The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot (40 page)

D
ESFOURNEAUX
, H
ENRI
—Monsieur de Paris, Petiot's executioner.

D
OULET
, C
OMMISSAIRE
L
UCIEN
—Policeman whom Roland Porchon apparently told about Petiot's murders.

D
REYFUS
, P
AULETTE
—Wife of Yvan Dreyfus; she paid Guélin more than four million francs for her husband's release.

D
REYFUS
, Y
VAN
—Radio distributor and Resistant who was forced by Guélin into helping with Petiot's arrest by the Gestapo; he presumably ended up among Petiot's victims.

D
UCHESNE
, L
IEUTENANT
J
EAN
—French Forces of the Interior officer at the Caserne de Reuilly who may have committed crimes for Petiot and played a part in his arrest.

D
UNANT
, M
AÎTRE
A
NDRÉ
—Civil-suit attorney representing the family of Gisèle Rossmy at the murder trial.

D
UPIN
, M
AÎTRE
P
IERRE
—Avocat général who prosecuted Petiot for murder.

D
URAN
, D
R
. E
UGÈNE
—Villeneuve-sur-Yonne physician who defeated Petiot in his second mayoral campaign.

E
EMANS
—
See
Schonker, Chaïma and Franziska.

E
HRENREICH
—
See
Schonker, Chaïma and Franziska.

E
LISSALDE
, A
VOCAT
G
ÉNÉRAL
—Representative of the procureur général who drew up the Petiot murder indictment and who tried to help Dupin during the trial.

E
STÉBÉTÉGUY
, A
DRIEN
(aka Adrien le Basque)—Criminal and collaborator who, along with his mistress Gisèle Rossmy, was among Petiot's presumed victims.

E
UGÈNE
, D
R
.—Alias used by Petiot before his arrest by the Germans in 1943.

E
USTACHE
, J
EAN
—Trucker from Auxerre who transported the rue Le Sueur suitcases and lime for Maurice Petiot.

F
ILLION
, E
MILE
—One of the policemen who discovered the bodies at 21 rue Le Sueur.

F
LORIOT
, M
AÎTRE
R
ENÉ
—Lawyer who represented Petiot in the Gaul–Van Bever and Baudet-Khaït narcotics cases, and who defended him at his murder trial.

F
ORTIN
—
See
Khaït, Marthe.

F
OURRIER
, R
AOUL
—Barber who helped recruit “escapees” for Petiot; many of them left from his rue des Mathurins shop.

F
RANCINET
—
See
Pintard, Edmond.

F
RANÇOIS LE
C
ORSE
—
See
Albertini, François.

G
ACHKEL
, M
AÎTRE
—Civil-suit attorney representing the Basch and Arnsberg families at the murder trial.

G
ANG
, I
LSE
—Friend of the Wolffs and Basches who wrote an anonymous letter to Massu concerning their disappearance.

G
AUL
, J
EANNETTE
—Drug addict and prostitute who lived with Van Bever and was arrested for procuring narcotics from Petiot.

G
ÉNIL
-P
ERRIN
, D
R.
—Psychiatrist who examined Petiot before his release from a hospital in 1937 and again before his 1946 murder trial.

G
ÉRARD
, D
R
. H
ENRI
—Doctor who unsuspectingly referred Petiot to Dr. Wetterwald.

G
IGNOUX
, I
NSPECTOR
R
OGER
—Police detective assigned to the Van Bever and Khaït disappearances in early 1942; he suspected Petiot was involved.

G
OLETTY
, F
ERDINAND
—
Juge d'instruction
who handled the Petiot murder case from shortly after his arrest until he was sent to trial.

G
OUEDO
, J
EAN
—Rue Caumartin furrier who reported his partner Joachim Guschinov missing.

G
OURIOU
, D
R.
—One of three psychiatrists who examined Petiot before his murder trial.

G
RIFFON
, P
ROFESSOR
H
ENRI
—Director of the police toxicology lab who examined the rue Le Sueur bodies for traces of poison.

