Du Rififi à Pigalle
A partir des années 30, les Corses s'emparent du crime organisé à Paris, jusqu'alors aux mains de voyous locaux. Ils seront particulièrement actifs dans le quartier chaud de Paris, Pigalle-Montmartre (à l'époque c'était un seul et même quartier). S'ils s'unissent contre les locaux, ils vont vite rompre et vont ensanglanter les rues de Paris, Marseille ou Toulon pendant près de 40 ans. Et deux gangs vont se livrer à la première grande vendetta de la pègre française, sur fond de trafic de drogue : Les Corses de Paris, menés par Jean-Paul Stefani et les Corses de Marseille menés par Joseph (ou Pierre) Marini un homme proche des patrons marseillais Paul Carbone & François Spirito.
Les origines de la vendetta viennent de la jalousie d'un des lieutenants de Marini, Angelin(o) "Ange" Foata, qui veut s'impliquer dans le trafic de drogue et qui commence à répandre la rumeur que si Stefani aurait autant de succès dans son entreprise c'est par qu'il serait un informateur pour la police. Il semblerait également que Stefani ait acheté un laboratoire à Marini pour 50 000 francs et commencerait a faire des bénéfices sans partager les recettes. Bref, Foata n'aime pas ça, et répand la rumeur que Stefani est une balance.
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| Ange Foata |
Deux ans plus tard, Stefani est jugé pour le meurtre du petit François Keusch. Il est acquitté car selon lui il ne peut pas avoir tué l'enfant car c'était son frère Etienne. Etienne Stefani qui a justement été tué dans la soirée du 22 décembre en représailles du meurtre du gamin par un ami de Marini, Antoine Silvestri-Graziani possiblement lié à un clan corse de Toulon et qui sera lui-même tué un mois plus tard.
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| Etienne "Bébé" Stefani |
Le 22 novembre 1936, Stefani, accompagné de son cousin Dominique Paoleschi, se rend sur la tombe de sa femme décédée de la tuberculose alors qu'il était en détention provisoire. Il y est attendu par Foata qui se cache pour assouvir sa vengeance. Foata tire, le chapeau de Stefani est perforé, mais n'est pas blessé. Ce qui n'est pas le cas de Paoleschi qui est grièvement blessé. Il s'en sortira miraculeusement et sera plus tard impliqué dans la contrebande de cigarettes et son activité principale, le proxénétisme. Foata est assommé par un passant et est par la suite condamné à 7 ans de prison. Il mourra de vieillesse retiré en Corse.
Ce serait évidemment trop simple si ça s'arrêtait là. Le 11 juillet 1937, Stefani est assassiné par un maquereau, André Marguin. La raison? Stefani fréquentait une prostituée appartenant à Marguin et a refusé de lui payer l'amende. Pour une raison obscure (ce qui suit me fait penser à de la corruption...), Marguin est acquitté du meurtre et condamné à une amende pour port d'arme prohibée. Marguin est assassiné à Cannes en 1937, vraisemblablement par François Lucchinacci, un proche du clan Stefani. Quant à Joseph Marini, le patron de Foata, après avoir échappé à une fusillade probablement liée aux Stefani, sa chute interviendra en 1937 pour une fraude à l'assurance. Il fait sauter un camion de déménagement qui transporte ses meubles mais le chauffeur est tué... On entend parler brièvement de lui dans les années 80 après que Marie Paoleschi (l'épouse de Dominique) ait écrit un livre sur sa vie. Il envoie un tueur pour s'occuper de Marie, mais elle parvient à l'en dissuader et le coup est abandonné. Il est mort en 1984.
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| J-P Stefani & Simone Langelé |
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| François "Le Notaire" Lucchinacci |
English version
In the 1930s, the Corsicans began taken over organized crime in Paris,
which was up until then in the hands of local gangs. They were particularly active in the red light district of Paris,
Pigalle-Montmartre (now separate, at the time, they were the same
district). The Corscians had
united against the local gangs, but they quickly turned against each
other and bloodied the streets of Paris, Marseille or Toulon for nearly
40 years. Two gangs clashed in the first great vendetta of the
French underworld: The Corsicans of Paris, led by Jean-Paul Stefani and
the Corsicans of Marseille led by Joseph (or Pierre) Marini a man close
to Marseille bosses Paul Carbone & François Spirito.
The origins of the vendetta arose from the jealousy felt by one of
Marini's lieutenants, Angelin(o) "Ange" Foata, who wanted to get
involved in the drug trade. He began to spread the rumor that if Stefani
was successful, it was because he was an informant. It also appeared
that Stefani bought a laboratory from Marini for 50,000 francs and
started turning a profit without sharing the take. Anyway, Foata didn’t
like it, and spread the rumor that Stefani was a rat.
As you might expect, Stefani didn’t appreciate the accusation, and set off after Foata to shoot him. On December 22, 1934, Foata was in the cabaret, "Le Rat Mort", with his mistress Madeleine Keusch, an ex-prostitute, and her son François. Stefani knew the place, and shot at the trio near the front door of the club 5 times. Foata was only slightly injured, while his mistress's son is killed. Stefani fled the scene but was arrested a little later by the police.
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| Ange Foata |
Two years later, Stefani was tried for the murder of little François Keusch. He was acquitted because, according to him, he could not have killed the child because it was his brother Etienne. Etienne Stefani was killed on the evening of December 22 in retaliation for the murder by a friend of Marini, Antoine Silvestri-Graziani, possibly linked to a Corsican clan from Toulon and who will himself be killed a month later.
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| Etienne Stefani |
On November 22, 1936, Stefani, accompanied by his cousin Dominique Paoleschi, visited the grave of his wife who had died of tuberculosis while he was in pre-trial detention. Awaiting there was Foata, who was hiding in order to satisfy his thirst for revenge. Foata took a shot, but only Stefani's hat was punctured. This was not the case for Paoleschi, who was seriously injured. He miraculously survived, and would later be involved in cigarette smuggling in addition to his main activity, pimping. Foata was knocked out by a passer-by, and was subsequently sentenced to 7 years in prison. He would die of old age after retiring to Corsica.
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| Paoleschi (left), Foata (right), the rifle and the cross |
It would obviously be too simple if it stopped there. On July 11, 1937, Stefani was assassinated by a pimp, André Marguin. The reason? Stefani was dating a prostitute owned by Marguin and refused to pay her her fee. For some obscure reason (what follows clearly looks like corruption ...), Marguin was acquitted of the murder and fined for carrying an illegal weapon. Marguin was assassinated in Cannes in 1937, probably by François Lucchinacci, a close friend of the Stefani clan. As for Joseph Marini, the boss of Foata, after having escaped a shooting probably linked to the Stefani clan, his fall occurred in 1937 for insurance fraud. He had blown up a moving truck carrying his furniture, unfortunately the driver was killed ... He reappears briefly in the 1980s after Marie Paoleschi (Dominique's wife) wrote a book about his life. He sent a killer to take care of Marie, but she manages to dissuade him and the hit was abandoned. He died in 1984.
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| J-P Stefani & Simone Langelé |
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| François Lucchinacci |
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