The Prisoners' Execution in Paris

A group of about 20 prisoners were being transferred in an open cart from the hotel de to the abbe saint germain, now the main political prison in paris. That little convoy was soon set upon by an angry mob of saint culot. A few of these unfortunate souls were spared, but the rest were killed on the spot. Later that day, another armed band broke into a carmelite monastery that had been transformed into a prison. This time, the angry mob set up a little kangaroo court to dispense the people's justice. In all, somewhere between 11 hundred and 16 hundred were executed including men, women and children.