G
RIPPAY
, J
OSÉPHINE
-A
IMÉE
(aka Paulette la Chinoise)—Prostitute, Piereschi's mistress, and a presumed victim of Petiot.

G
UÉLIN
, J
EAN
—Former lawyer, codirector with Dequeker of the Théâtre des Nouveautés; he collaborated with Jodkum to expose Petiot's “escape route” by using Yvan Dreyfus.

G
UINTRAND
, H
ENRI
(aka Henri le Marseillais; Robert)—Petty criminal who introduced Kahan to Pintard.

G
USCHINOV
, J
OACHIM
—Rue Caumartin furrier presumed to have been Petiot's first Paris victim.

G
USCHINOV
, R
ENÉE
—Joachim Guschinov's wife, who neglected to report him missing.

G
UTTIN
, M
AÎTRE
H
ENRI
—Petiot's most ardent political opponent at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.

H
ANSS
, R
AYMONDE
—Patient of Petiot's who died under mysterious circumstances in 1934.

H
ENRI LE
M
ARSEILLAIS
—
See
Guintrand, Henri.

H
ENRY
, M
AÎTRE
C
HARLES
—Civil-suit attorney representing the Grippay family at the murder trial.

H
EUYER
, D
R
. G
EORGES
—One of three psychiatrists who examined Petiot before his murder trial.

H
OLLANDER
—
See
Arnsberg, Ludwig and Ludwika; Basch, Gilbert and Marie-Anne.

H
OTIN
, D
ENISE
(née Bartholomeus)—Young woman who disappeared after an alleged abortion and was counted among Petiot's victims.

H
OTIN
, J
EAN
—Denise Hotin's husband, who made little effort to find her.

I
BARNE
, L
IEUTENANT
J
ACQUES
(aka Jacques Yonnet)—As a journalist, he published Rolland's deposition in
Résistance
and wrote articles on the Petiot case; as a member of Military Security, he investigated Petiot's alleged Resistance activity with Brouard.

J
ACQUET
, M
AÎTRE
P
IERRE
—Assistant to Floriot on the Petiot murder case.

J
ODKUM
, R
OBERT
—Highly placed civilian employee in the Jewish Affairs sector of the rue des Saussaies Gestapo office; he made plans with Guélin to trace Petiot's “escape network,” and later furnished information to Massu.

J
O LE
B
OXEUR
—
See
Réocreux, Joseph.

J
OSIAN
—Mysterious, unidentified person the Allards claimed had helped Dr. Braunberger escape.

K
AHAN
, R
UDOLPHINE
(aka Eryane Kahan)—Woman who sent the Wolffs, Basches, Schonkers, Arnsbergs, and Cadoret de l'Epinguens to Petiot; she went into hiding after the rue Le Sueur discovery.

K
HAÏT
, D
AVID
—Marthe Khaït's husband at the time of her disappearance.

K
HAÏT
, M
ARTHE
(née Fortin)—Mother of Fernand Lavie and Raymonde Baudet; she vanished shortly before her daughter's narcotics trial and was presumed to be a victim of Petiot.

K
NELLER
, K
URT
, M
ARGERET
(aka Greta, née Lent), and R
ENÉ
—Family of naturalized French Jews of German origin; almost caught in a Gestapo raid, they sought to escape through Petiot but presumably were murdered.

L
ABLAIS
, M
ONSIEUR
—Father of Georgette Petiot.

L
AFONT
, H
ENRI
(aka Henri Chamberlin)—Head of the French Gestapo on the rue Lauriston, for whom Estébétéguy and several other victims of Petiot had worked; defended by Floriot, he was executed in December 1944.

L
AIGNEL
-L
AVASTINE
, D
R
. M
AXIME
—Psychiatrist who joined two others in recommending Petiot's release from a hospital in 1937.

L
ATEULADE
, R
OBERT
—Resistant imprisoned at Fresnes with Petiot who may have been the source of some of his information about the Resistance.

L
AVIE
, F
ERNAND
—Marthe Khaït's son by her first marriage.

