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Originally posted by Charlie
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Hello RD,
Debra A is right, as often was the case back then, there's a spelling error in the name written in your English article.
On the Torso Paris discussion thread, you asked me if I could search on French press archive sites, and I replied that despite several searches with "Behaut," as well as "Behault" and "Behaux", I found nothing.
However, I just tried again by translating into French the message supposed to have been written by the individual: "Do not look for the murderer of Elisa Van Damme. It is I"
I initiated a search with:
"Ne cherchez plus le meurtrier d'Elisa Vandamme, c'est moi."
I found nothing.
But with the query:
"Ne cherchez plus l'assassin d'Elisa Vandamme, c'est moi."
I eventually uncovered this article from La Croix newspaper dated March 16, 1910.
So, with the correct spelling of the name, Albert Bihan, everything becomes clear, and there are plenty of articles.
In particular, Le Rappel newspaper of March 17, 1910, writes:
I apologize, RD, but it seems that this Ernest-Georges-Albert Bihan was mentally unstable, and in any case, he was not Albert Bachert.
Debra A is right, as often was the case back then, there's a spelling error in the name written in your English article.
On the Torso Paris discussion thread, you asked me if I could search on French press archive sites, and I replied that despite several searches with "Behaut," as well as "Behault" and "Behaux", I found nothing.
However, I just tried again by translating into French the message supposed to have been written by the individual: "Do not look for the murderer of Elisa Van Damme. It is I"
I initiated a search with:
"Ne cherchez plus le meurtrier d'Elisa Vandamme, c'est moi."
I found nothing.
But with the query:
"Ne cherchez plus l'assassin d'Elisa Vandamme, c'est moi."
I eventually uncovered this article from La Croix newspaper dated March 16, 1910.
So, with the correct spelling of the name, Albert Bihan, everything becomes clear, and there are plenty of articles.
In particular, Le Rappel newspaper of March 17, 1910, writes:
I apologize, RD, but it seems that this Ernest-Georges-Albert Bihan was mentally unstable, and in any case, he was not Albert Bachert.
Thank you immensely for conclusively proving I am wrong in my assumptions that Behaut was Bachert.
Your evidence is, clear, definitive and correct and I have made an error in my assumptions.
I openly admit I am wrong and I can only thank you for proving the truth.
I must admit that I did like the brief adventure on Behaut ha ha!
Back to the drawing board
RD
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