Léon-Jules Léauthier

Léon-Jules Léauthier
Born(1874-01-05)January 5, 1874
Manosque, France
DiedOctober 21, 1894(1894-10-21) (aged 20)
Salvation Islands, French Guiana

Léon-Jules Léauthier (1874–1894[1]) was a French anarchist who, on 12 November 1893, went to a restaurant in Paris specifically to kill anyone he thought was part of the bourgeoisie. His random victim turned out to be the Serbian ambassador to France, Serge Georgevitch, who survived the attack. Léauthier admitted his guilt and told the authorities that had not known that his victim was an ambassador when he stabbed him. He was sentenced to the Salvation Islands penal colony of Cayenne, French Guiana, where he died within a year during a prisoner revolt.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Maitron & Dupuy 2021.
  2. ^ Pernicone & Ottanelli 2018, p. 49.
  3. ^ Butterworth 2011, p. 323.

Bibliography

  • Butterworth, Alex (2011). The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780307386755.
  • Maitron, Jean; Dupuy, Rolf (June 22, 2021). "LÉAUTHIER Léon, Jules". Dictionnaire des anarchistes (in French). Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier.
  • Pernicone, Nunzio; Ottanelli, Fraser M. (2018). Assassins Against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siècle Europe. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-05056-5. OCLC 1050163307.


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