MESRINE Jacques (1936-1979) nicknamed public enemy number on - Lot 14

MESRINE Jacques (1936-1979) nicknamed public enemy number one. 4 L.A.S. to Jeanne Schneider, prison de la Santé, March 19, 22, 23 and 24, 76. 8 pp. in-8. Letters marked "F1", "F2", "2" and "5". On March 19, he gives his opinion on "Mury", his correspondence and his future consumption of gasoline. Finally, he talks about his feelings: "At the moment, I'm super calm and feel no inner revolt; on March 22, he talks about his children and the visiting room, and concludes his letter by mentioning Hélène Dorlhac, Secretary of State for Prison Conditions: "I had prepared a dinner in the hope that Dorlhac would respond to my invitation She didn't come!! I must not be her type (sic!)"; on March 23, he compliments her "Soon you'll have 7 years in prison [] I'm proud of the way you've done it, because if you've lost your freedom, you've kept your dignity as a woman []" and his love for her "That's your great strength, you know how to keep a man, and holding him isn't easy [] but your tigress tricks are many, the proof is 'I'm trapped' with soon the noose around my neck! []"; on March 24, he talks about his correspondence with his family, a gift he has just given himself "a Joan Baez cassette". He goes on to talk about the difficulty of writing: "Today I was absolutely incapable of writing a single sentence of my book. Nothing comes out, my head is absolutely empty []".