LANDRU’S TRIAL.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1921, Page 3

LANDRU’S TRIAL .

CSTIt.U.IAN ANI) N.K. CAIII.E ASSOCIATION. 1 »ARIS. November 21. Undni’s trial was continued to-day. he court was like an anatomical mu--o,,while the experts gave their vidence regarding the hones found at lambnis. Fragments of allwil skulls, educed to a line powder which was aider glass hermetically sealed, were ■xhihited. Also included were carters, pickles, hairpins, dress fasteners; also lit* of surgical saws, traces whereof ho experts' declared could he seen in lie fragment* of hones. The police, however, admitted that h , hones had been found during a secnul visit to the villa of Onmlmis. after ;hev had failed to find anyihing the irst time*. j T)oet**' Paul gave evidence that tw„ hundred-weight of ashes had been passed through a sieve. The asl.es conAiincd r, percent of phosphate (>r chalk instead of the normal per rentage *>l

one half, per cent. ! Landrii explained that thin wa* dm' I to la rye, quantities of oysters which he , had burned in his stove. I The ashes contained 250 fragments of bone, whereof 150 fragments were those of human skuHs and the rest were portions of hands and feet and also the remains of forty-seven tooth. Other police evidence showed that it was possible to destroy one hundred weight of flesh in a stove in 21 hours. I. a mini's counsel asked why no greasy soot had been found in the stove, if 1 eleven ellipse's had been burnt in tin | stove. i Thu Advocato-Oeneral interrupted ' saying that there was no question as to ! whether eleven corpses had been burnt : j but only parts of certain bodies. The experts were highly technical. I The jury was visibly bored. Landrii, however, followed the experts clearly, and he frequently interj posed questions and explanations.