniture, log and disquieting fact that since 1915 spoke in her presence.

aver 3,000 women have been reported miss. take them into the garden, and. Some months later the hall-porter saw

Landra with two strange women In the ing in Paris alone. then. One day a woman came to

were evidently not tilly, and, having discussed affairs withstand why Mme. Cuilin had never called EX-CROWN PRINCESS

in Australia, the friend Landru at

at the railway station, returned

fortune and entrusted it to her tural, and has not been the subject of any to Australia. The friend never saw the future husband and that they were going legal decision. Legal authorities point.

out the dihealty of rene urder to infatuated woman

sitors arrive who appeared, but who arrived at ber fat in October andru no one really knows whether the missing

familiar terms with "

rent, and

Monged

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CROWN PRINCE ACCUSED OF CRUELTY AND INFIDELITY: The former German Crown Princess Cece has taken steps to divorce her to a statement given to Swiss newspapers husband, Frederick William, according.

by the following train. me. Cachet to you her. There is

is little doubt that ver learnt. the name

Mme Guillin was one of Landru's victime of any of these mysterious visitors, and to her questions the list in the pocket-book referred to.

whose

names, not yet disclosed, app Dear in concerning them

and their business Landru returned evasive replics. A friend Landru's eighth identified victim is mo

Li of Mlle. Marchadier, the last of Landru's

Leopolding Jaume, 42, of the Run de Liune presumed victims, has thrown an interest-

She

was sparated from her: husband and earned her own living by ing sidelight on

working for Mine, Layranlt, a linen drap

In 1917

shr cocided to me. Lay THE POWERS OF FASCINATION

rault's daughters that she was trying to exercised by this singular man.

31lla diver her hasband; and was about to Adrienne Poilo own as Kitty, was an, marry again, her future husband being the former Grand Duchess Anastasi intimate friend of Mlle. Marchadier from a very nie man who owned several estates of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, mother of the 1516 until the latter's disappearance this left the Ras de Liane, and in a letter that it long has been the desire of and our cars. Three months later she fiber Crown Princess. The statement Bohemian Faris knew Mlle. Mar received from her a few chadier, as Zuza.

"Often the missing that she had been to Gamsted on re

later said le to divorce her husband, but that woman spoke of "Guillet (Landru) as a

but would the pressure-of the Hohenzollern family ue to this time had prevented her from

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charming and very well-bred man. Hnot stay there, and had

saw

un

The statement of the Grand Bartiens his wife. saying: charges Frederick William with cruelty,

is the kind of man of whom I have always turning to Paris, where she was living Larrying it out. dreamed said the defuded girl. Mile, in her faner's house at the Rue de Roche, Pailot

chouart, Mme Jaume, wrote Guilleton!

only once, January 13th last, when he was driving His estate is a melancholy place, and Mile Marchadier away from Rue Sainty fanc is a maniac. He had us collect- Jacques The two women exchanged sorte

are ing leaves, which we

for.

tu

M

On one occasion some time ago th

daughter actually fled "from her home... he almost succeeded in reaching 'Switzer land. Orders were sent from Berlin to interopt her and she was captured at the German frontier like a common criminal. and taken to Berlin under arrest.

remarks concerning one of Mlle. Mar. I do not know carried into a shed, sienation Lecame so unbearable that y abadier's three dogs, which was regarded No answer came to letters addressed

belonging

to Mlle. Poilot. Don't to her at the Rue de Rochechouart, and in January, 1918, Mme Leyranlt took a worry," said Landru, we shall take great care of your little black one." A letter there by hand. Five days afterwards few days later. little creature was

she received a letter by pneumatic port. strangled with the others, and the bodies

dies saying: were subsequently found in the garden the Gambais villa. Two days after Mile. Marchadier left for Garbais with Landru, the mother of another of his

who was still alive-Mme.

of them

am in Paris for 24 hours. Will esit "Mme. Leyrault to-morrow at ten. The following day Landru

ARRIVED WITH A BÓT OF AWEETS,

My daughter will be able to place De- for the German court overwhelming. evidence against her husband and will be able to prove many instances of the. grossest cruelty against him, His in- abundant proof of them. His brutality fidelities were numerous and there is

the remains of Mile Marchadiers and explaining that be was the fance of furniture to Mnie. Vansart, and, as usual. Mme. Jaume, said that she had left for Landru's son delivered the goods in R America, where he had found a good motor lorry. Now Comes the history of a situation for her. Her future was assur Simus. Pascal, the Aixth

presumed victim, ed, he said, and on her return they were to and hers is perhaps the strangest story married.. That was the last now of in this case there are Landru's twenty-year-old son, Charles,

Mine Jaume. two women, there is a double Airtation. and the man is unable to decide between in order to clear himself of suspicion, of them. Very dark. tall. slender and being his father's accomplice, has made elegant, Mine. Pascal was probably the statement for publication." I believe," most beautiful of

that Landru's victims. Her he says, married life was unhappy, and, after

THERE ARE TWO BEPARATE BEINGS separation from her husband, she lived in Paris with her nicee, Mille in my father. He is, as it were, his own Marie Jeanne Fauchet, a girl of about 20 double Dr. Fallon, who examined krim. The niece was destined to be the second predicted that there would be a grain Helland. His family has remained at

retu

1916

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was atrocious. "On more than one occa sion my daughter was treated with actual violence. She was bruised and her face.. was disfigured by her husband's blows."

Berlin dispatches by way of Zurich, on February 3rd. said that * Frederick William had instituted proceedings for a divorce, but there have been no further reports on the case. The former Crown Prince and Princess Cecilé were married in June 1908. The pair have five children. The former Crown Prince is now in exile the youngest having been born in 1915.

of 191% & matri-by-another-doctor. He who ent Potsdam._...

The former Grand Duchess Anastasic. was a Grand Duchess of Russia before her marriage. Since the war she has been living in Switzerland. She renounced-

woman in the cast. Not

long after her crisis in his life, and this was

monial

brought Landru to was so gentle, patient and lovable user, her door. He came as M. Lucien Forcat to have terrible paroxysms of anger for Barzieux. nnd described himself as an a mere nothing, and then he was like a Engineer of Lille, awaiting the liberation furious madraan.” So far as Landru' of his property in that town. At that relations, with women were concerned, the her German nationality and renewed her time Mrae. Pascal was very prosperous, son enw nothing abnormal about his allegiance to Russia late in 1914, ..