A MURDERER'S GIFT.
HIS HEADLESS BODY.
DISPUTE WITH POLICE
LONDON, January 1,
The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a murderer's bequest cf his corpse to science has resulted in a strange dispute between scientists and the police, in which the murderer is taking the side of science.
When Ferdinand Leelercq was sentenced to deatli lie invited proposals from research workers for utilising his corpse. Finally he accepted the offer of M. Guedard, the inventor, of a pump with which he claims he cau restore the circulation of the blood in a person immediately after death. M. Guedard arranged to take possession of the corpse directly Leelercq was guillotined, so he hired a room overlooking the place of execution. The police point out that the statute provides that the corpse must bo formally taken to the cemetery before it is handed over to anatomists. Leclcrcci has resultlcssly protested that he is willing to dispense witli the ceremony, and demands that M. Guedard be allowed to carry out his experiments. M. Guedard is still tryinoto get behind the statute.— (A. and N.Z°
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2 January 1924, Page 5
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