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Aillaud, Marcel, 247–48
Albert, Henri: at beginning of investigation, 25, 26, 27; Charles Chenevier on, 243; commenting on length of investigation, 45; communicating with Georges Harzic, 32; Edmond Sébeille and, 34, 45; Émile Pollak on, 263; noticing bullet mark on bridge, 35; ordering crime scene shut off, 89; questioning Yvette Dominici, 64; testifying, 181, 191; wet trousers and, 36–37; on Zézé Perrin, 191
Algeria, xvii–xviii, 240, 271–72
Allaincourt, Louis, 248
Alliance Républicaine Démocratique, 268
Allied Control Commissions for Germany and Austria, 132
Allied Post-War Requirements Bureau, 132
Alliez, Henri, 176
American Public Health Association, 131
Araman, Clotilde: answering questions, 163–64; birth of, 140; in Chenevier inquiry, 225; Gaston Dominici and, 215–16, 229, 241, 262; laundering clothes, 36; testifying, 200–201
Armée secrète (Secret Army), 19
Arnaud, Ode, 111
Arniaud, Louis, 143
Aron, Raymond, 277
Around the World with Orson Welles (TV series), 248
Autheville, Roger, 17, 18, 79, 178
autopsies, 38–42, 60, 112, 117, 175, 286n2
Auzet, Paul, 248
barking, 151, 152, 157, 180, 188, 189
Barth, François: Dominici family and, 78, 163, 216; Edmond Sébeille and, 82–83; at Grand’ Terre, 81, 162; letter from Clovis Dominici and, 163, 164, 191; in PCF (Partie Communiste Française), 17; Yvette Dominici staying with, 70
Barth, Jacky, 80, 81, 92–93, 198–99
Bartkowski, Wilhelm, 232–38, 265, 280–81
Batigne, Jacques, 240, 241–42, 250, 255
Battestini, Nicolas, 227
Bazaine, François-Achille, 156, 292n12
The Beaux’ Stratagem (Farquhar), 279–80
Becker, Jacques, xviii–xix
Belin, Jules, 220
Benedictines, 139
Bernard, Marcel-Jean, 247
Bernard-Aubert, Claude, xviii
Bernier, Commandant, 26, 27, 45, 89, 98
Bernot, Lucien, 273
Besnard, Marie, 211
Beucherie, Gaston, 62–63
Biochemical Studies of Nutritional Problems (Drummond), 126–27
Blanchard, René, 273
blood at crime scene, 40, 42, 86, 117, 161, 178
Blum, Léon, 266, 268–69, 298n5
bodies being moved, 30–31, 34, 40, 87, 90, 181
Bonino (Léon Dominici’s cousin), 202
Bonnafous, Madame, 257–58
Boot, Jesse, 134
Boots Pure Drug Company, 1, 55, 132–33
Bottaï, Raoul, 227, 229, 232, 238, 241
Bouchier, Raymond, 25–26
Bourgues, Albert, 25
Bousquet, Marcel: appearance of, 206; bringing Roger Périès to stand, 196; communication style of, 170, 172; Communist Party meeting and, 184; concluding trial, 206–7; dossier and, 168, 184, 217; Edmond Sébeille and, 186; on Gaston Dominici, 169–70; on Gustave Dominici, 193; looking at Hillman stand-in, 196; loudspeaker incident and, 228; misgivings about, 210, 212, 217; oath issue and, 185, 189, 228; questioning Dominici family, 173–74, 176–77, 188–91, 193–94, 196–98, 200; questioning Zézé Perrin, 191–92; refusing to follow procedure, 197; sentencing Gaston Dominici, 207
bridge over railway, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 30, 35
British Empire Cancer Campaign, 134
British Medical Association, 126
“British Restaurants” (nonprofit communal organization), 130
bullets as evidence, 62–63, 92, 178
bullfight, comic. See charlotade (comic bullfight)
Burton, J., 238
Burton, Norman Henry, 74–75
La Cagoule, 296n7
Caillat, Augusta: answering questions, 225; as bad-tempered person, 78, 80, 100; birth of, 138; confronting Clovis Dominici, 252; Gaston Dominici and, 207–8, 215, 229, 241, 256; laundering clothes, 36; testifying, 199
Caillat, Clément, 199
Caillat, Marie-Claude, 100, 241, 254
Calas, Jean, 206
camera, missing, 256
Cancer Hospital Research Institute, 123
canvas bucket, 13, 86, 183, 190, 192, 231, 257
CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), 270–71, 298n10
