An execution for capital murder at Versailles (May 5, 1931). "At dawn,
in the place des Tribunaux, at Versailles, the guillotine was set up in
front of the prison door for the execution of Georges Loos [inset] who
killed the taxi driver Charles Peretto." (New York Times. Wide World
Photos).

Source:
CEGES-SOMA (Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War
and Contemporary Society), photo no. 45933: Copyright by Photo "Actualit":
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Gaito Gazdanov's Paris / 26

Revolvers

I remember that one day a chill went down my spine when I discovered that the passenger sitting behind me – a drunken laborer –- was playing with two large-calibre revolvers.

As it turned out they weren’t intended for me; he paid me the fare as if nothing had happened and staggered away. [58]