Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits
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Atget, Eugène
Zoniers photo album, 44
automobiles
accident deaths, 11
anxiety from, 176
Delaunay-Belleville theft, 117
first in France, 11
middle-class ownership of, 175
Paris panic over Bonnot Gang and, 170, 174, 175
police investigation of anarchists with, 145
as transformative force, 176–177
wealth and, 18
Bader, Marie, 91
Bakunin, Mikhail, 55
Balkan Wars, anarchist propaganda during, 150
Balzac, Honoré de
Père Goriot, 78
Bande à Milo du canal Saint-Martin, 172
Bande de Belleville, 172
Bande de la Goutte d’Or, 172
Bandits en automobile, 174
Baraille, Barthélemy, 166
Barbusse, Henri, 264
Barricade, La, 73
bas-fonds, les, 48
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, 35
Bataille syndicaliste, La, 236, 254
Bélardi, Brutus, 125–26
Bélardi, Jeanne Botelli, 125–126, 127, 147, 190
Carouy, Édouard, and, 87, 125, 126
police surveillance of, 149
“Belgian Trio,” 186
See also Callemin, Raymond la Science; Carouy, Édouard; Kibaltchiche, Victor
Belle Époque, 37
Bélonie, David, 115, 116, 149, 158
arrest of, 155
Bonnot, Jules, and, 155
Bonnot Gang trial and, 234
Gorodsky, Bernard, and, 169
Rodriguez, Léon, and, 156
Berliet Company, 175
Bernhardt, Sarah, 13
Bertillon, Alphonse, 129, 157, 165, 171, 174, 230, 234
Bertillon System, 129
Besse, Marie, 189, 241
bicycles, 175
Bill, Charles, 151, 156
Blériot, Louis, 175
“Bloody Week,” 12, 16, 34, 48, 252
Bloy, Léon, 206
Bon Marché, 40
Bonaparte, Mathilde, 15
Bonnot, Jules, 4, 5, 109, 122, 147–148, 149–150, 151, 158, 158, 159, 169, 187, 193, 201, 268
arrests and incarcerations, 108
attempts to sell stolen securities, 136
auto repair shops, 110
Burdet, Sophie, and, 108, 109–110, 205
burglaries, 110
Callemin, Raymond, and, 107, 116
Carouy, Édouard, and, 107
Chantilly bank robbery and murder and, 164, 165
childhood, 107–108
children of, 108
Choisy-le-Roi Dubois garage last stand, 198–202
Comar, Inspector, and, 192
Conan Doyle, Arthur, and, 111
death of, 200–202, 219, 220
Delaunay-Belleville auto theft, 117
evading authorities after Jouin shooting, 196–197
expulsion from Switzerland, 108
Garnier, Octave, and, 107
Gauzy, Antoine, and, 191–193
grave, 204
Jouin, Louis-François, and, 192–194
in London, 111
military service, 108
Monier, Élie, and, 116
notebook, 202–3
in Paris after shooting Joseph Platano, 112–116
Platano, Joseph, and, 112, 113–114, 132
police identification as anarchist, 109
police identification as Bonnot Gang member, 147
police raid on auto repair shop of, 111–112
post-death martyrdom, 206
rue Ordener bank courier shooting and robbery and, 118, 120
Seine-et-Marne carjacking and, 163–164
shootings and killings by, 112, 113–114, 192–194
Thollon, Judith, and, 110
Valet, René, and, 107
verbal attacks on Victor Kibaltchiche and Rirette Maîtrejean, 116
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Bonnot, Sophie Burdet, 108, 109–110, 205
Bonnot Gang
attempted notary office burglary, 152
attempts to sell stolen securities, 136–137
auto thefts, 117, 137–38
Chantilly bank robbery and murder and, 164, 165, 170
Choisy-le-Roi garage siege, 198–202, 199, 201, 202, 203–204, 212
in collective memory of France, 267–268
Excelsior front page, 158
executions, 241–242
first mentions of in newspapers, 115, 158–159
Gand night watchman shooting and, 137
gun store burglaries, 120
illegalists as members, 178
