MESRINE Jacques (1936-1979) nicknamed public enemy number on - Lot 21

MESRINE Jacques (1936-1979) nicknamed public enemy number one. 5 L.A.S. to Jeanne Schneider, prison de la Santé, April 21-23, 25, 26, 76. 10 pp. in-8. On April 21, he is furious: "I'm furious with the management. I don't like being given such gratuitous and arbitrary crap. Your letter no. 9 went to Judge Madre for no good reason [] you know how important the mail is! and to see these !!!!! playing with my letters makes me rebel. []"; on April 22, he goes back over the withheld letters, then mentions Daoust, who doesn't keep him informed; on April 23, he talks about his mother and his "book". Finally, he goes on to talk about his upcoming trials: "15 days of trials, which promises to be fun. But first, my files have to go to the indictment chamber []; on April 25, "How cold it is in this damned cell, because of course on sunny days we had heating, and since the cold started up again two days ago we haven't had it! I'm in awe of the organization of this prison [] you should have seen the work going on in the high-security wing, laughing at the stupidity! [] Fortunately I don't pay taxes []"; on April 26, he mentions their respective tans and adds that he is delighted with the progress of the "book".