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Courrier des États-Unis - Septembre 1897
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: March 12, 2026, 5:55 pm
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The United States Courier was considered the most important
Franco-American newspaper published in America during the
Gilded Age and beyond. It was published at 2 Vesey Street,
Astor Place, in South Manhattan, three blocks from
City Hall.
This article was published one month before Ovide Robillard sent
the first plea for Ali's release to Governor Frank Swett Black.
Courrier des États-Unis
New York City
'Miscellaneous Facts' ( Faits Divers)
September 1897
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Re: Courrier des États-Unis - Septembre 1897
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: August 1, 2026, 5:12 am
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A petition, which already bears several signatures—among them
those of Messrs. Edmond Bruwaert, Consul General of France in
New York; Charpentier, Vice-Consul; Forget, General Agent of the
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique; Olarovsky, Consul General of
Russia; Dietlin; C. Thoron; Robert J. Hoguet, etc.—is about to
be addressed to Mr. Black, Governor of the State of New York,
requesting a full and complete pardon for Amer Ben Ali, known as
George Frank, alias "Frenchy," who was sentenced in New York on
July 10, 1891, to life imprisonment for having murdered a woman
of the town named Caroline Brown, known as Shakespeare.
People have not forgotten the sensation caused at the time by
the murder of the woman Shakespeare, who was found dead in a
shady hotel and whose body bore mutilations reminiscent of the
crimes of "Jack the Ripper." Amer Ben Ali had spent the night in
the same hotel, and although there was no positive proof against
him, it took nothing more for the police and the prosecution to
accuse him of the murder and have him convicted. However, given
the insufficiency of the evidence, the jury did not dare
sentence him to death and rendered a verdict against him of
"second-degree murder."
A good number of New York newspapers, reflecting public opinion
in this matter, extensively commented on and criticized this
verdict, which served more to satisfy the police chief of that
time than as an act of justice.
Amer Ben Ali, who is an Algerian Arab and served in the French
army from 1870 to 1878, came to the United States after leaving
the service. He has always vigorously protested his innocence,
but being completely ignorant of the English language, poor, and
friendless, he was never able to give clear and complete
explanations. He is currently detained at the Matteawan asylum,
where he was transferred from Auburn Prison due to suffering
from severe mental depression. Without wishing to contest the
verdict or reopen the merits of the decided case, the
petitioners believe that under these circumstances, the Governor
could perform an act of clemency, and it is for this reason that
they ask him to pardon Amer Ben Ali.
Persons wishing to sign the petition will find the document
deposited at the law offices of Mr. Ovide Robillard, 25 Pine
Street.
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