LANDRU EXAMINED.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1921, Page 1

LANDRU EXAMINED.

J M'OliK-S AGAINST JUDGE. I AI'STBAI.I.VN AST) S.Z. (JAIII.B AKSOOIATIO. j I’A I! IS. .November 8. The judge's interrogation of l.nn< in, which i'. rxpoeteil to last a wee has commenced. Tho Judge, attar i'calling the fat that l.andrn had boon educated at Uhristian Brothers’ School, where h was an altar boy for a long time an subsequently a sub-deacon, questione him regarding women. I.andni replied that lie wanted t buy furniture as a speculation. 11 believed that there was to be a lira! in I'm niti.ro ailer the destrueii-.' wrought during the war. He got i touch with women by inserting offers c marriage in the i aoers. The schem proved entirely successful. 11 is not' bonk ms that of a good business mat but the police were obsessed with th idea that he was responsible for th rlisa jipea ra in e of all the women wh could not be traced. Jl they (the pi lice) liad not found his notebook, h said, the police would never have m cosed him of eoinmitt ing eleven nan dcs. .Mr Abanin Ibmohoe. the l.otvdm ft css correspondent. win* is present a tin trial, says: “TFii'uiighou t the loti; duel with the .1 edge tlie prisoner no onl v held his own Put occasionally scored heavily. As the hours went by tile .lodge wa.s unable to trap tile mail. The .lodge showed signs of temper, while, oil the contrary, the vivacity of the prisoner increased. Dandru evident! v realised that lie was on most dangerous ground, hut. lie continued t. tight like an animal at bay. “Unde,- the glare of the electric lights.” adds Donohne. ‘T.andru presented a striking figure, with his bn'd head, and his sharp-cut. sallow features. his full heard, and lii.s eyes bid. den by deep lashes. To some he seemed a semi-brute, while others thought him a man who had hern severely bn (feted in life, and wlm has suffered for hi: sins.”