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Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1924, Page 4

\ FRENCH SENSATION. PARIS, Jan. 21. An eightcon-years-old youth. Rogei Lainottc, who is said to have made love to a woman and to hoi lifted years-old daughter, has been arrestee at, iiheinis charged with the murder ol Courcelles, near Rhoinis ,of M. Andre Ciiatissinaiul, Hie woman’s husband The willow and her daughter have been arrested as accomplices.

M. Clia ussiiiaiid disappeared two months ago. Police inquiries wore made and suspicion fell on l.amotte, who was arrested and questioned all through a night and a part of the following day.

Til the dud li<‘ confessed Unit lie sliol tin 1 iiiini because lie was becoming suspicions of his, l.nmotto’s relations with his wife. He lurried Hie body in tile garden of M. Chiuissiiiand'.s country house at (Y.urceMes, but Mine. Chausitiaud and her daughter were worried because it was only covered by a few indies of soil, and they decided to (life it up and bury it elsewhere.

“We went tu Coureelles one dark night, dug up the body and carried it into the house.” lie said. “There we pulled off the clothing avid 1 cut it into four sections and tried to pack them into an empty barrel. The pieces, however, were too largo, so wo changed our plans and decided to rebury them in the stable.

“I dug a deep hole in the stable door, and then we threw in the four sections of the body and tilled in the grave. We packed the earth down hard, and next day we cemented the whole of the stable floor so that no sign remained of the soil having liven disturbed.”

Yesterday evening Hie body was exhumed. It was buried about three feet below the surface and the head and both legs had been severed.

The sight if his victim’s mutilated body left J.amotte unmoved, but Mine. Chaussinaud refused to look at it.

A FALLEN STAR. PARIS, Jan. 12. La Houle, the Moulin Rouge dancer whoso personality and daring character dances won her a world-wide, reputation a quarter of a century ago. has been discovered by Oomoedia, a theatrical newspaper, living in a caravan at St Uiien, just outside Paris. About the beginning of the century La Houle was perhaps the best known music-hall dancer in France, and her jewels and dresses were reputed to ho worth a fortune. At fashionable supper parties she used to be invited to dance once and her fee for this was £-10. “At present,” she said to the Comoedia reporter, “I earn my living and food for my three eats and my dog Rigolo by selling sweets in earabets. T don't mind. I have had ray time of fame and glory, and 1 enjoyed myself. I pay os a week for my stand here, and 1 have enough to eat mj'self and to feed my pets. That is all I want.”

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