Spawn of the Penitentiary 3: Scientific Detectives and Bandits

Baron de Saint-Magloire plots to use radioactivity to kill his wife. But detective Cardec of the Surete and Dr.Lemoine are alerted and also use the wonders of science to unmask the villain. Soon the former convict Rozen is exposed not only to the police but also to his former fellow anarchists, who are determined to punish the traitor! After an adventurous youth, Marie-Francois Goron (1847-1933) joined the police and rose to the rank of Head of the notorious Sûreté, distinguishing himself in various cases which inspired him to write his Memoirs. His childhood friend, Emile Gautier (1853-1937), after joining the anarchist movement and being imprisoned, became one of the most popular science writers of his time. Together, they imagined this amazing saga, the ancestor of today's techno-thrillers and forensic detective fiction.