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Word: weidmann (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Eugene Weidmann, 31, amatory German murderer-for-profit who in his haunts near Paris killed six people, including Brooklyn Dancer Jean de Koven; under the guillotine; at dawn, in sight of 10,000 sensation seekers, outside Versailles prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 26, 1939 | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

...young German, Arthur Frommer, who had an uncle named Schott. Aroused at last, secret police agents traced Uncle Schott to Nice. He had no recollection of giving any visiting cards to his nephew, but did remember giving his card to a plausible young German named Eugene George Weidmann. Eugene George Weidmann was discovered living at St. Cloud under the name of Siegfried Sauerbrey. Inspectors Poignant and Bourguin of the Paris police dropped in on him. Before they were halfway through the doorway Weidmann whipped out a pistol, wounded them both. Plunging ahead, they beat him into submission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: M. Landru's Successor | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

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