Anatole DEIBLER (1863-1939) executioner. 2 L.S.,... Lot 36

Anatole DEIBLER (1863-1939) executioner. 2 L.S., Paris 1906-1907, to the painter Emile Friant; 1 page in-12 each with address on the back. December 29, 1906: "I am forbidden by order of the Ministry of Justice to provide any plan on the guillotine and to give any explanation whatsoever on the condemned. It is thus to the people who can attend closely, the capital executions to realize by themselves all the details"... March 30, 1907, he cannot accept the proposed remuneration, "never having the habit of making pay my disturbances"...