Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits
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Hennion, Célestin, 212–13
Henry, Émile, 55, 245
Herve, Gustave, 27, 205
high bourgeoisie, 12
“high life,” 12
Hippodrome de Vincennes, 13
Hommes dans le prison, Les, 264
Honor the Soldier, 249
Huc, Jean-Joseph, 91, 96, 100
Hugo, Victor, 24
Hutteaux, Louise Clément, 183–184
illegalism, 59
Kibaltchiche, Victor, renunciation of, 84
L’Anarchie and, 213
Lorulot’s definition of, 90
Maîtrejean, Rirette, renunciation of, 244
See also anarchists; Bonnot Gang; illegalists
illegalists, 57, 59–60, 61, 66, 71, 84, 85, 90, 98, 196
Moreau-Arfeux murders and, 132
targeted by police, 196
See also names of specific illegalists and Bonnot Gang members; illegalism
“Illustrated Violence,” 171
income tax, French, 253
individualism, 53
vegetarianism and, 84
See also anarchists; individualists; Kibaltchiche, Victor; Libertad
individualists, 57–59, 61, 66–67, 70, 196, 243
targeted by police, 196
See also individualism; Kibaltchiche, Victor; Libertad
intellectuals, police targeting of, 196
Ivry-sur-Seine, 39
Jacob, Marius, 59–60, 143
Jardin du Luxembourg, 48, 78
Jaurès, Jean, 75, 153, 213, 254, 255
See also L’Humanité
Jockey Club, 14
Jouhaux, Léon, 45
Jouin, Louis-François, 97–98, 123, 127, 132, 141, 147, 149, 151, 160, 231
body of, 192
Bonnot, Jules, shooting and killing of, 192–194, 196
Dettweiller, Jean-Georges, interrogation, 153
disagreements with Xavier Guichard, 170
Gauzy, Antoine, interrogation, 191
identification of Bonnot Gang members, 147
Kibaltchiche, Victor, conviction for murder of, 234–235
memorial service, 204
Monier, Élie, arrest, 189
Rimbault, Louis, interrogation, 153
struggling with public opinion, 152
thoughts of resigning, 157
Jourdan, Pierre, 183, 184
Journal, Le, 17, 145
juvenile delinquency, 172
See also apaches
Kayser, Louise “Red Venus,” 151, 226
Kibaltchiche, Léon Ivanovitch, 19–20
Kibaltchiche, Victor, 4–5, 9, 17, 20, 88, 158, 222, 244, 245, 246, 257–266, 263
anarchist beginnings, 29
anarchist beliefs, 57–58, 61
arrests and imprisonments, 142, 263, 264
as Belgian burglary suspect, 132
in “Belgian Trio,” 186
Bonnot Gang and, 221–222
Bonnot Gang trial and, 225–226, 234–235
break with anarchism, 262
brother’s death, 21
Callemin, Raymond, and, 22, 24, 84, 101, 114, 123–124, 183, 235
campaign against illegalists in L’Anarchie, 102
causerie and debate attendance, 84
children of, 261
Cler, Henri, funeral and, 82
Communist Party expulsion, 263
Communist Party membership, 262
considered Bonnot Gang member by press, 157
de Boe, Jean, and, 24–25, 264
death of, 266
defense of Sokolov, 31
Dieudonné, Eugène, and, 264
early life, 21–22, 24, 25–26, 27
father of, 22, 23
fiction writer, 264
first travels to Paris, 32
from individualist beliefs to belief in collective action, 83
Garnier, Octave, and, 123–124
intellectual compatibility with Rirette Maîtrejean, 80
l’Affaire Bonnot, 265
L’Anarchie editorials and articles, 48, 53, 62, 84, 139
law school, 28
Leninism and, 262
library visits, 47
Lorulot and, 90
Maîtrejean, Rirette, and, 77, 78, 99–100, 232, 257, 258, 261
Marxism and, 264
mother’s death, 23
name change to Victor Serge, 259
“New Russian Imperialism, The” by, 266
1907 visit to anarchist community, 30
1917 arrest and imprisonment of, 260–261
1918 release from prison, 261
parents, 19–21
participation in protests, 81
