New-York tribune., 1884-12-14
NINE. HUGUES'S VENGEANCE.
THE STORY OF MORINs CRIME.
rraoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE IRinr

seilies is at the atOress OF an1 TIE actress IN
the stirring drama of the Paais dc Justice. AL
ready she has had whole city and tho majority OF
the Chamber to applaud her. and without intend
ing it, drew interest from one of the best speeches
tnat Cicmsnceau ever made, as it was being dciv-
cred Her advocate-a Dcputy-on giving the news
of the scene he had witnessed leaving the Court
Of Correctional Appeals, to President BrissoD,
! said: "She was right His brother legislators
who were sent by the Bureau Of the Chamber TO
/ release VI. Cloyis-Iiugues from the detention in
! which he had been placed with his wife, congratu-
| lated him and her. VI. Anatole de la Forges, the
sou Of honor the incarnation of quiet
patriotism, the type OF gentemany virtues, ex-
claimed 81 don't think should like 10 nave her
| for wife, but should idolize a daughter like
! her" Faul dc Cassagnac called upon a his friends
In Parliament and the press to stand by her and
help to bring her victonously through an assizs
court triai In some shops which had occasion to
enter last evening tongues waggcd only about
the drama Of the palas dc justice The impression
was Ellc bien fait" Her husband, the reason
ing was could not call out such low wretch "a
MORN aud since 1t clear the latter secretly
protected by Government che did right to take the
law into her own hands
For a woman who has q position 70 lose. 1.-TWO
daughters. one Of whom seisht aud the other i've,
aged parpnin. husband whom shp adofea a snug
fortune. aud circle ol aiiectonatp aud ainiirina
ffienda tu shoot a man with determination. she
must have been eithst mad 90 worked 40 TO pitch
IT nheniinhie irritation, II Ia impa,aihie a. ~
gard hef "a ihaane, Nine, CloNs-iugaes hss ss
such nhtH aiii'le aud mental, u, Mira, Weldon,
hut not tha sghleit passion iof public ",
souih of France woman, ste has
the commanding aud at the Same time
dneiYe style 1T beauty which u 40 rarity 40 Aries
~, hemy, aud other parts OF France where tho
Romans settled long ago. IL II impossible To
imagine anything better adapted than her physqus
for tfs role in a tragedy of Corneille, borrowed
from Latin history first saw her ~ Victor lIugos
when he lived in tbs Rue de Clichy. As she on
tered | thought that she must have
been "star" he had discovered aud was
thinking of producing on the boards of soms
theatre ~ the heroine of one Of his dramas.
She was not one of yrago type But one felt that
there deep niue Of energy and pa ision in her,
and that she would be capable OF entering into the
feelings Of Camille or EmNs and giving them
their most eloquent expression. again saw her at
Louis Blancs She all tenderaes, toward tho
great-hearted little man who was dying of pain
ful disease. He said: "Whlt wonderful God
dess of the Republic she would make il she was
draped like statue, aad placed on
car of triumph in an open air process
sion" His brother Charles, he hementoned, aud Paul
st. Victor, thought her the most sculptural Woman
they had ever seen. She had pale, clear complex
ion lthe complexion of deep passions and conccn-
trated energes. regular profile the even bright
teeth and healthy gums of gar!iceating Southron.
and hair rs black rs her husbands, which is II pos
sible, backer than jet. The figure matched the
face, and the whole woman eXpresse grace and
nobility. Her father, graybeard OF 1918, was an
old and in innate friend Barbes, Blanqni, and Louis
Blanc and br ought her up in the midst OF adverse
,I,,.,, In,
Hughes. her husband. IS hat is known here as Ha
tres brdr0 h0mRe, which would be rendered in Eng
lish as thoroughly good fellow. lie is Mar
seillals with perhaps u touch Of Der er blood, .
