1938-07-07 — Page 3

MASS

POISONING: WIDOW

FOR TRIAL

SAID

NAID to be described in the

ofcial indictment as a

"bad housewife and wasteful," a 59- year-old Belgion widow stands her trkil at Liege charged with mass polsoning elderly men and Widaws.

The woman, Mme. Hecker, whose maiden name was Marie Petit Jean, is in custody accused of 11 denths by poisoning, five attempted poison- ing, forging a will, and four thefts of shares, jewellery and money.

Nearly 300 witnesses ure to be called at the trial, which is expected to last for four or five weeks,

It is alleged that Mine. Becker was

the point al

being adjudged | al bankrupt with Habilities of £3.0MB) in April, 1934, that for two years: after this date she did 1102 work. slaying out late at night and resting in bed until midday on occasions.

from

ØĎuring the tune she made contact ith persons who suffered Adigestion. Some of Cherry elted hter.

Towerds the end of 1935 deaths of two of her patients, two widows named Crulk. aged Brly- Ave, and Lambert, aged sixty-seven, attracted the notice of the poller, and Mine. Becker was warned by a¦ jurige not to administer nedtesnes in future.

In October, 1936, twa triste elderly widows named Lange, aged 85, and Weiss, aged 82, died Both were i

friends of the accused when " Test doys later, was arrested as she want going to visit another aged person

In her handbag was found a pisal

titles cantpourin

prepared from foxgloves T

The he said, was for dan beurt, hest PINE COTTO menetby ext

water Becker suffering from best fromable

LUXURIOUS HOUSE

The doctora who tad pressen thenj tae digitalts were dead, and there "wan no trace of them prescriptions, but police inquiries quickly traced be purchases as having been arle as a number of chemist shop-

From unt

of her Mnie borrowed £80.

„Eetect pe lumns,

Diplomat

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Picket Unes in front of The Hollywood Citizen News were augmented by screen actor when the Newspaper Guild called n strike in protest ngatrast the dhumissal of five employes, Lionel Blander, left, marched with other pickets. The paper was publishing despite the strike.

Definite Clue To Fate

Of Kingsford Smith

Canhmin

mainder would probably by found at Am plane weakage found on the the bottom of the sea at a depth not Bu, muse const a May 1937, Jas been exciding 15 fothons, close to whers pretively identified as part of the late | the salvaged material was found. Ex- Sa Claitos Kingsford | Saeth's ma-ameturtdos of the marine growths had clone The Burmese author Ries ar been carrier out by the zoukogiral de-i Confiandbag the searchi Ip the epartment of the Rangon University mander The

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M: The baya

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith disappeared while on a record- breaking flight from England ta Australka I November, 1935.

Minister for Deferas

The report of the Harmese etval

Free Beer Days For Guards

Lient. Richard Stratton Layhorne. as alien authorities, said Mr. Turf the Welsh Guards, who died at the Herker J :ttt} to have disclosed that the Lockheed Aircraft

Corporather of Las Angeles, had age of 23, leaving £18,458, bequeath- identified markings on the cylinder of: the salvaged undercarriage The trunks were

on the Lockheed Guards, those Altan machine down by Su Charles Kingsford Stuth

The widow then moved into a bigger and more frvinus house and part of a mutier of debt.

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1938.

Led

Millionaire Drug-Traffickers

GANG TRIED TO FOMENT

REVOLT IN PERU

pro-

New revelations concerning the workings of a well- organised international gang of drug-traffickers bably the largest of its kind in the world-have been made by the League of Nations Anti-Drug Traffic Committee.

Recently two men, alleged to be the ring leaders, were arrested.

They are Theodore Lyon, millionaire Paris cafe proprietor. and Carios Bacula, stated to be a Peruvian diplomat, actually a door-keeper at a Peruvian Legation.

Members of the gang communicated

with one another by a secret code In

figures.

Lyon was, it is alleged, No. 75130.

His "group" was No. 75253.

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All the drug "Ine tories" In the hands of the gang had their

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The cost of production of heroin Js only a few centimes a grammie. In France is sold to addicts for 30 francs a gramine. Lyon VO trolled the tarffie in France. It is stated.

fession

NEVER WORKED

Lyon, who is now 50 years old, bas never been known to have any

He married Mile, Francoise Cazenave, sister of a famous Parla restaurateur, and mixed with the aristocratic customers of his brother- in-law's restaurant.

1

When Cazenave died several years ago he left his restaurant, bils

for tume and has chateau neue Paris to

hin Mister

Some years Ro Lyon WILS volved in a case which followed an explosion in a laboratory

Paris It was found thurt the laboratory was heroin factory. you was alleged to have fihuneed the factory. but »fler police inqulay he whs dis-

charged,

A woman who has a dress agency. ta Londemn is stated to have acted ulong with Lyon and Bacula The £3,000 to the Colonel of the Welsh Paris police have, it is understood.

*** trust to provide each asked for her extradition. Welsh Guard on May 7 in every year) Chis birthday) beer and elgarettes to the smoant of a shilling a head.