leader, 159
Moreau-Arfeux murders and, 128, 129, 132, 167
panic in Paris from, 170–171
police attempts to capture, 122–123, 179–187
posters featuring, 157
press coverage, 138–139
public sympathy for, 213
rue Ordener bank courier shooting and robbery, 1–4, 118, 130, 132, 135, 145, 154, 177, 220
Seine-et-Marne carjacking and murder, 163–164
shooting of policeman François Garnier and, 148, 156
sightings of members on the run, 181–182
See also names of specific gang members; trial, Bonnot Gang
Bouchet, Léon, 149
boulevards, Paris grands, 9, 10, 11, 41
Boulogne-Billancourt, 39
Bourget, Paul, 73
bouziller, 112, 114
Braque, Georges, 10
Browning, Le, 174
Brutus, 87
Burdet, Sophie, 108–109, 110
See also Bonnot, Sophie Burdet
Butte Montmartre. See Montmartre
Caby, Ernest
Callemin, Raymond, and, 239
identification of Eugène Dieudonné as shooter of, 154, 227, 234
identification of Octave Garnier as shooter of, 135, 227, 234
rue Ordener shooting and robbery of, 1–3, 2, 4, 118, 119, 120, 139, 232
Vuillemin, Marie-Félice, comments on shooting of, 219
Caesarism, 17
Caillaux, Henriette, 253
Caillaux, Joseph, 253
Callemin, Napoléon, 22–23
Callemin, Raymond la Science, 4, 5, 23, 84–85, 88, 95, 104, 159, 232, 233, 268
accidental shooting of self, 138
anarchist beginnings, 29
arrests and incarceration, 26, 27, 33, 184, 185
attempted escape from Paris to Alès, 148
attempts to sell stolen securities, 136
Bonnot, Jules, and, 107, 116
Bonnot Gang trial and, 227–229, 232, 234
as burglar, 33, 132
Carouy, Édouard, and, 185
Chantilly bank robbery and murder and, 164, 165
countryside excursions from Romainville, 97
de Boe, Jean, and, 24–25
defense of Sokolov, 31
Delaunay-Belleville auto theft and, 117
Dieudonné, Eugène, and, 154, 226
Dieudonné, Louise, and, 183, 184
early life, 23, 24, 26–27, 32, 33
execution of, 240, 242, 252, 260
father, 22–23
Gand night watchman shooting and, 137
Garnier, Octave, and, 92
hiding post-rue Ordener shooting and robbery, 123–124
identification of as Bonnot Gang member by police, 147
interrogation of, 98, 221
Kibaltchiche, Victor, and, 22, 24, 84, 183, 235
L’Anarchie and, 100, 102, 236
Macha and, 26, 84
Maîtrejean, Rirette, and, 139–140, 225
1907 visit to anarchist community, 30
prison guards and, 238–239
Romainville and, 96, 98, 99, 100–101
rue Ordener bank courier shooting and robbery and, 118, 120
&nbs
p; Seine-et-Marne carjacking and, 163–164
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Calmette, Gaston, 253
Camus, Albert, 267
Cardi, Pierre, 100, 118, 188
Carnot, Marie François Sadi, 55, 110
Carouy, Édouard, 85–88, 86, 95, 97, 103, 158, 158, 160, 169
arrests and incarceration of, 85, 167
Bélardi, Jeanne Botelli, and, 87, 125, 126, 147
as Belgian burglary suspect, 132
Bonnot, Jules, and, 107
Bonnot Gang trial and, 230–31, 232, 233, 234
Callemin, Raymond, and, 185
Chantilly bank robbery and murder and, 165
countryside excursions from Romainville, 97
Delaunay-Belleville auto theft and, 117, 147
Garnier, Octave, and, 92
interrogation of, 167
Kibaltchiche, Victor, and, 87
L’Anarchie and, 236
Maîtrejean, Rirette, and, 87
Moreau-Arfeux murders and, 129, 167
Romainville and, 96, 98, 99, 100
rue Ordener bank courier shooting and robbery and, 118, 121, 127
suicide, 235
suicide attempt, 168
Valet, René, and, 101
witness testimony about 220–221
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Casque d’Or affair, 173
causeries populaires, anarchist, 50, 56, 64, 71