police interrogation of, 141–42
preoccupation with mobilizing anarchists against French state, 80–81
reading and discussion group, 47–48
renunciation of illegalism, 84, 98
Romainville and, 91, 95, 101
Roussakov, Liouba, and, 261
Russia and, 259, 261–264
Scoundrel Laws and, 161–162
Séjourné, Laurette, and, 265
sheltering Bonnot Gang members, 123–124, 141
Soudy, André, and, 141
taking over L’Anarchie, 99–100
as target of anarchist roundup by police, 196
tensions between illegalists and, 90
trial testimony, 225–226
Trotsky, Leon, and, 263, 265
Valet, René, and, 101
“witness novels,” 266
work in Paris, 47
World War I and, 255–256
writings, 31, 48, 53, 62, 84, 139, 264, 265, 266
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang; L’Anarchie
Kinable, Alphonse, 207
Koenigstein, François. See Ravachol
Kropotkin, Peter, 55, 59, 265
Aux jeunes gens, 29
La Chapelle, 36–37
La Libre Recherche, 47–48
La Santé prison, 82, 142, 144, 215, 235, 237, 245
on Bonnot Gang execution day, 240
Lacombe, 214–15
L’Anarchie, 5, 17, 32, 85, 96, 151, 158, 179, 180, 188, 225
Bonnot Gang commentary, 213, 221, 223, 236
campaign against illegalists, 102
causeries announcements in, 90
denunciations of militarism, 249
early beginnings, 50–51
fights about direction of, 99
individualist anarchism and, 58–59
individualist outing announcements, 66
magistrate review of, 180
Mauricius’ approval of Bonnot Gang in, 205
Montmartre office, 48
pre-World War I era and, 250
printer, 169
provocative articles, 51–52
publication of Bonnot Gang trial juror information, 223
return to Paris, 101
Romainville office, 90, 127, 147
social action focus, 102
under editorship of Émile Armand, 161, 258
under Victor and Rirette, 99–100, 144, 162
view of illegalists, 61
war rumors in, 251
See also Kibaltchiche, Victor; Libertad; Maîtrejean, Rirette
Lanterne, La, 121
L’Appel des armes, 250
L’Aurore, 267
L’Auto-Journal, 174
Le Clerch, Barbe, 102–103, 131, 161, 222
Bonnot Gang trial and, 234
Le Foll, Pierre, 74
Le Lido, 13
Leblanc, Maurice, 171
Leblanc, Raoul. See Carouy, Édouard
L’Éclair, 17, 178
Lecocq, Anna, 155, 169
Lecomte, Claude, 34
Lenin, 197
Leninism, 262
Leopold II, 29
Lépine, Louis, 3–4, 121–122, 127, 153, 157
call for more police, 178
Choisy-le-Roi garage siege and, 19
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eulogy for Louis-François Jouin, 204–205
Jean-Jacques Liabeuf execution and, 82
1909 shooting of, 81
Nogent-sur-Marne Garnier-Valet villa operation, 207–212
successor to, 212–213
threats to, 240
Lescouvé, Théodore, 157
L’Excelsior, 17, 115, 152, 174, 203
L’Humanité, 32, 75, 153, 159, 170, 182, 213, 254
Liabeuf, Jean-Jacques, 82–83
Libération, 267
Libertad, Albert, 32, 48–53, 51, 165
anarchist writings, 50
arrests and incarcerations of, 50, 52
causerie lectures, 64–65, 66
causeries populaires, 50
contempt for socialists, 52
death of, 76, 90
denouncement of trade unions, 72
early jobs, 49
individualism and, 53, 57, 61
influence among individualists, 71
Morand, Jeanne, and, 70
1907 Draveil-Vigneux strike and, 74, 75
street lectures, 50
visit with Rirette Maîtrejean, 70–71
See also L’Anarchie
Libertaire, Le, 50, 139, 180, 251, 261, 262
Libre Parole, La, 173, 203
L’Idée Libre, 99, 116, 134, 160
Ligue antimilitarist, 50, 71
L’Oeil de la police, 171
Lorulot, 90–91, 95, 96, 133, 160, 190, 236
Baraille, Barthélemy, and, 166
