Louis Dominique Garthausen, better known as Cartouche, was born in 1693 in Paris (although there are also assertions that he was born two years later in Marais). His father was a hardworking cooper who sent Cartouche to school at the Jesuit college of Clermont where at a young age Cartouche, who was described as being of “indifferent” appearance, was taught classical and theological subjects. However, Cartouche’s religious education did not sway him to lead a righteous life, and, in fact, his time at the religious school seemed to have caused the opposite affect as he chose a life a crime.
Cartouche incorrigibleness began at the early age of eleven while he was with the Jesuits. One of his first incorrigible acts occurred when he stole and disposed of…
Source: 18th and 19th Century: The Bandit of Paris: Cartouche
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