See also names of specific anarchists
Cesario, 110, 245
Cézanne, Paul, 10
CGT. See Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT)
Chaîne, La, 188
Chamber of Deputies, 16–17, 251
Champs-Elysées, 14, 39
Chanel, Coco, 14
Chantilly bank robbery and murder, 164, 165, 166, 170
Chaperon, Jean-Baptiste, 124, 128
Chat Noir, 35
child labor, 44–45
Choisy-le-Roi garage siege, 198–202, 199, 201, 202, 212
press reaction to, 203–204
Church of the Madeleine, 12–13
cinema, Paris, 13–14
Cirque d’Hiver, 13
Clemenceau, Georges, 71–72, 73, 74, 75–76, 122, 260
Clément-Thomas, Jacques, 34
Cler, Henri, 81–82
cocottes, Les, 14
Colmar, Inspector, 191
Jules Bonnot shooting of, 192, 194, 231
Communiste, 31
Comte, Auguste, 24
Conan Doyle, Arthur
Jules Bonnot as chauffeur for, 111
novels, 131
Sherlock Holmes, character of, 171
Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), 45, 47, 54, 76, 248, 251
Amiens gathering of 1906, 53, 72
1907 arrest of general secretary, 75
Coty, François, 14
Coupeau, Édouard, 89
Courrières mine explosion of 1906, 71
crime
fiction, 171, 173
newspaper coverage of, 171
panic in Paris and, 170–178
theater pieces, 173
violent, 172, 174
See also names of specific criminals; apaches; Bonnot Gang
Crimes et criminels étranges, 171
criminology, 171
Cubism, 10, 36, 255
Daumier, Honoré, 14
d’Avray, Charles, 67
de Boe, Jean, 24–25, 86, 88, 158, 264–265
arrest of, 153
attempts to sell stolen securities, 136
as Belgian burglary suspect, 132
Bonnot Gang trial and, 234
Callemin, Raymond, and, 24–25
early life, 24–25
Garnier, Octave, and, 92
identification of as Bonnot Gang member by police, 147
Kibaltchiche, Victor, and, 24–25
Romainville and, 96
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
death penalty, 174
See also executions, Bonnot Gang
Debussy, Claude, 10, 249
Deibler, Anatole, 174, 241
department stores, Paris, 40–41
Dépêche de Toulouse, La, 139
Derain, André, 10, 121
Dettweiller, Jean-Georges, 124–127, 158
Bonnot Gang trial and, 234
interrogation of, 153
Diaghilev, Serge, 252
Dieudonné, Eugène, 116, 150, 150–51, 158, 168, 203, 265
arrest of, 151
“Aubertin” alias, 149, 150, 151
Bonnot Gang trial and, 226–227, 228, 232, 234
identification as Bonnot Gang member by police, 147
identification as Ernest Caby shooter, 154, 227
Kayser, Louise, and 150, 226
pardon of, 242
police search for, 149
prison escapes, 242
rue Ordener bank courier shooting and robbery and, 133, 154
Vuillemin, Marie-Félice, comments on, 219–220
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Dieudonné, Louise, 183, 184
See also Dieudonné, Eugène
Dion-Bouton auto plant (Puteaux), 39
Dondon, Anna, 168, 207, 208
Don’t Touch Our Flag!, 249
Dreyfus, Alfred, 15, 47
Dreyfus Affair, 15, 230
Dubois, Jean, 111
Dubois, Joseph, 197–198
garage death of, 200
grave, 204
police siege of Choisy-le-Roi garage of, 198–202
Dupoux, 151
Élie, Amélie, 173
Estorges, Anna. See Maîtrejean, Rirette
executions, Bonnot Gang, 241–242
Exposition Universelle of 1900, 10
Fabre, Joseph, 222, 232, 233
Fantômas film, 173, 174–175, 267
Fantômas novels, 173, 175
fashion, Paris haute couture, 14
Faure, Sébastien, 49, 59, 141, 226
Fauvistes, 10
Fédération Bruxelloise des Jeunes Gardes Socialistes, 27
Fédération Communiste Anarchiste (F.C.A.), 248
anti-Three Years Law brochure, 252
Revolutionary Manual, 251
Ferdinand, Francis, 253
Ferrer, Francisco, 81
Figaro, Le, 153, 253
