La vérité sur l'affaire du courrier de Lyon - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

In April 1796, the Paris-Lyon mail coach was found abandoned in the Sénart forest, between Lieusaint and Montgeron. The courier and the postman were dead. The coach was carrying seven million gold assignats intended for Bonaparte's army in...See moreIn April 1796, the Paris-Lyon mail coach was found abandoned in the Sénart forest, between Lieusaint and Montgeron. The courier and the postman were dead. The coach was carrying seven million gold assignats intended for Bonaparte's army in Italy. Four men are first arrested, then two others. One of them vainly protests his innocence. He is condemned and guillotined on the basis of witnesses who claim to recognize him. However, on the scaffold, one of the bandits reveals to the judge that it was a tragic mistake due to the convict's physical resemblance to the real culprit, whom he names before dying. Written by Guy Bellinger See less