carbine: American troops supplying, 99, 102, 110, 161, 175; Clovis Dominici and, 51, 77, 95–97, 151–52, 159, 190, 194–95, 251–52, 255; disposal of, 109, 175; Dr. Morin and, 242–43; as evidence, 44–45, 178–79, 226; Gaston Dominici and, 102, 104–6, 108, 116, 173, 174, 188, 209–10, 253, 289n8; Gustave Dominici and, 93, 99, 111, 114, 151, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 187–88, 218, 223; identification of, 42–43; patched, 44, 149–50, 199, 200; splinter of wood from, 173; storage place of, 98, 100, 108, 116, 149–50, 155, 253, 260; uncertain possession of, 44, 119, 164–65, 199, 201, 217; Yvette Dominici and, 153. See also murder weapon
Carcassonne, Professor, 240–41
Carrera, Martinez, 232
Carrias, Pierre: Charles Chenevier and, 231, 241–44, 246–47, 249, 250; Charles Gillard and, 231, 241–44, 246–47; concerns about Dominici case, 260–61; evidence and, 35; personal characteristics of, 231; press and, 231, 260; starting investigation, 240
Cartier family, 21–22
Cartland, Jeremy, 281
cartridges, 34, 63, 92–93, 94, 105, 109, 112, 178, 181, 209, 289n32
Castaing, René-Marcel, 42–43
Chaillan, Fernand, 82
Chaillan, Louis, 82
Chapman, Stanley, 134
Charles-Alfred, Léon, 168, 187, 194, 196, 205, 215–16
charlotade (comic bullfight), 4, 7, 10, 58, 287n8
Charrier, Pierre: anticipating Gaston Dominici case, 116; defending Gaston Dominici, 181, 183–84, 188, 205, 207; defending Gustave Dominici, 70, 71; Dominici family and, 119, 245; dossier and, 168; frustrated with case, 194; at Grand’ Terre, 80–82; visiting Gaston Dominici in prison, 223–24, 240–41
Chastel, Henri, 67
Château-Arnoux (Provence), 8, 284n13
Chauffeurs de la Drôme, 49
Chemical Defence Experimental Station (Wiltshire, England), 292n17
chemical factory at Saint-Auban, 8–9, 284n13
Chenevier, Charles: background and career of, 219–20; Bartkowski case and, 233; beginning inquiry, 221–22; gaining rogatory power, 245, 250; on Gaston Dominici’s trial, 198; Louis Pagè on, 249; Pierre Carrias and, 241–44; questioning Dominici family, 224–26, 250–52, 253–55, 258; reports completed by, 226–27, 259–60
Chenevier inquiry, 217, 218, 219, 231, 244, 248, 256
Chirac, Jacques, xiii
civil case, 182, 185, 202, 207
civil law, xiv
Clemenceau, Georges, 48
Cluny Abbey, 139
Cold War, xv, 232, 234, 269, 276, 285n8
collaborators, xii, 17–18, 19, 271
Combas, Roger, 210
Combat (resistance group), 19
Commissariat Général du Plan, 269
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), 270–71, 298n10
common law, xiv
Communist Party, 264–65, 267–70, 276–79. See also PCF (Partie Communiste Française)
Confédération Générale du Travail, 268
conspiracy theories, xv–xvi, 211, 220, 265, 279–80. See also Bartkowski, Wilhelm; speculation about crime
Constant, Fernand: on conspiracy theories, 178; crime scene reconstruction and, 119; Edmond Sébeille and, 68, 83, 84; Gustave Dominici on, 64; making announcements, 63, 67; methods and style of, 69; “Opération Bergerie” and, 80–81, 82; pursuing leads, 71, 80; questioning Gustave Dominici, 63–64; questioning Marie Dominici, 70
Cornox, 134
corporatism, 266–67
Coudouing, Jean-Claude, 62–63
Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad, 132
Council of Europe, 276
courts of appeal, 148, 165–67, 227, 243
Crespy (gendarme), 27
crime scene: compromising of, 34; not sealed off, 26, 27; reconstruction of, 63, 89–90, 115–19, 205
Criminal Investigation Department (CID), 73, 135
Cullioli, Antoine, 33, 42, 101
Daily Mirror, 214
Daily Telegraph, 214
Daudet, Alphonse, 167
Le Dauphiné Libéré, 57, 209–10
David-Néel, Alexandra, 136
death penalty, xiv–xv, 207, 208, 210, 231, 288n8, 292n12
Debeaurain, André, 210
Degrave, Pierre, 36–37
Della Serra, Capt., 18, 21, 22
Deloitte, Paul, 199
