Eugen Weidmann, a German-born criminal, carried out a spree of theft, kidnapping, and murder in Paris in the late 1930s, in a case that involved foreign victims, buried bodies, ransom notes, and multiple accomplices. His calm, deceptive charm helped him evade the police for two years before he was finally captured. In 1939, Weidmann became the last man to be publicly guillotined; a controversial method of execution that would remain in use in France until 1977.
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Sources: Ancestry.co.uk Daily Herald – Thursday 30 December 1937 San Francisco Chronicle – Sunday 25 December 1938 Bradford Observer – Tuesday 14 March 1939 Bradford Observer – Wednesday 15 March 1939 Daily News (London) – Thursday 16 March 1939 Daily Express – Friday 17 March 1939 Daily Express – Thursday 30 March 1939 Birmingham Mail – Saturday 01 April 1939 Leicester Evening Mail – Tuesday 16 May 1939 Hull Daily Mail – Saturday 17 June 1939 Halifax Evening Courier – Saturday 17 June 1939 Sunday Post – Sunday 18 June 1939 https://www.guillotine.dk/pages/history.html
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