Antoine Bernardin Fualdès

Having completed his studies by the time the French Revolution erupted, he gained credentials as a moderate Jacobin, serving as defence lawyer for General Custine and even participating in the defense of Charlotte Corday.

He obtained appointments in Rodez under subsequent administrations, including under Napoleon, but was forced to retire upon the restoration of the Monarchy.

The events surrounding his murder created a luridly baroque story:[1] his corpse was found floating in the Aveyron river.

The accused were said to have lured the former prosecutor to a hotel and shrouded his cries during the murder with the loud sounds of an organ grinder.

Witnesses to the events continued to multiply and now incorporate members of a lower-class family that hosted a nearby gambling den.