A NILE GERMAN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 December 1924, Page 5

A NILE GERMAN

THE HANOVER VAMPIRE. ANXIOUS FOR DEATH. ’ MURDERER CONDEMNED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Dec. 20. The Berlin 'correspondent of the Daily Telegraph l states that the death sentence AA 7 as /passed 24 times on the Hanover vampire, Haarmaii, * Avho was accused of the murder of 27 youths, the. court ’ holding that the .three other cases were not proved. Some'alienists estimate his atrocious and loathsome crimes -to; number at least 50. Haarman. in most cases made most detailed confessions. He f spent days on the grim narrative of how he cut up the bodies and disposed df’the fragments. Judgment yfas pronounced under unparalleled circumstances. - The police had received/ news'-- that a notorious fanatic .was en route to the court with the avoAved intention of shooting Haarmari after, sentence was passed, in order to prevent any appeal for mercy. Every person entering, the court was searched fpr' arms, and Avhen the judges entered armed gendarmes took up their position in front of the dock.* Haarnian listened to the sentences Ayithout and replied: “I accept the. judgment fully and without reservation. . T am not mad, though often ifi a etate when I know nothing. • t . short. Deliver me from life, which is a torment., I will not petition for mercy pr anneal. I have made things ,easy for you. Make it easy for me.” , J

Haarman will long puzzle criminal psycliolologists. The evidence indicated that m ordinary life he was goodnatured and friendly;, yht the bulk of his grisly narrative Avas delivered in a tone of cheerful complacence. He spoke fon;hours of the foulest and most atrocious tilings without revealing a of moral consciousness, 'but 3 faltered when be mentioned his mother/