illegalism and, 90, 99
individualism and, 90
Kayser, Louise “Red Venus,” and, 151, 226
Kibaltchiche, Victor, and, 90
as L’Anarchie editor, 90, 116
Maîtrejean, Rirette, denunciation of, 245
police search of residence, 147
See also L’Idée Libre
Lumière, Louis, 13
Maîtrejean, Louis, 67, 69–70
as counterfeiter, 70
Maîtrejean, Rirette, and, 67, 68–69, 70
prison sentence, 70
Maîtrejean, Rirette, 4–5, 9, 64, 87, 88, 127, 158, 222, 244–245, 266–267
anarchism education and socializing, 64–66, 68, 69
arrest of, 160
birth of second child, 68
Bonnot Gang and, 221
Bonnot Gang trial and, 219, 224–225, 234
Callemin, Raymond, and, 101, 123–124, 139–140
Camus, Albert, and, 267
causerie and debate attendance, 84
countryside excursions from Romainville, 97
death of, 267
early life, 63
father’s death, 63
free love beliefs and practices, 67, 260
Garnier, Octave, and, 123–124, 139–140
at Henri Cler funeral, 82
home life in Belleville, 68
incarceration, 160–161
individualist beliefs, 62, 66
Kibaltchiche, Victor, and, 8, 77–78, 84, 99–100, 232, 257, 258, 267
L’Anarchie editorials by, 53
as L’Anarchie managing director, 224
Maîtrejean, Louis, and, 67, 69, 70
Mauricius and, 69, 70, 77, 245
1907 Draveil-Vigneux strike and, 74
pregnancy and birth of first child, 67–68
Romainville and, 91, 95–96
Scoundrel Laws and, 161–162
sheltering Bonnot Gang members, 123–124
social justice interest, 64
Soudy, André, and, 101
taking over L’Anarchie from Lorulot, 99–100
as target of anarchist roundup by police, 196
Valet, René, and, 78–79, 101
World War I and, 255–256
as young mother, 68–69
See also Bonnot Gang; L’Anarchie; trial, Bonnot Gang
Malatesta, Errico, 243–244
Malraux, André, 264
Marie la Belge. See Vuillemin, Marie-Félice
Mathillet, Francois, 163–164
Matin, Le, 17, 135, 145, 156, 170, 172, 174, 186, 195, 203, 205
memoirs of Rirette Maîtrejean published in, 258
Matisse, Henri, 10
Mauclair, Camille, 54
Mauricius, 69, 76
L’Anarchie writings, 69, 205
Maîtrejean, Rirette, and, 69, 70, 77, 245
neo-Malthusianism beliefs, 69
Maxim’s restaurant, 14
McKinley, William, 55
Mélé, La, 261
men’s clubs, Paris, 14
Meric, Victor
Bandits Tragíques, 268
comments on Octave Garnier and René Valet, 213–214
Metge, Marius “Mistral,” 97, 102–103, 158
arrest of, 131
Bonnot Gang trial and, 231, 232, 234
Carouy, Édouard, and, 102
Garnier, Octave, and, 102
Le Clerch, Barbe, and, 102–103, 161
Moreau-Arfeux murders and, 129
Romainville and, 96
Valet, René, and, 102, 231
witness testimony about 220–221
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Métro, Paris, 10
Michelin Company, 176, 177
aviator bomb prize, 250
Bibendum, 177
Guide, 176
Michon, Émile, 237–238
at Bonnot Gang executions, 241
Millerand, Alexandre, 16
Mirbeau, Octave, 175, 194
Modigliani, Amedeo, 36
Monarchists, French, 16
Monier dit Simentoff, Élie, 96, 187, 189–190
Bonnot, Jules, and, 116
Bonnot Gang trial and, 230, 232, 233, 234
Callemin, Raymond, and, 148
Chantilly bank robbery and murder and, 164
execution of, 240, 241, 242, 252
Gauzy, Antoine, and, 189, 191, 230
Romainville and, 96, 100
Seine-et-Marne carjacking and, 163–164
See also Bonnot Gang; trial, Bonnot Gang
Montmartre, 34–36, 37
eclectic banlieue styles, 35
L’Anarchie office in, 48
police attention on, 170
tricolor terror, 34
Morand, Jeanne, 70
Moreau, François, 128
Moreau-Arfeux murders, 128, 129, 132
Carouy, Édouard, and, 167
Moroccan Crisis, First, 248