Hop-O'-my- Thumb in stature, ald eccentric exc
ubeTant. and gay IN his manners. He is hardly q
shade winter than an African anc has shock ot
! let black hair. Naturally he SITS the Mountain
IN the Chamber and though rcma!k1ble there Tor
roarand mane would not burt tiy. lle worships
! the court Of the PalaiS Bourbon TO walk
! thence home with him. This habit IS
the olgin of "the drama" wiIch has brought her
! to the II. Lazare prison.
| one afternoon Norm was in the strangers lobby
when Mmr. Hughes entered. Struck with her
! beauty he inquired who she was and il occurred to
! HIM tO bring her ntO private inquiry a,tair which
| he had been charged 10 transact by the Nelson
| Clerget, Irlcoche and Cacoiet firm. certain
! Comtesse de Tillet wanted to get lid Of young
husband named Le Nornand vino did not love her
! in the least and had married her ior her money.
! The Comtessc wa hId.ous Jezebe, and IN her
! widOwh0od used 10 dance down most of
/ the Young men at the balls to which
! She went Being immensely wealthy. she held ont
! The hope 20 Norin of a splendid regoml ii ho
got mp good ease aga nst her too cold spouse. lt
occurred 80 thc agent that as the De lei- e Nor
! mlnd aliair would be heard NJ Rouen, where all
I the judges were Clerical and r'aciio1ary, any
charge brought against ltadiral pepniys WHO
would be listened TO with pleasure by the bench
If he MANAGED 70 keep her full name ont Of the re-
ports O' rhC trial she would not DE the wiser. and
he would finger IN peace his ron gucidon. Tho
next thing to be done was - ascertain the
ne den narie of NJ ldame Cl yis-iiucurs turOnsy
enough she had resided q girl misc ot ten years
agO in the liue da Ia Pompe. next door to the
cQmtes,e De- lillet; ne went TO me house N
mother O. try and talk the c0noir"m a'd tlose
irnanis who remembered .hc Hoy0nr'H emily MO
saVirv fhrt al innfOpcr ipiNari cyittrl hefWrtn Il
Jeanne Rov1nnrz and ". /" N0riant. hey, rs II
einrn cau,i ont returned rpna ifp "nfuef9 tO III
his la'nnt questions. Brt this ~ nn p'event bNn
poine rr arl ohtaininp O!her vpHtssrs vlW htt
ne5tt .,tl.,s-en ~ h.ai bt 'he lnly nntil Aldiin
pnt ihD - 0H ti eat ihrf knew hlE E..,.,.,..
FAat 49, lai getn Wel. Bf tpt NaHe es Mala.re
iineeas. pi ~ ks,iil' Haei uilip 'B htt 50 lef
hfs,.l So U.s. , Sg'i mgE,Ipo1.. h'aa.,,tuntl
whnn ha srlt m st. ha~Ira Ns.iaws iiRsNei
WpP ".nN elh "fNtt' = ''''1"l M'',"J{t,'Me'i
Wh} aay pna should make lnis AnaHt
ANA rmf Me'aaa, nn Ggi i.15 s1t5Gi'Bb Bbo Tthhsa
gave .lget \ 90. as her auihoniles' aud Nhen
ihcy were hluught to b loA they gave up hoFih'
name. lie mpudcntly sad; Prosecute me tor
cllumay, ID have been telling lies Proicuied
he WAS 10 escape the consequences OF his men-
dacly lac ilol 10 Belgium. Madame lius1eIs re-
s9ectabiiy when u glrl was Ylndlcatcd aud the de-
iamcr was sentenced to fine, heavy damages aud
two years of imprisonment.
But the tIial was hy dcfault. He came back re-
Gently to surrender himself and be tired over
again The sentence was more light, though stlll
severe, and The Judge stated N rendering justice
that n more unfounded calumny he had never
heard o. Morin appealed. Meanwhile cholera
broke ont m Aarseillc,, aud Clovis iugues aud ms
yif~ went there 10 STAY in the slums with sick
pcoplc Madame Cloyis-liugucs became power,
and her electoral influence was greatly canVassei
by aspiring Radicals wishing 20 obtain the second
seat for The Bonchcs du hhOne, now occupied by