WRITING IN GAOL.
MURDERER TELLS LIFE STORY. PARIS, June fi Eugene Weidmann, sadistic self-con-fessed murderer of six people, in writing' bis life story for an American magazine. He work* ilny and night in hi* cell. It is believed that he haa sold his story for £400. Already he lias filled three large notebooks, describing the "psychiatrical influences" which led to the murders. Weidmann is writing at feverish pace to finish his story before his trial opens. He hopes to have bis story finished by the end of this month. Weidmann, a (Jcrinan, wept profusely in his cell on December IB when he confessed to his crimes. He inserted advertisements for governesses, and shot the applicants for their money. In his villa at St Cloud, polic<> found the names and addresses of 40 women who had answered hi* advertisements. Weidmann kept a careful diary. It led to the discovery of his inurdera.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 7
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