| L'Œuvre 02 novembre 1924 |
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SEZNEC BEFORE THE JURY Quimper, November 1st. Is it All Saints' Day, a public holiday? Is it the rain that prevents any walk? There is an unusual crowd today at the Palais de Justice. This public, no doubt, as soon as it is in a room, thinks it is at a show. Because it demonstrates noisily, which contrasts with the calm of other days, and sometimes indecently. It laughs out loud. And it whistles too. It is the deposition of Mrs. Le Flohic that provoked the uproar. However, it did not seem likely to lead to the slightest incident. Mrs. Le Flohic had simply said that Angèle Labigout had told her, on June 20, that her boss was away on a trip. But then we saw Angèle and Mrs. Seznec protest with an overexcitement that indignation alone was not enough to justify. This produced a rather bad impression. Seznec was the first to sense it, who made a violent gesture towards the women to impose silence on them. And it took this incident for Mr. Le Hire, who had remained silent since the beginning of the trial, to come out of his silence to shout: "Hush!" Moreover, this session of liquidation of witnesses will be more picturesque than interesting. We will see a deaf man who will be forced to lean on the president's desk. On the other hand, a lady, who believes that Mr. Dollin du Fresnel is hard of hearing, shouts her testimony. And we witness a comical return of the chauffeur Samson. There is only talk of "shots of white wine that we offer ourselves." Is it to get testimonies? Then, it's the squad of Seznec's prison comrades. Three have come out. The fourth comes between two gendarmes. They all speak like people who are used to hearings. We learn that Seznec was the big star of the remand center, that a lot of things were plotted around him and that many commissions were done on his behalf. They tell many other things that have their little success of laughter. All the corridors, even those of the prisons, have their gossip. Interest is revived with the entrance of Mr. Lajat. This printer from Morlaix, who has great difficulty with his lorgnette, which refuses to stay on his nose, claims to have met Mr. Quemeneur on May 30, four days after the date set by the police for the disappearance of the general councilor.
Mr. LAJAT — I saw Mr. Quemeneur that afternoon sitting on the terrace of the Café de Bretagne, rue de Rennes. I affirm, as much as one can affirm when one has not spoken to the person, that it was him. But immediately the prosecution rises to ask if the witness is not one-eyed and short-sighted. Mr. LAJAT. — Mr. President, I could tell you from here what you are made of. But Mr. Dollin du Fresnel does not seem to want to lend himself to this little examination. Just as formal, but with the same usual reservations, Mr. Lebert, a railway worker, assures that he met Mr. Quemeneur on May 27. THE PRESIDENT. — Why did you not speak to him? MR. LEBERT — I was not in proper attire: I was in military uniform. PIERRE BÉNARD |
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