Delorme, Claude, 182–83, 193–94, 202, 203, 295n12
Deshays, Jean, 213
Détective (magazine), 220, 247
“Dig for Victory” campaign, 130
Djandoubi, Hamida, 288n8
Domènech, Gabriel, 57–58, 287n15
Dominici, Aimé, 37, 42–43, 145, 146, 201, 257–58
Dominici, Clémence, 135–37
Dominici, Clotilde. See Araman, Clotilde
Dominici, Clovis: answering questions, 95–97, 113, 116–17, 149–50, 151–52, 159–60, 251–53; appearance of, 190; birth of, 138; during crime scene visit, 89–90; on day of murder discovery, 15–16; Edmond Sébeille on, 186; Émile Pollak on, 205; in Faustin Roure’s testimony, 180–81; Gaston Dominici and, 84, 145, 156, 255; guns and, 51, 77, 164–65, 199, 230; Gustave Dominici and, 71; in PCF (Partie Communiste Française), 17, 78, 79; relationship with rest of family, 144, 200–201, 226, 229–30, 254; testifying, 190–91, 194–95; writing letter to François Barth, 163, 191, 195
Dominici, Gaston, xiii, xvi, xviii–xix; accusations by, 102, 107, 164, 182–83, 220–21; alcohol problem of, 113, 143, 146; answering questions, 81, 181, 222–24; apprehending Luigi Gualdi, 142, 163; attempting suicide, 118; behavior during trial, 169–70, 178, 186, 188–89, 195, 208–9; Berthe Léotard and, 145–46; changing attitudes toward, 264–65, 274–75, 281; charged with murder, 119; Chenevier inquiry and, 255–56; childhood and youth of, 135–38; Clovis Dominici and, 95–96, 145; comparing self to important people, 140, 148, 165; confessions of, 101–3, 104–7, 108–12, 114–15; court appeal of, 167, 216–18, 226–28; during court proceedings, 155–56; at crime reconstruction, 116–19; on day of murder discovery, 15–16, 26–27, 31; death of, 263; detained, 98; Edmond Sébeille and, 45–46, 51–52, 55, 58, 67, 70, 75–76, 83–84; fighting Mr. Giraud, 142–43; Gustave Dominici and, 19, 93–94, 192, 197–98, 241; incarceration of, 148; marriage of, 138, 262; “medical knowledge” of, 140; as midwife, 140, 174; overhearing conversation, 218; personal characteristics of, 137, 139–40, 145; as poacher, 139; press and, 120–21, 208, 209–10; in prison, 217; relationship with rest of family, 11–13, 142, 143–44, 146–47; release from prison, 262; representing struggling peasantry, 274; requesting René Floriot’s assistance, 245; Roger Périès and, 107–8; “saving” family honor, 102–3, 107, 115, 198; sentence of, 103, 207, 231, 262; speaking in dialect, 289n31, 290n16; stomach problems of, 240–41; as suspect, 67, 77, 84–85; testifying, 172–74, 224–25, 250–51; verdict, 207; violence of, 143; wedding night of, 138; wood splinter and, 35; writing letters to family, 215–16; Yvette Dominici and, 241, 263; Zézé Perrin and, 164, 174, 182–83, 192, 218, 220, 224, 255–56. See also trial of Gaston Dominici
Dominici, Gaston (son), 138–39, 159, 225–26, 229, 252–53
Dominici, Germaine. See Perrin, Germaine
Dominici, Gustave, xii; alone with another witness, 97; answering Charles Chenevier’s questions, 249, 253; answering Edmond Sébeille’s questions, 52–53, 55–56, 63, 90–92, 93–94, 99, 156; answering Émile Pollack’s questions, 258; answering Fernand Constant’s questions, 63–65, 69; answering Noël Mével’s questions, 63–65; answering Roger Périès’s questions, 82, 92–94, 113–14, 149–50, 151, 155, 157–62; appearance of, 192–93; appendicitis of, 147; aware Elizabeth Drummond still alive, 69, 94; in bed with doctor’s note, 54–55; birth of, 141; Clovis Dominici and, 200–201, 252–53; collapsing during inquest, 156; court appeal of, 215–17; during crime scene visit, 90; on day before murder discovery, 12–13; on day of murder discovery, 25–27, 46–47, 297n10; divorce of, 263; Edmond Sébeille on, 67; Émile Pollak on, 205–6; family’s opinion of, 201–2; at Feast of the Assumption, 59–60; in FTPF (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français), 17, 19, 79; Gaston Dominici and, 11–12, 113, 145, 147, 157, 217–18, 241; guns and, 24, 42–43; marriage of, 70, 83–84; mentioned in trial proceedings, 168, 174, 180–81, 183–84, 186, 187–88, 189–91; as outcast, 216; overheard conversation of, 218; personal characteristics of, 162; press and, 65, 120–21; returning home from jail, 78; revealing information, 84, 93–94; sentence of, 103; as suspect, 67, 96–97; testifying, 192–94, 197–98; trial and sentence of, 71–72; trousers and, 36–37; in young adulthood, 146–47. See also trial of Gustave Dominici
Dominici, Léon (brother), 136–37, 146
Dominici, Léon (nephew), 146, 201–2, 207, 225, 228–30, 241, 244–45
Dominici, Marcel (grandson), 207
Dominici, Marcel (son), 16, 35, 140, 145, 225–26, 229
Dominici, Marie, 11; answering questions, 54, 70, 76–77, 150, 153, 188–89; during crime scene visit, 90; death of, 263; disliking sister-in-law, 146; Gaston Dominici on, 75–76; Jo and, 80–82; keeping Henri Dragon outside, 31, 221; before marriage, 137–38; marriage of, 143; turning off water, 12; wedding night of, 138
Dominici, Marie (daughter-in-law), 201, 229, 252
Dominici, Mauricette, 258
Dominici, Rose, 51, 100, 145, 195
Dominici, Victoria, 229
Dominici, Yvette: answering questions, 100–101, 249, 253; appearance of, 189; on carbine, 117; Charles Gillard and, 258; on day of murder discovery, 25, 26–27; divorce of, 263; at Feast of the Assumption, 59; Gaston Dominici and, 263; Gustave Dominici and, 64; Jean Giono on, 295n13; knowing what to say, 76–77; marriage of, 70, 83–84; “Opération Bergerie” and, 82; overheard conversation of, 218; riding bicycle while pregnant, 25, 47, 111; staying at parents, 70–71; testifying, 152–53, 189–90; wet trousers and, 36, 37; in Zézé Perrin’s testimony, 182
Dominici family, xii, 11; Communist Party helping, 277–78; on day of murder discovery, 46–48; discord among, 78, 148; education of children of, 141; guns of, 164–65; during inquiry, 90; Maillet family and, 78–80, 144–45; normal interval for, 89; and Perrin family, 285n18; reacting to verdict, 207–8; relationships among, 113; violence of, 24
“Dominici: To Die in Prison” (Chapus), 262
Dorgères, Henri. See Halluin, Henri d’
dossier: in appeal decision, 227; Charles Chenevier and, 220; closing of, 165; in French law, 28; omissions in, 184; Pierre Carrias and, 231, 261; “on trial,” 168, 202, 205, 217, 243, 247
Drac, Roger, 15
Dragon, Henri, 30–31, 34, 41, 70, 71, 89, 177–78, 221
Drummond, Anne: Claude Delorme on, 202; on holiday, 3, 4; meeting and marrying Jack Drummond, 126; rumors about, 58, 75; stomach contents, 40
Drummond, Elizabeth: blows to head of, 30, 41–42, 175, 177, 245; Calixte Rozan mentioning, 204; condition of feet of, 30, 41–42, 177, 203, 245; Gaston Dominici and, 118; holiday plans of, 1–2, 3, 4; rigidity of body of, 30, 41, 178; speaking French, 3, 13–14; time of death of, 41, 70–71, 94, 177, 217
Drummond, Jack: in advisory capacity, 128–32; Biochemical Studies of Nutritional Problems, 126–27; childhood of, 123; C. Lovatt Evans and, 292n17; criticism of, 124–25; The Englishman’s Food, 126, 291n7; estate value of, 135; as father, 10; hand wound of, 38–39, 179; health problems of, 1, 123; holiday plans of, 1–2; honors bestowed upon, 131, 132, 291n2; interests of, 134; legacy of, 133; marrying Anne Drummond, 126; obituary of, 131; passing through German lines, 132; personal characteristics of, 124–25, 133, 134–35, 176; rumors about, xv–xvi, 58–59, 66, 214, 232–33, 262–63, 280–81; salary of, 133, 283n4(ch.1); stomach and bladder contents, 39; traveling, 126, 131–32; work life of, 5, 124–28, 132–33