L
ÉON
-L
ÉVY
, M
AÎTRE
—Civil-suit attorney representing the Kneller family at the murder trial.

L
ESAGE
, A
IMÉE
—Nurse who lived with Nézondet as his mistress.

L
ESER
, M
ICHEL
—President of the tribunal at Petiot's murder trial.

L
HÉRITIER
, L
IEUTENANT
R
ICHARD
—Paratrooper who shared a cell at Fresnes with Petiot and was a star defense witness at the murder trial.

L
OUISETTE
—
See
Delaveau, Louise.

L
ULU
—
See
Chamoux, Claudia.

M
ALFET
, R
OBERT
—Man who helped the Arnsbergs and Schonkers go from Nice to Paris and who introduced the Cadoret de l'Epinguens to Kahan.

M
ALLARD
, M
ADAME
—Parisian midwife from whom Denise Hotin allegedly sought an abortion.

M
ARÇAIS
, J
ACQUES
and A
NDRÉE
—Couple who lived on the fifth floor of 22 rue Le Sueur; disturbed by smoke on March 11, 1944, they summoned the police.

M
ARIE
, R
ENÉ
and M
ARCELLE
—Couple Porchon sent to Petiot but who did not trust the doctor and gave up their escape plans.

M
ARTINETTI
, R
OBERT
—Presumably fictitious Resistant who Petiot claimed was the real head of the supposed escape organization Fly-Tox.

M
ASSU
, C
OMMISSAIRE
G
EORGES
-V
ICTOR
—Head of the Police Judiciaire Criminal Brigade who was in charge of the murder investigation until shortly before Petiot's capture.

M
AXIME
, R
OBERT
—Maurice Petiot's shop employee in Auxerre.

M
OURON
, G
ILBERTE
—Daughter of the deceased Madame Mallard; she testified that Denise Hotin had gone to see Petiot.

N
EUHAUSEN
, A
LBERT
and S
IMONE
—Couple at Courson-les-Carrières who stored the suitcases Maurice Petiot removed from the rue Le Sueur; both were arrested for receiving stolen goods.

N
ÉZONDET
, R
ENÉ
-G
USTAVE
—Friend of Petiot's in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne and Paris who was arrested with him by the Germans in 1943; he later claimed Maurice Petiot had told him about the bodies at the rue Le Sueur and was arrested for concealing a crime.

N
OÉ
, C
LARA
—The friend and neighbor at whose home the Knellers hid before departing with Petiot.

O
LMI
, A
CHILLE
—
Juge d'instruction
who handled the Gaul–Van Bever and Baudet narcotics cases, and who showed little concern about finding Van Bever and Madame Khaït when they vanished.

P
APINI
, U
GO
—Van Bever's business associate and sole friend, who reported him missing.

P
ASCAUD
, I
NSPECTOR
—Police Judiciaire detective active in the murder investigation.

P
AUL
, D
R
. A
LBERT
—Chief coroner in charge of examining the rue Le Sueur bodies.

P
AULETTE LA
C
HINOISE
—
See
Grippay, Joséphine-Aimée.

P
ÉHU
, P
IERRE
—Former policeman who worked for Guélin and served as an intermediary in the negotiations to release Yvan Dreyfus from prison.

P
ERLÈS
, M
AÎTRE
C
LAUDE
—Civil-suit attorney representing Madame Braunberger at the murder trial.

P
ETIOT
, F
ÉLIX
I
RÉNÉ
M
USTIOLE
and M
ARTHE
M
ARIE
C
ONSTANCE
J
OSÉPHINE
(née Bourdon)—Parents of Marcel and Maurice Petiot.

P
ETIOT
, G
EORGETTE
V
ALENTINE
(née Lablais)—Dr. Petiot's wife; she was arrested for receiving stolen goods.

P
ETIOT
, G
ERHARDT
G
EORGES
C
LAUDE
F
ÉLIX
(called Gérard)—Petiot's son, born at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne on April 19, 1928.