Among other cases me which Mive

The wreckage found on the soufla Becker is alleged to have beneûted er bank of Aye Islnd consisted of following the death at

£500 to the Colonel on trust to pro- an aequin-ban atreraft wheel altuched to pertin tance is that of the rich widow; at the underenrringe.

vide a bottle of champagne every Lambert, who died 24 hours after j Mr Thon by said that exambaation of | Saturday night from October 1 to signing a will leaving everything toj te shellfish and narine growths on March 31 for the offleers of the Welsh the nerused,

the wreckage indicated that the r2- Guards on picket duty,

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REVOLUTION ATTEMPT

The gang is alleged t bavc: Used private aeroplanes to trans- mit huge packets of heroin zel morphila from our country to an. ulter:

IS BROKE

Boston, June 12. Rear-Admiral Byrd, famous Ameri- can Polar explorer, is broke.

Weak from long months of expo- sure on the Ross lee barrier, where he kerosene stove, he is still fighting his was poisoned by the Cinca of

way back to health.

America was shocked when, In an after dinner speech, he made a Joru- lar reference to the fact that he was "broke."

admitted to me to-day.

"No, it wasn't entirely a joke," he "I am guteg

to work pretty soon trying to make some money for myself, says a Cor- respondent.

"I am spending most of my time i now out in the woods writing a book about my experiences down there in the Antarelle.

Rear-Admiral Byrd will

talic about his sufferings on the lee barrier. He was there for six months-alone.

'Flogged By" Officer

Rawalpindi, Punjab. How he saw a British police officer beating an Indian prisoner on the face was told at an inquiry here by Ser- reant Alexander Slewari, of the Ar-

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Karoo himself told how he was lung Engaged in arms trafficking on head downwards by a rope and flug- ged with canes and shoes by police who wished to extract a confession.

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Bacula. the Peruvian diplomat now arrested in Zurich), tried to foment volution in Peru: and

re-

Charged with the theft, be killed Protected itacli by including one of the constables questioning him. among its members not only well but was acquitted by the High Court known political leaders in many on the ground that he was acting in different countries but also

legitimate self-defence while being Tortured.

fluential police officials.

Lyon, it is stated, was formerly a

Accused in the Inquiry were inspec- member of the French Intelligence to P. Crowe, Head Constable Sujan Service, and at one time did

for the French police

work Singh, Constables Iqbal Mohamed and Boston and Bhagat Singh, Kiroo's em- ployer.

A friend is reported to have wald: "Lyon began as a youth In his teens before the war to peddle dope

in the Paris bars.

"Pursuing his polley uf

Sergeant Stewart said that he saw Inspector Crowe questioning Kiroo in Hindustani. Before KI- rno could reply Crowe was Fast- ting him on the cheeks.

using women to gain his ends he married beautiful Francolse Cazenave, tlaughter of a famous

This was done In restaurateur.

Ins

presence

His father-in-law died a short time about half a dozen times outside the afterwards suddenly and left him a coffee shop between nine

m." the sergeant said,

bur fortune and control very fashionable Paris restaurant.

DE

"A the end of the war he was an

officer in The French Intelligence

Service Bureau,

"Afterwards he still maintained

a contact with his colleagues In

the Intelligence Service and with: police officials, some of whom he

und

len

Father Turns Up 40

persuaded to come in with him on Years Late

the dope racket.

"While engaged in work his ጸ In 40 years, Albert Reginald Sid- police official he was actually asked ney Becker saw his father half a to try to track down the three dozen times,

brothers Elellopoulous, leaders of a At Plymouth recently he was sum- dope gang. Lyon gave away the moned to contribute to his mainten- three men to help forward his

own ance. ambitions.

"He abandoned me when I was a This led to him being threatened baby two years old," Becker said. " with death by accomplices of

was brought up by other people; they

the

DIE DAARVAN BAKAR three brothers. He was pursued from have been my parents.

one country to another by their.

"There is a gentleman lere now friends, and on several occasions his whom I have always called father. Ile was in danger.

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"BECAME VERY RICH"

"My sister was abandoned at the same time. She was taken care of by people in North Devon, but it was not until two years ago that I could trace "Just before 1933 he had become} immensely rich as the result of his when I found she had been dead 30

Ther. handling of b large quantity of years.

heroin and morphia in Europe.

"My father does not know it: he

"In the resturant which he con- does not know I am married and have frolled in the Rue Boissy d'Anglais three children-grandchildren he has ho frequently met M. Bacula the never seen.

Peruvian diplomat, who has

Just "He has not seen me half-a-dozen. been arrested for dope traloking times in my life. Now he comes along In Zurich. M. Bacula when hej and says I am his son and I must arrived was always addressed as maintain him. "Is Excellency."

"He has never paid a halfpenny lo wards my maintenance, so is it right?" "Frequently Lyon and Bacula The magistrate's clerk (Mr. R. Mc- sat at a table in the corner of the Donald) pointed out that it was not restaurant in front of the cu- the father who was asking for main- lomers, among whom were many tenance. "Your father is chargeable famous Parisians, and counted to the Poor Law authorities," he said. million or more of French bank-They have discovered that you are his son you are legally resopnsible to help to maintain

him."

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"This was money being exchanged

Becker replied he was not trying to

In connection with the astounding avoid his obligations. "I have not dope trafic which the two controlled paid, so that I could take this oppor

Dacula by a subtle so of his tunity of saying what I have not been diplomatte passport, Lyon by em allowed to say before," ho-anid. ployment nt least 20 women, all!

of

[b whom, it is sald were indly In

love with him."

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In week by 43-year-old Mr. Becker

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