Drummond family: camping, 14; at charlotade (comic bull fight), 7; Claude Delorme on, 202; discovery of bodies of, 15–16; funeral of, 55; missing one and a half hours, 3; obtaining water from Dominici farm, 13, 86, 91, 182, 183, 192, 257, 285n18; possible detour of, 6–7; reputation of, 75; road trip, 3, 4, 5–6, 9–11
Duc brothers, 67
Dupuiche, Jean, 228
Durance River, 11, 37, 42, 109, 204
Duron, Madame, 175
East Surrey Regiment, 123
Emmanuelli, Mr., 17
Engels, Friedrich, 265
English families, rumored, 8
The Englishman’s Food (Drummond), 126, 291n7
Estrangin, Benoît, 139
European Commission, 270
European Convention on Human Rights, xv
European Court for Human Rights, xiii
European Economic Community, 298n11
Evans, Timothy, xii–xiii
executions, extrajudicial, 17, 19–20
Eyre, J. Vargas, 127
Farquhar, George, 279–80
Faure government, 228
Febvre, Captain, 238–39
FFI (Forces françaises de l’intérieur), 19
film, undeveloped, 256
Fine Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry, 133
Floriot, René, 244–45
Food, Health and Income (Orr), 125
Forces françaises de l’intérieur (FFI), 19
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 285n9
fox dumped in well, 62
France, xvi–xix; American influence in, 268–69, 270, 278; international events and, 271–72; judicial system of, 171, 210, 212–14, 219, 293n6, 294n6, 295n10, 295n16; legal system of, 27–30, 33, 71, 85, 176, 185, 197; politics in, 265–66, 268, 275–79; post–World War II economy of, 268–71, 275; rural to urban change of, 265–66, 272; sentimentalization of rural, 266–67, 272–75; in Times editorial, 213; writings on, 272–73
Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français (FTPF). See FTPF (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français)
French Communist Party (PCF). See PCF (Partie Communiste Française)
French Section of the Workers’ International (Section Française de l’internationale Ouvrière), 266, 268, 285n8
Friedmann, Georges, 273
Friend, G. E., 125–26
FTPF (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français): crimes involved with, 18, 20–21, 22–23; local people in, 17, 19, 43, 79; supporting Dominici family, 56, 72
Gabin, Jean, 264
Ganagobie (Provence): description of, 6, 139, 141; as religious center, 139, 140, 142, 264; as resistance base, 19; school at, 141
Garcin, Daniel, 259
Garcin family, 200
Garçon, Maurice, 57
Garola, Suzanne, 220
Gaulle, Charles de, xviii, 262, 268, 271
Gauthier (truck driver), 150
Germain, Marie. See Dominici, Marie
Germain, Rose (later Seguin), 137, 139
Germain family, 137–39
Gilbert, Fernand, 24–25
Gillard, Charles: Bartkowski case and, 233, 235, 236–37; beginning inquiry, 221–22; final meeting with Gaston Dominici, 255–56; gaining rogatory power, 245; on Gaston Dominici’s trial, 208; interviewing Yvette Dominici, 258; Louis Pagè on, 249; Pierre Carrias and, 241–42; questioning Augusta Caillat, 225; winding down investigation, 258–59
Giono, Jean, xvi; The Hussar on the Roof, 154; influence of, 6, 171–72, 273; Notes sur l’affaire Dominici, 295n13; on Provence and peasants, 23–24, 65, 167, 261
Giraud, Mr. (Ganagobie farmer), 142–43
Giraud, Simon, 102
Girolami, César, 33, 36, 37, 118, 257
the glorious thirty, 265, 298n2
Goguillot, Inspector, 221
Grand Hotel, 3
Grand’ Terre, 10–11, 76, 141, 143, 264, 275
Gras, Andrè, 22
Great Britain: legal and judicial system of, xii, 121, 213, 214, 215; wages in, 283n4(ch.1); World War II and, 1–2, 131, 291n10
Grisard, Inspector, 221
Groupi mains sales (Becker), xviii–xix
Guérin de Beaumont, Jean Michel, 218–19, 226–27, 296n6
Guerrier, Eric, 284n8, 284n17, 286n8, 289n8, 289n31
Guesde, Jules, 265
Guichard, Philippine, 136
Guieu, Gabrielle, 216
guns, 20, 43, 44, 112, 230, 285n6, 286n6, 289n8, 289n32. See also carbine; murder weapon
