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Show DESPERADO KILLS SELF Europe's Worst Criminal Crimi-nal Leaps to His Death From Roof of a Prison When He Saw Escape Was Impossible Paris, April .". The anarchist bandit ban-dit Lacombe. railed by tbe French police "tho most desperate criminal In Europe committed suicide today j in the prison de la Sante. where he v.as awaiting trial for the murder of M. Ducret. editor of the newspaper 1 l'lleH L41 re. La GOBI be was arrested it; Paris on March 11 after the po-' lic had sought him for several , months. During his inearccrsilon he confessed to the murder of Ducret unl udmitted also killing a poatmas-lei poatmas-lei at Be.on6 and a railroad chauffeur ftl Aitbrais, near Orleans In Kims unexplained manner he escaped frcm his prison cell after breakfast this luorning. j Lcacs to His Death. The Interior was searrhed and the whole neighborhood was patrolled out side. Some time afterward Lacombe was found on the root oi rli.-. prison lying behind a c.hlmuey When he saw bis pursuers he stepped to the edge. Where he was surrounded on Hih-l sides by armed wardens. As he was about to be seized he turned, sainted the warden, ami ed Ironically and then jumped headfirst llkt a diver into the stone courtyard B( ral stories below, where he was d.ished to death. |