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Show BLUEBEARD'S WIT VEX'S JUDGE IN PARIS COURT !".rus. Dec. 9. (Correspond' nee Contrary to general expectation, it 'seems that Henri Landru, whom the police call the Gambala Bluebeard, is i alter all to be tri d on the charge that ho murdered his it fiancees and will not be 1 t off With the five y.-irs sentence sen-tence and subsequent deportation to l Devil's Island which he has already received re-ceived lor swindling. The indictment, which forms a vol-lumo vol-lumo of 475 pagea has been sent to the assizes court and the Investigating ! Judge Gonln. heaving a great sigh of I relief, announced that the ease wa-s now out of his hands. Maitre ro Bdorol ailafferii who was one of the defeuso )for Catllaux, will be counsel frr the nCOUSed Bambala man. Landru has appealed to the court of cassation against the sentence for (Swindling. Jmlgo Bonin tofd him the ippcul would delay his trial for mur- (der and thus deprive him of a chance to provo his innocence beforo next March. "I am In no hurry." responded Lsmdru, whoso dry wit has made him a hard customer for Die judge. 'Lv (the way. just to set matters right. I ihuve not the sllghst desire lo prove imy innocence: 1 Mnler-tand It is up I lo vou to provo my guilt." "All right." replied the Judge. ' postponed post-poned until the March aaalxes.'1 "1 should worry," Landru retorted, as a parting shot. "My alleged victims, myself or you will have died Of old ago before the aS-iloa have BSeq ttnjf one of us." RIO DE JAKBIBO. Brasll, De" a. (Correspondence) Three thousand Germana, some unaccomponiedi otheri with their families, ure waiting in Germany to embark for Brazil, where; they wish to settle, according to ad-, lccs received by the ltrazlllan minis-; try of agriculture from the German, emigration department. Governors of all Brazilian state' i have bean asked by the head of the i BraxlUavn immigration service whether Wish to accept German colonlsta und bear expense of transportation. H K.-.plrlto t-'auto slnte has replied that prepared to accept 1.000. Other ffsJH istateji hao not yet responded. -oo |