Les Rencontres internationales de Lure, 6, 284n10
Renoir, Claude “Coco,” 18–19
Resistance, xii, 17–20, 23, 57, 58, 66, 72, 216, 271, 278
res judicata, 154
reward money, 58, 61
Reymond, William, 234, 265, 290n27
Ribot, Reine, 175–76, 262–63
Ricard, Jean, 24, 86–87, 89–90, 91–92, 181
Richaud case, 48, 205
Rico, Francis, 100
rifle. See carbine; murder weapon
rigor mortis, 30, 41, 177, 203
Roche, Léone, 147
Roche, Roger, 179
Rockefeller Foundation, 124, 126
Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation, 42, 43
rogatory power, 28, 85, 88, 222, 244, 245, 246, 250
Roland, Jeanine, 4
Romanet, Louis, 25–26, 200
Rootes Group, 73
Roure, Faustin: on day of murder discovery, 26, 286n15; during inquiry, 89–90; in PCF (Partie Communiste Française), 17; as railway employee, 13, 14–16; testifying, 180–81, 251; Zézé Perrin and, 86, 200, 259
Roure, Rose, 13, 181
Rozan, Calixte, 168, 175, 180, 193–94, 203–4
Sabatier, Louis: Chenevier inquiry and, 221–22; on day of murder discovery, 27, 33; dossier and, 168; on Gaston Dominici, 202–3; Gustave Dominici and, 64, 70, 193–94, 196; Paul Maillet and, 43
Sabatier, Marius, 101, 102, 103, 107, 188, 289n7
Saint-Auban, France, 8–9, 284n13
Salacrou, Armand, 167
Samedi-Soir, 58, 61
santons, 145, 167, 293n1
Sarrenjani case, 202
Scapel, Mr., 197, 294n6
Schering AG, 134
Schulz, “Serge,” 22
Schuman, Robert, 246–47
Scientific Food Policy Committee, 128–29
scissors crisis, xvii, 275
Scotland Yard, 62, 73, 176, 239
screams, 17, 46, 52, 54, 60, 84, 91, 105, 109, 149, 150, 151, 152
Sébeille, Edmond, xi, xii; Aristide Panayotou and, 60–61, 180; becoming discouraged with case, 57–58, 60; bragging, 121; on day of murder discovery, 32–35, 42; flesh from Hillman and, 39; on Gaston Dominici, 172, 176–77; hearing Gaston Dominici’s official confession, 104; ignoring inconsistencies in confession, 106–7; knowing height of murderer, 82–83; Louis Pagè on, 249; methods of, 69, 83; murder weapon and, 43–45, 50–51; nervous condition of, 68; “Opération Bergerie” and, 81–82; Paul Maillet and, 43–44, 84–85, 119; pinpointing carbine location, 99–100; press and, 45, 56; questioning Dominici family, 51–55; questioning Gaston Dominici, 70, 75–76; questioning Gustave Dominici, 47; questioning Yvette Dominici, 70; questioning Zézé Perrin, 88; reconstructing crime scene, 63; searching for motive, 66; seeking publicity, 49–50; seen as bungler, 217–18; suspecting Gaston Dominici, 67, 77, 84; suspending inquiry, 88–89; taking testimony, 150–51; talking to Gaston Dominici, 45–46, 98, 107; testifying, 186; visiting Grand’ Terre, 83–84; wet trousers and, 36–37, 257; winding down investigation, 85
Sébeille, Robert, 48, 49, 76–78, 156
Secret Army (Armée secrète), 19
secret service, British, xv, 58, 203, 206, 232
Section Française de l’internationale Ouvrière (French Section of the Workers’ International), 266, 268, 285n8
Seguin, “Little Sequin” (Gaston Dominici’s friend), 137–38, 139
Serrault, Michel, 265
La Serre, 13, 141
Simenon, Georges, 167
SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français). See railway company; railway line
socialists, 20, 266, 268, 285n8
Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF). See railway company; railway line
Society of Chemical Industry, 133
Solet, Carlo, 236
Soviet Union, xv; in conspiracy theories, 210, 211, 232, 234, 235, 280; PCF (French Communist Party) and, 58, 220; in World War II, 18, 20, 276
Special Reserve of Officers, 123
speculation about crime, 46, 62, 66, 72–74. See also conspiracy theories
Spinks household, 123
splinter of wood, 35–36, 42, 44, 173. See also carbine; murder weapon