gunshots, 43–44, 47, 52, 53, 93, 117, 157–58, 172, 179, 180, 224
Halliburton, W. D., 124
Halluin, Henri d’, 267
Harzic, Georges, 32–33, 57, 60–61, 67, 115, 119
hat mix-up, 118
Hemingway, Ernest, 285n9
Heyriès family, 141
Hillman (Drummond auto): after crime, 46, 169; contents of, 55; description of, 2, 6; distance from Grand’ Terre of, 27; Dominici family noticing, 13; Elizabeth Drummond sleeping in, 14; flesh on rear bumper of, 38–39, 117; people peering inside, 67, 86; returned to crime scene, 89; seen outside hotel, 9; substitute for, at trial, 196; tampered with at crime scene, 34, 68
Hillman, second, 58, 71, 72–74, 75, 288n16
Hirsch, Robert, 121
Hobday, Gordon, 134
Hopkins, Frederick, 124
Horder, Lord, 128
horse with halter, 204
Hotel L’Ermitage, 7
Hot Springs Conference, 131
The Hussar on the Roof (Giono), 65, 154
incivisme, 275–76
industrial proletariat, 266, 276, 277
“Infortunés Drummond: Rapport d’autopsie,” 286n2
Jo (man who spent night at Grand’ Terre), 80, 81–83
Jours de France, 231–32
Jouval, André, 20
judicial police, 26, 28, 29, 32, 48–49, 67, 110, 286n18. See also police, French; Sûreté National
jury concept in French law, 28, 210, 293n6
jury in Dominici case, 168, 174, 196, 204–7, 247–48
Das Kapital (Marx), 265
“kill another” threat, 95, 149, 156, 191, 199, 289n31
Koenig, Marie-Pierre, 19
Krammer, Erich, 236
L’affaire Dominici (film), xviii, 264–65, 281
L’affaire Dominici (Guerrier), 284n8, 284n17, 286n8, 289n8, 289n31
landslide: Faustin Roure examining, 15, 87; Gaston Dominici on, 52, 95, 101, 104, 106, 108, 113, 158; Gustave Dominici on, 47, 53–54, 93, 94, 150; newly formed, 12–13; Zézé Perrin on, 86, 88
Lasker Group Award, 131, 291n12
Lavender Festival (Digne, France), 4
Le Beau Cyprès, 4
Léger commission, 29–30
Legonge (dog handler), 31
Lend-Lease Act, 131
Léotard, Berthe, 145–46
Léotard, Cyrille, 145–46
Leroy, Nelly, 80–82
Le Roy Ladurie, Jacques, 266–67, 298n6
Lettres de mon moulin (Daudet), 167
Libération Sud, 19
Llorca, Antoine, 231–32
Lopez, Manuel. See Della Serra, Capt.
Lorenzi, Father, 19, 24, 87, 143
L’Unità, 277
Lure International Meetings, 6, 284n10
Lurs, France, 5–6
Lurs: Toute l’affaire Dominici (Domènech), 287n15
M1 (gun), 44, 112. See also carbine; murder weapon
magistrates: examining, xiii, 28–30, 85, 121, 214, 250, 258; prosecuting, 28–29, 214
Magnan, Pierre, xvi
Magnus, Albertus. See von Bollstädt, Albert
Maillet, Auguste, 79, 137, 141, 144
Maillet, Ginette, 43
Maillet, Paul: anger and violence toward, 79–80; answering questions, 44, 91, 184, 192; during crime reenactment, 118–19; Dominici family reconciliation and, 145; Edmond Sébeille and, 84, 119; guns and, 43–44, 79–80, 178–79, 201; hearing rumors, 103; illegal activities of, 43–44; metal cart theft by, 200, 202; PCF (Partie Communiste Française) and, 17, 18, 78–79; revealing information, 69, 84, 150–51; as schoolboy, 141; as suspect, 76, 151; as threatened fourth victim, 199
Maillet family, 78, 141, 144–45
Marrian, Guy, 1, 4, 73, 133, 178, 183, 192
Marrian, Jacqueline, 4
Marrian, Phyllis, 4, 178, 183, 192
La Marseillaise, 17, 57, 70, 81, 115, 120
Martin, Jules, 247
Martinaud-Déplat, Léon, 56, 85, 121
Marty, Marguerite, 213–14
Mattan, Mahmood Hussein, xii–xiii
Mauriac, François, 167
Maurois, André, 167
Mayer, André, 131–32, 165–66, 217, 227–28
McCann, Madeleine, xii
Meade, Geoffrey, 295n12
Medical Research Council, 128
meeting of PCF (French Communist Party), rumored, 66, 184–85
Mendras, Henri, 273
men rumored to be seen, 60, 80–81, 180
Merlan, Dr., 176
Mével, Noël, 63–64
michelines, 284n17
ministerial circular number 32, 33
Ministry of Food, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 291n10
