Find Remains Of 25 Women In Paris Cellar
(8.0. W., 1.50 p.m.) RUGBY, March 12. A mystery reminiscent of the Landru case, has been discovered in Paris, says the German radio. Tire police found the charred remains of at least 25 women in the cellar of an uninhabited house— Number 21 Rue Leseur, near the Arc de Triomphe. _ . , The owner of the house, Dr Plot, who has been living elsewhere, v/as not home when the police called to see him. Neighbours complained of an inexplicable smell from the Rue Leseur house, after which the gas company sent experts to investigate. They found the severed heads, arms and legs in the cellar. The police so far have found the remnants of clothing belonging to 25 women. They also found 13 human limbs in a hole dug in the back yard. . , „ Henri Landru, “The French bluebeard, murdered 10 women to whom he had promised marriage, also the son of one, and burned the bodies in a kitchen stove. He was executed in 1921 after a sensational trial.
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Northern Advocate, 13 March 1944, Page 3
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