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

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.