Ministry of Health, 128, 131, 291n12
mobile brigades. See judicial police
Moesto, Roman, 236
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 18, 270
monetary allowance for travel, 3, 283n3(ch.1), 284n6
money changing hands, 80
Monnet, Jean, 269
Monod, Samuel. See Vox, Maximilien
Montarron, Marcel, 247
Moradis (Swiss killer), 236
Morice, André, 248
Morin, Dr., 242–43
Moro-Giafferi, Vincent de, 56–57
motive, xi, xii, xv; as important in French investigations, 26, 37; lacking, 77–78, 83, 122, 212, 232; possible, 32, 59, 106, 114, 175, 203, 217, 224
motorcycle with sidecar, xi, 27, 52, 53, 108, 111, 157
Moulin, Jean, 19
Mouvement Républicain Populaire, 268
Moynier, Joseph, 179
Mucha, Stephan, 48
mulberry tree, 45, 63, 88, 105, 108, 188, 286n8
murder weapon: bullet from, 63; Clovis Dominici and, 92, 186, 195, 202, 205; disposal of, 37, 42; as evidence, 46; Gaston Dominici and, 92, 110; Robert Sébeille and, 49, 50, 186; splinter of wood from, 35, 42, 173, 209; uncertain possession of, 43, 50, 79–80, 150, 205. See also carbine
Muzy, François, 19–20
National Health Service, 291n12
“national loaf,” 130–31
National Police. See Sûreté National
Ninth Mobile Brigade, 32
Notes sur l’affaire Dominici (Giono), 295n13
Nottingham Playhouse, 134
Nouville: Un Village Français (Bernot and Blanchard), 273
oath issue, 185, 189, 212, 227–28, 256
Oddou, Joseph, 218–19
oil for guns, 164–65, 178–79, 194
Olivier, Jean-Marie: on day of murder discovery, 15, 24–25, 47–48, 287n10; in Gustave Dominici’s testimony, 53, 64–65, 94, 158; during inquiry, 89–91; at scene reconstruction, 63; testifying, 180
Ollivier, André, 61, 63, 178–79
“Opération Bergerie,” 81–83
Orr, John Boyd, 125, 131, 291n12
Orsatelli (public prosecutor), 64, 221, 222, 231
Pagè, Louis, 249
Pagnol, Marcel, xvi
Panayotou, Aristide, 60–61, 71, 169, 179–80, 287n24
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 127
Parti Communiste Française (PCF). See Communist Party; PCF (Partie Communiste Française)
Patin, Maurice, 166, 227–28, 296n16
PCF (Partie Communiste Française), xv, 17–20, 23, 56, 57, 78–79, 266. See also Communist Party
peasantry: changing attitudes toward, 272–76; depicted by artists, 273; depicted by writers, 167, 273; French concept of, 298n16; Gaston Dominici representative of, 274; gradual elimination of, 265; industrial proletariat and, 266, 276–77; mentality of, xii, 45, 50–51, 171–72, 258–59, 299n20; misjudged by Edmond Sébeille, 68–69; post–World War II, 275; as seen by Philippe Pétain, 267
Pélabon, Madame, 167
“Penitents” (sandstone columns), 9–10
People’s League of Health, 130
Périès, Roger: Charles Chenevier and, 226; crime scene reconstruction and, 115–16, 118–19; on day of murder discovery, 27, 33; guilty of minor infraction, 166; Gustave Dominici and, 64, 70, 196–97; locating carbine storage place, 99–100; Louis Pagè on, 249; in “Opération Bergerie,” 81, 82; promotion of, 231; questioning Clotilde Araman, 163–64; questioning Clovis Dominici, 96, 112–14, 151–52, 159, 163, 164–65; questioning Gaston Dominici, 107–8, 112–14, 164, 165; questioning Gustave Dominici, 112–14, 149–50, 151, 155, 156–59, 159–62; questioning minor witnesses, 92–94; questioning Yvette Dominici, 100–101, 152–53; questioning Zézé Perrin, 164; starting judicial inquiry, 148–49; suspending inquiry, 88–89; Wilhelm Bartkowski report and, 233
Perrin, Aimé, Mrs., 25
Perrin, Francis, 6, 75, 81–82, 103
Perrin, Germaine, 13, 26, 85–86, 88, 140, 183–84, 192, 259
Perrin, Louis, 81–82
