Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Leon Turrou Wikipedia is not very reliable

As a matter of fact, Wikipedia is not very reliable. It is extremely hard to change a wrong information. In the minute, you try to change a single word, some sort of robot coming from nowhere reverts the edit as vandalism. You can talk with the robot but as I don't have time to waste, I consider this is not my business to deal with it.

 

Leon Turrou Wikipedia false statements
Leon Turrou ID photo circa 1921

Sunday, September 25, 2022

The Seznec Affair Storyline part 3 : Requests for revision of the penal court decision

Requests for revision of the penal court decision


Since the verdict in 1924 and until the last decision to reject was announced on December 14, 2006, there have been 9 major requests for review. The total number is probably more, but some of the requests were in the form of a simple letter sent to the Minister of Justice.


1/ 1926-1929 First request for review


Wednesday, September 21, 2022

R.M.S. Berengaria Cunard Line List of passengers May 21 1923 from New York to Cherbourg

R.M.S. Berengaria Cunard Line List of passengers May 21 1923 Cherbourg

 

Cunard line Berengaria New york to Cherbourg France 1923 passenger list

Cunard Line Berengaria 1923

 

In order to complete my research about the Seznec Affair, I am looking for the list of passengers  R.M.S.Berengaria from New York May 15 1923 to Cherbourg May 21 1923 and Southampton May 22 1923 Voyage 19 Eastbound. Captain W.R.D. Irvine.

Saturday, September 10, 2022

The Seznec Affair Storyline part 2 : Recap of events that led to the case in court

 The Seznec Affair : Recap of events that led to the case in court

The goal of this article is to briefly recall the known events until the court case (1923-1924)


1 Presentation of the protagonists

 

1.1/ Pierre Quéméneur 

 
Pierre quemeneur photo close-up

Pierre Quemeneur

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Colonel Turrou on french TV about Al Capone 1969

 https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/cpf86606202/le-gangsterisme

 

Leon Turrou 1969 French TV Dossiers de l'écran
 Colonel Turrou on French TV Dossier de l'écran

 

Leon Turrou The most comprehensive and accurate Biography (last update aug 2024)

Leon Turrou Biography

by Bertrand Vilain

 

 

Leon Turrou Biography in English

(Bio de Turrou en Français)



Leon Turrou in 1939 France new Biography

Leon Turrou in 1939

This chronology is based on documents originating from numerous sources. These archives include files from the FBI, various United States government archives,immigration and customs, transatlantic ship manifests, newspaper articles including the New York Times as well as French newspapers.

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Crime Most French Podcast about the Seznec Affair

 

Episode 6: the Seznec affair

In 1923, Pierre Quéméneur disappears on a trip to Paris with Guillaume Seznec to sell Cadillac cars left by the Americans after WWI to the USSR. His body is never found and follows a century of intrigue.

Hairy hands, Cadillacs, and murder. By Cedric interrupted by Melanie :

 

 

Cunard Berengaria May 15 1923 Passengers list Aquitania Mauretania

R.M.S. Berengaria Cunard Line List of passengers May 21 1923 Cherbourg

 

In order to complete my research about the Seznec Affair, I am looking for the list of passengers  R.M.S.Berengaria from New York May 15 1923 to Cherbourg May 21 1923 and Soutampton May 22 1923 Voyage 19 Eastbound. Captain W.R.D. Irvine.

I am looking for the list of passengers desembarking in Cherbourg May 21 1923 at 16:00. I am more specifically looking for the passenger Leon Turrou (Turovsky). He is an american citizen who travelled from New York to Cherbourg France at that time. He travelled back home from Cherbourg to New York on SS Berengaria July 7 1923.


Berengaria passenger list july 7 1923

Leon Turrou Berengaria Cherbourg to New York July 7 1923

 

Seznec affair: the track of an American crook discovered in the archives of the FBI

Translation of an article written by Nora Moreau and published in 2020 by the french newspaper Parisien / Aujourd'hui en France


Le parisien national french newspaper american crook discovered in the archives of the FBI


At the end of May 1923 in Morlaix, Pierre Quéméneur, general councilor of Finistère, appreciated by all and wise entrepreneur, disappeared without a trace. Shortly before, he had approached a modest trader, a certain Guillaume Seznec. Together, they would have made several trips with the objective of investing in a sale of Cadillac to the Soviet Union.

 

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The Seznec Affair Storyline part 1 : Introduction

The Seznec Affair


The Seznec affair is a criminal case from 1924 in which Guillaume Seznec is found guilty of the murder of Pierre Quemeneur and also of forgery. Subsequently, the judgment was the subject of fourteen petitions to obtain a new trial after a final verdict between 1926 and 2006, all of which were rejected.

The Affair

Pierre Quemeneur, wholesale merchant and local politician  disappeared in 1923, during a business with his friend Guillaume Seznec from Brittany, in western France to Paris. The purpose of this trip was to sell American WWI surplus Cadillac cars to the Soviet Union.  Quemeneur had a very important appointment in Paris with an American who was to be acting as a middleman in this trade. Seznec, thought to have been the last person to have seen Quemeneur alive,  became the main suspect. This led to his arrest, indictment, and finally imprisonment, even though Quemeneur's body was never found. However, during Seznec's trial,  several witnesses will declare having met Quemeneur after the presumed date of his disappearance.

Monday, August 22, 2022

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation [2 volumes]: History, Powers, and Controversies of the FBI" by Douglas Charles and Aaron Stockham

A book was published in May 2022 : "The Federal Bureau of Investigation [2 volumes]: History, Powers, and Controversies of the FBI" by Douglas M. Charles and Aaron Stockham


The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Douglas M Charles

 FBI Douglas M. Charles & Aaron Stockman

 

This is an encyclopedia of the FBI and a short article is dedicated to Leon Turrou. 

 

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Crime Most French Podcast about the Seznec Affair

Radio show about the Seznec affair. It doesn't take into account the last revelations about Leon Turrou but interesting to get an insight.

 

Episode 6: the Seznec affair

In 1923, Pierre Quéméneur disappears on a trip to Paris with Guillaume Seznec to sell Cadillac cars left by the Americans after WWI to the USSR. His body is never found and follows a century of intrigue.

Hairy hands, Cadillacs, and murder. By Cedric interrupted by Melanie :

 

 

The seznec affair podcast

The Seznec Affair



 https://crimemostfrench.com/2021/06/13/episode-6-the-seznec-affair/

 

The first article in the United-States about the Seznec Affair The New York Time June 26, 1923

 French seek American to clear up mystery


Police search for man whom missing Finistere Councillor left home to see

Copyright 1923, by The New York Times Company. Special cable to The New York Times

Paris, June 25.-A search is being made by the Paris police for the mysterious American supposed to have been implicated in the disappearance of Pierre Quemeneur of the Council for the departement of Finistere. Quemeneur disappeared more than a month ago between home and Paris.