Antoine-Joseph Moneuse

Antoine-Joseph Moneuse (Marly 1768 - Douai June 18th 1798), known as Captain Moneuse , driver, brigand of French main road, assassin, plunderer, womanizer, drunkard spending his time in the cabarets.

Biography

Antoine-Joseph Moneuse is resulting from a family having already dealt with justice. His/her grandfather died in the prison of Saint-Omer where it purged a 14 years sorrow following the plundering of trunks of church.

Its family originating in Armentières after having resided at Marly comes to settle in 1776 with Saint Vaast the Valleys (name of the time), today Saint-Waast-the-Valley.

He prevails in the Belgian Hainaut and the north of France with Feignies, Roisin, Bavay, Dour, Binche, Quévy, Hyon, Ciply, Thulin. He stole diligences as well as the houses, while making acknowledge with his victims the site of their goods, in their putting the feet in the hearth of the chimney.

Its band is with variable manpower according to the extent of the bad blows to be perpetrated. Moneuse itself declared capacity to count on 300 hearts!

According to certain sources Antoine-Joseph Moneuse could be born with Douai Saint Albin. indeed according to certain historians one does not find a trace of files has Marly relating to it. This remains however has to prove.

It was indicated, according to the acts by Antoine Moneuse the Gangster, Antoine Moneuse or Monneuse, Capitaine of the Drivers of north, the brigand Moneuse

The profession, declared, of Antoine Moneuse was farinier and merchant of all species.
Here the description of this inhabitant of Saint-Vaast-the-Valleys:
cut; 5 feet 5 inches, black hair, face oval, pale, thin, gray eyes, aquiline nose, stops average and round chin.

Judgment of Antoine Moneuse the Gangster

Antoine-Joseph Moneuse was judged with Mons (today in Belgium, but which at the time of the Révolution and under the Empire belonged to the Département of Jemappes) the 20 brumaire An VI of the Republic (November 10th 1797).

He appealed and was rejugé near the Court of Appeal of the Northern to Douai where his judgment at confirmed summer.

Lieutenants of the Moneuse Captain

It had many lieutenants who did not have anything children of chorus, quite to the contrary, some were worse than their chief:

Barthelemy Saussez
Jean Joseph Troignon, originating in Flamengrie, mysteriously dead in prison at the beginning of 1795
François Francois, known as “the Fly” (decapitated with Mons in 1807)
Nicolas-Joseph Gérin, worst of all without question, decapitated with its chief the June 18th 1798 with Douai. He was amongst other things the author of the drama of the Crook, on the commune of Roisin, on Saturday, November 22 1795 (2 frimaire An IV).

Death

The June 18th 1798, Moneuse died guillotine on the place of Douai, him and its accomplices assembled vêtus of a red shirt to the scaffold.

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