New Orleans, Nove 2, 1910-A verdict of guilty in the
lst degree wasreturned here last night in the case of
Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin, tried for the murder
of F. He Reidel, The jury was out for only 5 minutes,
The dismembered body of Reidel, who was a watch maker,
was found sewed in a sack in the Old Basin Canal here
O,tober ll, Besancon and Rodin, who were arrested a few
days later, made conféssions, according to the police,"
JOURNAL, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2h, 1910 (2/1.) ,
"New. Orleans, 12-16-1910-Although he is in the shadow of
the gallows, Rodin...ehad a ceputy sheriff at the parish
prison pay his 1910 poll tax, Rodin says he believes that
there is a good chance of his participating in the elec-
tion of 1912," JOURNAL, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 16, 1910 (12/3e)
B 3
TRUE POLICE CASES, July, 1949,p34=LA BEMExcepts
New Orleans, Nove 2, 1910-4 verdict of guilty in the
lst degree wasreturned here last night in the case of
Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin, tried for the murder
of F. He Reidel, The jury was out for only 5 minutes,
The dismembered body of Reidel, who was a watch maker,
was found sewed in a sack in the Old Basin Canal here
O,tober 11, Besancon and Rodin, who were arrested a few
days later, made conféssions, according to the police,"
JOURNAL, Atlanta, GA, Nove 2, 1910 (2/1.)
"New. Orleans, 12-16-1910-Although he is in the shadow of
the gallows, Rodin...ehad a ceputy sheriff at the parish
prison pay his 1910 poll tax, Rodin says he believes that
Uhere is a good chance of his participating in the elec-
tion of 1912," JOURNAL, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 16, 1910 (12/3)
TRUE POLICE CASES, July, 1949,p34eLA B&MExcepts
New Orleans, Nov, 2, 1910-A verdict of guilty in the
Ast degree wasreturned here last night in the case of
Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin, tried for the murder
of F. He Reidel, ‘The jury was out for only 5 minutes.
The dismembered body of Reidel, who was a watch maker,
was found sewed in a sack in the Old Basin Canal here
October 11, Besancon and Rodin, who were arrested a few
days later, made conféssions, according to the police,
JOURNAL, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2h, 1910 (2/1.
eans, 12-16-1910-Although he is in the shadow of
the gallows, Rodin,,.shad a deputy sheriff at the parish
pain pay his 1910 poll tax. Rodin says he believes that
ere is a good chance of his participating in the elec-
tion of 1912," JOURNAL, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 16, 1910 (12/3.)
TRUE POLICE CASES, July, 1949,p34LA BEMExcepts
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BESANCON, Eugene and RODIN, Francois
"April 21, 1911-Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin were
hanged at 1 o'clock today in the state penitentiary for
the murder of KHAMAXRAMWRR Harmon Reidel, an aged
German clocksmith in New Orleans last October, The
double execution closed the last chapter in one of the
most brutal murders ever committed in Louisiana. Reidel
was lured to Besancon's room one night, his brains bat-
tered out with ‘an iron dumb béll, robbed, and his body
placed in sacks and thrown into the old basin canale
Both Besancon and Rodin admitted participating in the
crime, but each charged the other with being the perpe-
tratore Besancon collapsed this morning and had to be
-assisted to the scaffold but Rodin maintained his nerve
to the last! B'HAM AGE HERALD, Btham, Ala., -22-171le
Affirmed on appeal:-5) SOUTHERN 180 - see
BESANCON, Eugene and RODIN, Francois
"April 21, 1911-Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin were
hanged at 1 o'clock Goday in the state penitentiary for
the murder of Ka wee Harmon Reidel, an aged
German clocksmith in tea Orleans last October. The
double execution closed the last chapter in one of the
most brutal murders ever committed in Louisiana. Reidel
was lured to Besancon's room one night, his brains bat-
tered out with ‘an iron dumb béll, robbed, and his body
placed in sacks and thrown into the old basin canale
Both Besancon and Rodin admitted participating in the
crime, but each charged the other with being the perpe=
tratore Besancon collapsed this morning and had to be
.assisted to the scaffold but Rodin maintained his nerve
to the last." B'HAM AGE HERALD, Biham, Ala., l-22-191le
Affirmed on appeal:-5l, SOUTHERN 180 - see
BESANOON, Eugene and RODIN, Francois
"april 21, 1911-Eugene Besancon and Francois Rodin were
RERARAKZAR EEA
German clocksmith in New Orleans last October.
double execution closed the last chapter in one of the
most brutal murders ever committed in Louisiana, Reidel
was lured to Besancon's room one night, his brains bat-
tered out with an iron dumb bell, robbed, and his body
pleced in sacks and thrown into the old basin canals
Both Besancon and Rodin admitted participating in the
crime, but each charged the other with being the perpe-
trator. Besancon collapsed this morning and had to be
assisted to the scaffold but Rodin maintained his nerve
to the last." B'HAM AGE HERALD, Btham, Alas, l-22-191le
Affirmed on appeal:-5l, SOUTHERN 180 - see
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