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- Morellet， "Memoires，" II.， 32. The agent of Mesdames de Bouffiers was Abbé Chevalier， who had formerly known Fouquier-Tinville in the office of a procureur an Parliament and who， renewing the acquaintance， came and drank with Fouquier. "He succeeded in having the papers of the ladies Bouffiers， which were ready to be sent to the Tribunal， placed at the bottom of the file." - Mallet-Dupan， "Memoires，" II.， 495. "Fouquier-Tinville received a pension of one thousand crowns a month from Mesdames de Bouffiers； the ransom increased one quarter each month on account of the atrocity of the circumstances. This method saved these ladies， whilst those who paid a sum in gross lost their lives. . . It was Du Vaucel， fermier-general， who saved the Princess of Tarente . . . .for five hundred louis， after having saved two other ladies for three hundred louis， given to one of the Jacobin leaders."[120] "Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse，" 324. Coudert， of the Municipal Council， shoemaker， charged with the duty of taking silver-plate from the accused， did not know how， or was unwilling， to draw up any other than an irregular and valueless procès-verbal. On this， an accused party objected and refused to sign. "Take care， you，"exclaims Coudert in a rage， "with your damned cleverness， you are playing the stubborn. You are nothing but a bloody fool！ You are getting into a bad box！ If you don't sign， I'll have you guillotined."Frequently， there are no papers at all. (De Martel， "Fouché，" p.236.

Memorial by the authorities of Allier， addressed to the Convention， document 9.) October 30， 1793. Order of the revolutionary committee enjoining nocturnal visits in all " suspect " houses in Moulins， to remove all gold， silver and copper. "Eleven parties are made up. .

. . each to visit eight or ten houses. Each band is headed by one of the committee， with one municipal officer， accompanied by locksmiths and a revolutionary guard. The dwellings of the accused and other private individuals are searched. They force secretaries and wardrobes of which they do not find the keys. They pillage the gold and silver coin. They carry off plate， jewels， copper utensils and other effects， bed-clothes， docks， vehicles， etc. No receipt is given. No statement is made of what is carried off. They rest content by at the end of the month， reporting， in a sort of procès-verbal drawn up at a meeting of the committee， that， according to returns of the visits made， very little plate was found， and only a little money in gold and silver， all without any calculation or enumeration." - "Souvenirs et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux，" p.93.

(February 25， 1795.) The meetings of the popular club "were largely devoted to reading the infamous doings and robberies of the revolutionary committee. . . . The members who designated 'suspects' often arrested them themselves， and drew up a procès-verbal in which they omitted to state the jewels and gold they found."[121] Ibid.， 461. (Vendemaire 24， year III. Visit of Representative Malarmé.) The former Duc de Narbonne-Lorra aged eighty-four， says to Malarmé： "Citizen representative， excuse me if I keep my cap on； Ilost my hair in that prison， without having been able to get permission to have a wig made； it is worse than being robbed on the road." "Did they steal anything from you？" "They stole one hundred and forty five louis d'or and paid me with an acquittance for a tax for the sans-culottes， which is another robbery done to the citizens of this commune where I have neither home nor possessions." "Who committed this robbery？ " "It was Citizen Berger， of the municipal council." " Was nothing else taken from you？" "They took a silver coffee-pot， two soap-cases and a silver shaving-dish" "Who took those articles？" "It was Citizen Miot (a notable of the council)." Miot confesses to having kept these objects and not taken them to the Mint.-Ibid.， 178. (Vent？se 20， year II.) Prisoners all have their shoes taken， even those who had but one pair， a promise being made that they should have sabots in exchange， which they never got. Their cloaks also were taken with a promise to pay for them， which was never done. - "Souvenirs et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux，" p.92.

(February 25， 1795.) The sessions of the popular club were largely devoted to reading the infamies and robberies of the revolutionary committee. Its members， who designated the suspects， often arrested them themselves； they made levies and reports of these in which they omitted the gold and jewels found."[122] Moniteur， XXII. 133. (Session of Vendémiaire II， year III.)Report by Thibaudeau. "These seven individuals are reprobates who were dismissed by the people's representatives for having stolen the effects of persons arrested. A document is on record in which they make a declaration that， not remembering the value of the effects embezzled， they agree to pay damages to the nation of twenty-two francs each."[123] Berryat Saint-Prix， 447. Judge Ragot was formerly a joiner at Lyons， and Viot， the public prosecutor， a former deserter from the Penthièvre regiment. "Other accused persons were despoiled. Little was left them other than their clothes， which were in a bad state.

Nappier， the bailiff， was， later， (Messidor， year III.)， condemned to irons for having appropriated a part of the effects， jewels and assignats belonging to persons under accusation."[124] The words of Camille Desmoulins in " La France Libre，" (August， 1782).