The public executioner or Jack Ketch of France.
“Riccardo de Albertes was a personal friend of all the `Messieurs de
Paris,' who served the Republic. He attended all capital executions,
and possesses a curious library.” —Newspaper Paragraph, January
25th, 1893.
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