MESRINE Jacques (1936-1979) nicknamed public enemy number on - Lot 3

MESRINE Jacques (1936-1979) nicknamed public enemy number one. 2 L.A.S. to "Janine Schneider", (s.l. [Unité Spéciale Correctionnelle du pénitencier de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Canada]), May 7 and 24, 72. 4 pp. gd in-4. on a blue letterhead from the Unité Spéciale de Correction. On May 7, he refers to a baseball game and humorously recounts an accident "[] it's over for New York. Wednesday the 10th you're going to have the pleasure of seeing your bibi with a swollen nose, because yesterday at the walk while I was quiet as a mouse! in my corner of the yard and I was talking with some buddies; others were having fun throwing a baseball at each other [] this ball missed the glove [] it didn't miss me [] a real shot to kill an ox! []"; May 24, a tender letter in which he evokes his companion, whom he finds "in great shape [] more fulfilled []", and continues a discussion held in the visiting room: "You know, little girl, I'm joking about death, don't worry about your bibi, the ball that will kill me isn't made yet, and you'll have to put up with your awful jojo for a long time to come []".