THE LANDRU CASE
HOW VICTIMS WEre disposed OF. ....
Australian and N.Z. CjMj .A*'™T. at *°lE, ■ - PARIS.-' ,r M«y £-~- The examination by experts of Landru’s shabbily-furnished bungalow revealed the charred remains of a human skull in the kitchen grate. Bloodstains wore - discovered on the stairs leading to the cellar, and more charred bones wore found under a heap of dead leaves in an outhouse. It is.,suspected that Landru opened graves and buried some of his victims at iiigjht-tirae, and an investigation of the cemetery is proceeding as the result of the grayef digger's assertion. ‘ ““ PARIS/ May 3. One of Laadru’s supposed"victims was a Madame Guillni, to dru proposed marriage'iif ing he was tlio' French Consul for,,Aljjs-.. tralia. Madame Guillin' diskppearicl. soon afterwards, And her, friends sup/ posed sha had gone to Australia with Landru. The-latter-nvas seen in-Paris-, in 1916, in : company .with - other typ' l men. ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10272, 6 May 1919, Page 5
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145THE LANDRU CASE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10272, 6 May 1919, Page 5
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