Perrin, Zézé: answering questions, 85–86, 88, 92, 164; asking for alibi, 199–200; Calixte Rozan on, 201–4; confronting Gaston Dominici, 255–56; on day of murder discovery, 26–27; Dominici family and, 148; Émile Pollak on, 205; Gaston Dominici on, 164, 174, 182–83, 192, 218, 220, 224, 225, 250; Germain Perrin on, 183; Gilbert Dominici’s bicycle and, 88, 182, 190; Gustave Dominici and, 13, 91; as pathological liar, 77, 164, 169, 185, 259; as suspect, 77, 78; testifying, 182, 191–92
Pétain, Philippe, 267
Peyruis (commune), 17, 19, 20–21, 56, 59, 142
photographs/photography: as evidence, 71, 116, 182, 242, 248, 260; needed, but lacking, 38, 117; during trial, 168
Pinay, Antoine, 270
Plan de Modernisation de l’Équipement, 269
poaching: Gustave Dominici and, 183, 192, 242; as part of Gaston Dominici persona, 110; Paul Maillet and, 76, 192; in peasant life, 139, 154, 194; in psychic’s vision, 62; Zézé Perrin and, 180, 183, 192
police, French: Algerians and, 241; British press on, 58, 121; carelessness of, 61–62, 71, 100; criticism of, 212–14; gendarmes and, 32, 34; Gustave Dominici on, 64; local residents and, 65, 85; methods and role of, 26, 27, 33–34, 116; PCF (Partie Communiste Française) and, 17–18, 19, 45, 56. See also judicial police; Sûreté National
police dog, 31
Pollak, Émile: clients of, 288n8; in court, 169, 174–75, 176, 178–79, 182, 184; Dominici family and, 119; dossier and, 168; eager to take Dominici case, 116; Edmond Sébeille and, 186; frustrated with case, 159, 192, 194; Gaston Dominici and, 205–6, 223–24, 240–41; Gustave Dominici and, 65, 70, 71, 155–56; on inconsistencies in court case, 187, 188, 205–6; Léon Dominici and, 245; in motor accident, 148; oath issue and, 185, 189; protesting rogatory power, 88; questioning Clovis Dominici, 194–95; requesting dismissal of case, 165; style of, 174; visiting Grand’ Terre, 80–81; Zézé Perrin and, 191
Pompidou, Georges, 270
Popular Front, 266
Porton Down Experimental Station, 127, 280, 292n17
Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones, 16
potato transaction, 84
press, British, xii, 58, 68, 121, 211, 214
press, French, 68, 120–21, 212, 231–32, 247
Le Provençal, 115
Provençal mentality, 48, 49–50, 65, 167, 258–59
Provence (France), xv, 4, 14, 154, 261, 266, 281
Provisional Government of the French Republic, 268–69
Prudhomme, Pierre, 101–4, 106, 175, 188
Puisssant, Pierre, 20
Quesnay, François, 272
Queyrel, Adrien, 72
Queyrel brothers, 21
Radical-Socialistes, 268
railway company: employees of, 13, 15, 25, 43, 51, 89, 144, 175–76; raincoat at station of, 175–76, 263
railway line: fine for obstruction of, 11, 284n17; landslide threatening to obstruct, 12, 13, 47; location of, 11
raincoat at railway station, 175–76
Ranchin, Henri, 33, 42, 51, 76
rationing, 1, 129, 130, 275, 283n1(ch.1)
Rebaudo (gendarme), 27
Reilly, Patrick, 59
Reliquet (attorney), 214
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
Reymond, William, 234, 265, 290n27
Ricard, Jean, 24, 86–87, 89–90, 91–92, 181
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
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
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
Sarrenjani case, 202
Schering AG, 134
Schulz, “Serge,” 22
Schuman, Robert, 246–47
Scientific Food Policy Committee, 128–29
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
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
Standing Interdepartmental Committee, 128
Stigny, Commissioner, 22
Straw, Mabel (later Drummond), 123, 135
Sube, Télamon, 248
submachine gun, Russian, 230
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, 132
Sûreté National, 72–73, 74–75, 135, 234. See also judicial police; police, French
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
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
world news during Dominici affair, xi, 68, 89, 211
World War II, 1–2, 18, 20, 131, 276, 291n10
Wylie, Laurence, 273