MURDERS IN FRANCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 December 1937, Page 7

MURDERS IN FRANCE

INTERPRETER ARRESTED

VISITING CARDS AS CLUE

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(Received December 10, 2.30 p.m.) PARIS, December 91

Tho body of Jean De Koven was unearthed, by the police, under the front steps of the Villa Saint Club, where Eugene Weidmann, 29, confessed that he had enticed and murdered her. It is alleged that he admitted three other murders, Roger Lebond, a theatrical agent, a taxi-driver, and Otto Frommer, a former friend of Weidmann, who said that he had buried Frommer in a cellar. The police later dug up From mer’s body. LATER. An autopsy revealed that she was murdered shortly after arrival, and buried, while days later, her aunt received ransom demands. Weidmann’s arrest was sensational. He was an interpreter at the Paris Exhibition, and was traced by means of visiting cards found on the body of Raymond Le Sobre, house agent, one of his victims, who was found dead in another villa at Saint Cloud.

Two policemen, last night, entered Weidmann’s villa. Weidmann used a revolver, but was overpowered. Weidmann broke down after 13 hours’ questioning, and confessed five murders, which he attributed to his need for money, although the police say that he obtained less than £215, as the result of the crimes.