Squillari (raincoat owner), 176
Stalin, Joseph, 23, 276
Standing Interdepartmental Committee, 128
Stansfield, Walter, 66, 288n9
Sten guns, 43, 286n6
Stigny, Commissioner, 22
Straw, Mabel (later Drummond), 123, 135
Sube, Télamon, 248
submachine gun, Russian, 230
Suez crisis, xviii, 271
Sunday Dispatch, 58, 61
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, 132
Sûreté National, 72–73, 74–75, 135, 234. See also judicial police; police, French
Tardieu, Lucien, 33, 161, 185
Temple, Emmanuel, 227
La Terre, 267
Thompson, May Rebecca, xii
Thorez, Maurice, 23, 72, 268, 270, 278
Tillon, Charles, 22–23
The Times, xi, 71, 116, 213, 261, 262
Treaty of Rome, 270–71
les trente glorieuses, 265, 298n2
trial of Gaston Dominici: civil suit component of, 182–84, 202; closing procedures of, 203–8; consequences of, 208–14; inspection of similar Hillman during, 196; language problematic during, 170, 172, 294n7, 294n10, 298n18; loudspeaker incident during, 203, 223; opening procedures of, 167–70; postponed, 166; proceedings of, 172–75, 176–82, 184–85, 186–96, 196–202; psychological aspects of, 171–72
trial of Gustave Dominici, 71–72
Triumph sports cars, 74
trousers, 36–37, 114, 188–89, 257
Truche report, xiii
Ughetto, Joseph, 48
uniform, legionnaire’s, xi, 46
University College London, 124, 132, 292n17
urban-rural differences, xvi, 171, 273, 275
Vailland, Roger, 278
Vendre, Jules, 248
Veyrac, Marius Paul, 220
Vichy government, 18, 71, 210, 267–68, 288n12
Vidocq, François, 48–49
von Bollstädt, Albert, 140, 292n23
Vox, Maximilien, 5–6, 167
watch, missing, 257
Welles, Orson, 248
Wilbraham, Anne. See Drummond, Anne
Wilbraham, Mrs., 2–3, 202, 207, 257
woman in black, rumored, 8–9
women, attitudes toward, 143, 168, 176
Wood, Kingsley, 128–29, 291n9
Woolton, Lord, 128, 131
world news during Dominici affair, xi, 68, 89, 211
World War II, 1–2, 18, 20, 131, 276, 291n10
Wylie, Laurence, 273
X (unknown accomplice), 214, 226, 243, 260–61
About Martin Kitchen
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1. A disappointed Émile Pollak (with cigarette), who was Gaston Dominici’s lawyer, and his wife leave the court on hearing the verdict.
2. Gaston Dominici during his trial for the murder of the Drummonds.
3. Gaston in court.
4. Gaston (seated) rests during the reconstruction of the crime.
5. Gaston with Father Lorenzi.
6. Gaston with his wife, Marie; his son Gustave; and Gustave’s wife, Yvette, at the Grand’ Terre.
7. Gendarmerie sketch of the crime scene. Key: JD—body of Sir Jack Drummond covered by a camp bed; AD—body of Lady Drummond covered by a blanket; 1—cushion from a car seat; 2—camp bed; 3—suitcase; 4—cushion, under which a pair of sandals; 5—child’s hat; 6—diverse objects; 7—half-empty bottle of Vichy water; 8—flashlight; D—Hillman registered NNK 686 with GB plate; E—sump; F—mulberry tree; G—electric pyl
on.
8. Gustave and Yvette Dominici.
9. The Grand’ Terre, the Dominici farm.
10. Commissioner Edmond Sébeille (left) and Roger Périès, the examining magistrate.
11. Émile Pollak visits Gaston in the notorious prison Les Baumettes in Marseille.
12. Commissioner Sébeille arrives at the scene of the crime (black car in foreground). Sir Jack’s body was found on the left side of the road; the Drummonds’ car, a Hillman Minx, is on the right.
13. The Drummonds: Sir Jack, his wife Anne, and their daughter, Elizabeth.
14. A photo of the murder weapon from the police file.
15. Yvette placates Gustave, who was angered by a journalist.
16. Roger “Zézé” Perrin, Gaston’s grandson, whom he later accused of having a hand in the murders.
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