Last public execution by guillotine in France...
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 17, 1939
- Last public execution in France
- Eugen Weidmann executed by guillotine
- Murderer of U.S. dancer Jean De Koven
Near the bottom of page 5 is a one column heading: "France Guillotines Head Of Murder Ring" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: On 17 June 1939, Weidmann was beheaded outside the prison Saint-Pierre in Versailles. The "hysterical behavior" by spectators was so scandalous that French President Albert Lebrun immediately banned all future public executions.
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