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Jean-Baptiste Troppmann
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Jean-Baptiste Troppmann
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The bloodbath was uncovered by a workman
who uncovered the mutilated
remains of Hortense and her children.
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Alfred, Henri, Marie,
Achille and Emile Kinck and their mother, Hortense Kinck.
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Jean-Baptiste Troppmann
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The execution happens on
January 19th 1870 before a huge crowd, place de la Roquette,
in front of
the prison. at 7am exactly, Jean-Baptiste Troppmann is swivelled on the
guillotine's board.
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At the moment that the blade falls down, that
curious personage bites the thumb of the executioner.
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Among the multitude were various intellectual worthies,
including the liberal Russian author Ivan Turgenev.