Moroccan Crisis, Second, 121, 248–249, 251
Mosier, Henri, 118–119
Moulin de la Galette, 35
Moulin Rouge, 35, 249
music, anarchist, 67
music, Paris avant-garde, 10–11
Musset, Alfred, 24
Napoleon, 15, 17
Napoleon III, 39
Narodnaya Volya, 19–20
Neo-Impressionists, 10
neo-Malthusianism, 56, 69
newspapers, Paris, 17, 40
Bonnot Gang coverage, 138–139, 153–154
Choisy-le-Roi garage siege coverage, 198–202
criminal investigations and, 171
fait divers in, 173
See also names of specific newspapers; anarchist press
Nicholas II, 27
Nijinsky, Vaslav, 252
Nogent-sur-Marne Garnier-Valet villa police operation, 207–212, 211
nouveaux riches, 12
Opéra, Paris, 13, 39
Paillette, Paul
poem about Jules Bonnot by, 240
Panama Canal Affair, 17
panic in Paris, Bonnot Gang and other criminal activity and, 170–178
Paraf-Javal, Georges, 71
Paris, France
avant-garde artists, 10, 35–36
avant-garde music, 10–11
cinema, 13–14
department stores, 40–41
electric lamps, 10
first métro line, 10
ga
rment industry 40
grands boulevards, 9, 10, 11, 41
grands salons, 14–15
guidebooks, 11, 176
haute couture fashion, 14
men’s clubs, 14
panic from Bonnot Gang and other criminal activity, 170–178
patriotism in pre-World War I era, 249–250
plebian suburbs, 39
quartiers populaires, 11, 12, 44, 45, 183
restaurants, 14
theaters, 13
turn-of-the-century working-class life, 42–46
upper-class amusements, 13
urban villages within, 38–39
See also specific buildings and attractions
Paris Commune, 11, 12, 34, 65, 68, 73, 252
Passe-Partout, Le, 171
Pathé Journal, news on cinema screens and, 13–14
patriotism, pre-World War I Paris, 249–250
Pederowska, Vera, 20
Peemans, Alfred, 1, 3, 121, 153, 227
Péguy, Charles, 255
Petit-Demange, Albert, 110, 111, 112, 115
Petit Journal, Le, 120, 171
Petit Palais, 10
Petit Parisien, Le, 17, 121, 124, 125, 157, 165, 173, 186
Bonnot Gang trial coverage, 228
crime coverage, 171
Picasso, Pablo, 10, 35–36
Platano, Joseph, 110, 111, 113, 115, 156, 197
Jules Bonnot shooting of, 112, 113–114, 159
Poincaré, Raymond, 131, 251
pardoning of Eugène Diuedonné, 242
threats to, 240
police
anarchist crackdowns and roundups by, 143–144, 179, 196
attention on Montmartre, 170
disorganization and coordination of, 183
interrogations of Bonnot Gang member and associates, 98, 141–142, 153, 160, 166, 167, 185, 194, 197–198, 219–220, 221, 229
investigation of anarchists with automobiles, 145
investigation of Bonnot Gang and aviation, 146
need for funds and updated crime-fighting tools, 182–183
post-Bonnot Gang improvements in Security and gendarmerie, 212–113
pre-World War I view of anarchism by, 249
press criticism of, 182
shootings of, 148, 156, 192–94, 196, 231
threats to, 240
See also specific police operations related to Bonnot Gang; Bertillon, Alphonse; Gilbert, Maurice; Guichard, Xavier; Jouin, Louis-François; Lépine, Louis
police memoirs, 171
police novels, 171
Pont Alexandre III, 10
Popular Front, 264, 265
Post-Impressionists, 10
Princip, Gavrilo, 253
Printemps, 40
Progrès de Lyon, Le, 115
propaganda by the deed, 55, 245
propaganda by the word, 55
Prosper Robert, Inspector, 191–192
Proust, Marcel, 252–253
Psichari, Ernest, 250
quartiers populaires, Paris, 11, 12, 44, 45, 183
Quat’z’Arts, Les, 35
Radical Republic, 16
Radicals, French, 16
Ravachol, 55, 129, 245
Ravel, Maurice, 10–11
Raymond-la-Science. See Callemin, Raymond la Science