fin de siècle, 12, 37, 171
Folies-Bergère, 13
Fortan, Paul, 200, 203, 204
Fouquet’s, 14
France, Anatole, 47, 79
support of Antoine Gauzy, 194
Franco, Francisco, 244
Franco-Prussian War, 12, 249
Franklin-Bouillon, Henry, 170
French Society of Munitions (Issy-les Moulineux), 39
Fromentin, Alfred Pierre, 188, 197
Galeries Lafayette, 40
Galliffet, Gaston, 16
Gare d’Orsay, 10
garment industry, Paris, 40
Garnier, Charles, 11, 13
Garnier, François
funeral, 153
murder, 148, 156
Garnier, Octave, 4, 5, 91–92, 92, 94–95, 97, 104, 158, 158, 160, 168, 169, 187
attempted escape from Paris to Alès, 148
attempts to sell stolen securities, 136
as bank courier shooter, 124, 135, 157
as Belgian burglary suspect, 132
Bonnot, Jules, and, 107
Bonnot Gang leader, 159
burial of, 211
Caby, Ernest, and, 157
Callemin, Raymond, and, 92
Carouy, Édouard, and, 92
Chantilly bank robbery and murder and, 164, 165
as Charleroi burglary suspect, 132
countryside excursions from Romainville, 97
crime spree, 122
de Boe, Jean, and, 92
death of, 210, 219
early convictions and incarceration of, 92
hiding post-rue Ordener shooting and robbery, 123–124
identification of as Bonnot Gang member by police, 147
last written testament, 211–212
letter to Xavier Guichard, 156–157
Maîtrejean, Rirette, and, 139–140
Nogent-sur-Marne raid on hideaway of, 207–212
police search for, 133–135
Romainville and, 96, 98, 99, 100
romance with Marie-Félice Vuillemin, 92, 94, 185
rue Ordener bank courier shooting and robbery and, 118, 120, 121
Seine-et-Marne carjacking and shooting and, 163–164
as shooter of policeman François Garnier, 148
Valet, René, and, 101
Vuillemin, Marie-Félice, comments on, 219, 220
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Garros, Roland, 175
Gauguin, Paul, 10
Gaumont Palace, 14, 250
Gauzy, Antoine, 190–195, 194, 203
anarchist organizations defending, 236
Bonnot, Jules, and, 191–193, 231
Bonnot Gang trial and, 231, 233, 234
employment, 190
Monier, Élie, and, 189, 191, 194, 230
store of, 189, 190, 191
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang; Gauzy, Nelly
Gauzy, Nelly, 190, 194–195, 231
Gide, André, 264
Gilbert, Maurice, 123, 154, 156, 186, 195
Callemin, Raymond, interrogation, 185
Maîtrejean, Rirette, interrogation, 160
Vuillemin, Marie-Félice, interrogation, 219–220
Giobellina, Émile, 74, 75
Girard, André, 243
Gorodsky, Bernard, 107, 169
grand bourgeoisie, 15–16
Grand Café, 13
Grand Palais, 10
grands boulevards, Paris, 9, 10, 11, 41
Grave, Jean, 59, 139, 179
Griffuelhes, Victor, 75
Gris, Juan, 121
Groupe de la Fédération Revolutionnaire, 180
Guerre Sociale, La, 205, 213, 252
Guesde, Jules, 29
Guichard, Paul, 200, 204
Guichard, Xavier, 131, 147, 151–152, 195, 203
anarchist sweeps ordered by, 196
Bonnot Gang trial testimony, 231
Choisy-le-Roi Dubois garage siege and, 198–200
disagreements with Louis-François Jouin, 170
Frémont, Juliette, interrogation, 197–198
Gauzy, Antoine, interrogation, 194
letters sent to office of, 180–181
medal awarded to, 204
Nogent-sur-Marne Garnier-Valet villa operation, 207–212
preferred nickname, 182
presence at Bonnot Gang executions, 241
Soudy, André “Pas-de-Chance,” interrogation, 166
struggling with public opinion, 152
threats to, 240
Guide Michelin, 176
guidebooks, 11, 176
Guillebaud, Paul, 210
Guimard, Hector, 11
Hamard, Octave, 122, 131, 132
Hartenstein, Vladimir. See Sokolov, Alexander
Haussmann, Georges, 9, 10, 39, 41
Hell of Cayenne, 60