Word: rolland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bullet from Amiel's revolver struck one of his pupils, Alain Rolland, 16, in the back of the head and killed him. Standing trial in Perpignan's sunlit Palais de Justice, Amiel was asked why he did not fire into the air. "It goes without saying," he answered, "that I regret not having fired in the air." Teacher Amiel refused to make excuses, would not plead overwork at the end of the term, nervous strain in trying to pay for his new house, harassment by the students. He said sternly: "A teacher can never have sufficient provocation...
From the crowded courtroom came a cry: "Assassin!" Snapped the judge: "Remove that woman at once." A lawyer answered: "It is the mother of Alain Rolland," and no one moved. As Jean Amiel went back to his cell, where he had been reading Milton's Paradise Lost, his wife was escorted out of town by police to protect her from the townspeople. But this was not the end of the affair...
...father of the dead student, Eugène Rolland, 52, a bank official, could not be comforted by his wife or his remaining son, 14-year-old Michel. He considered the verdict an "affront," complained that some of the witnesses had hinted that Alain got only what he deserved, railed against the "bandit" Amiel, whose life was supposedly dedicated to children and who had betrayed his trust...
Bathroom Rafter. The court had ordered Amiel to pay 3,000,000 francs' ($6,113) damages to the Rollands, and Mme. Amiel prepared to sell their new house to raise the money, proudly refused financial help from her husband's fellow teachers. Several days after the court had awarded damages to the Rollands, an anonymous letter postmarked Paris arrived at their home. "Congratulations on the good business," it read. "Several million francs-now there's a death that pays off ..." Leaving a note that said, "I am going to join Alain," Banker Rolland last week tied...
...there to be no end to our tragedies!" cried Mme. Amiel. The news of Rolland's suicide was kept from Prisoner Jean Amiel, himself despondent as he served his prison term. Eager to get away from Perpignan, Amiel wrote a letter to Dr. Albert Schweitzer at his African clinic, offering his services when he was released from jail. At week's end, there was a faint ray of hope for at least one of the grief-ridden families of Perpignan: Dr. Schweitzer replied that he would be glad to welcome Jean Amiel as an assistant...