New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27
THE ATTACK ON NJ. LOCKROY.
STORY OF TIE CABMAN-POEr MOORE, WHO
FIRED AT HIM.
Paris, August Is.

popular man in Paris. lie has talent, charm Vi
manner and amabilty His wife is gracious by
force Of native sweetness. But they Doth nave
. social defect: they only Keep those APP
pointmcnts which it suits them 10 keep. ana
yvhe, they neglect them do not apologize. On"
therefore never knows on what terms one should
consider ones self as standing in relation to then
J The claimants great grievance was Lockroy hav-
ING broken an appointment which, 1t is true, he
| made with him in the hurry Of an electoral COM
| mittcc room Moore to have gore to the
beautiful villa in which NJ. and Mime. Lockrov
moved after Victor Iuyo's death. 1t is short
distance from the house in which he died. and
| in the same avenue which called after HIN
| in his lifetime The cabby Knocked al the nall
door at the hour agreed upon, and the servant
told him that NJ. Lockroy was asleep ana must
not be disturbed. lie then went over the way
| TO a public house and asked the publican to
| ret the windows of the villa watched ana 10
! let him know directly NJ Lockroy was sighted.
| At the end of four hours this happened Moore
crossing the avenue. Knocked again. ana was
! informed that NJ Loclroy was not at home Inc
| public house was again visited. ana 'hir"
call was made at midnight. But there was no
| T oc,,ro,, N he scen The cabman-poct wrote
letter and then another and another, asking
for an appointments He explained that he was
| ffty-two was weary Of the boX would ne eidu
| of some small situation under the "oNcrlih'h'
that ,vouId enable him to cultivate the muse 81
| poetry. and thought that perhaps NJ locKroy' III
nraisc of whom he had at public meetings IN
the electoral district that Deputy represents read
many poems. might help him. No answer was
| roturred 70 any of them Said Moore to nm
| sclf. He has no manners. and needs le'Son.
! IT, is ia be feared the cabman was ~ hu'"
under the inspiration of liquor as OF Inc MUS
when TO give that lesson ne went ava oous"
q revolver. caa,.
| Tho first time he used il was last SUNDAY
| Lockroy was going into the house where MS 'on'-
mittee meets man asked him Tor irahc''
He said: e" have no change, but come uPS'"''
ond tbon 7 shall se, what | can do fastening
on he heard at the foot of the stars uI3R''
clcl, rs though it had been drawn at half cock
Va turned round and saw Moore holding re-
volver and with his finger on the trigger. Tax"
caro- what YOU are about cried Lockroy. Its
very dangerous to play with firearms Don't
| bo afraid ~ was the answer. It's not on run
| coos. Iockroy feeling nervous, faced round fuil
and his chest met the muzzlc The pistol TINS timr
was fired. The ball hit Lockroy on the SIXTH
r,b He exclaimed I'm assassnated,' and
tainted But the tissues were not wounded tho"gh
confused The bullet was fattcned. 1t was
dradencd by stfiy starchcd waistcoat ana ii
| leather card case in the pocket. III" ecchymoSls
was in exactly the same spot over IN" h"art ~ '"'
one ON the breast Of Jules Ferry after he had
been fired at seven years ago in the lobby OF the
| Paais Bourbon.
Lockroy is a son-in-law of Victor Hugo and the
son of a once popular actor, Simon, who took the
| nemo in going OH the stage, on which the Deputy
of tho XIth District of Paris has cast some
| mstre both as a writer and a speaker ms ac-
| compished Frenchman was born at Turin, ana IL
of the Hebrew race, which one sees chiefly III Ms
large and prominent eyes. His figure Il siSh' anu
Utmost attcnuated, and proclaims HIM to d" wha'
he is q bundle Of impressionable nerves On faV-
ING college he joined the Thousand OF Garlpaldi'
and went with that sublime adventurer to SICILY
Mime. COrnn, the late Empcrors foster sister, Po'
| him appointed q member of the archaeological mis-
sion to Syria that Rcnan was TO head. Rosali",
Remains sister, went out with them, ana th'y
buried her near Bcyrout. where she died Of fever,
and Renan was near dying. The philosopher ana
the young Garibaldan struck up friendship
which only ended with the death Of the former
Moore is SavOyard, though the name looks
English He is Short thick-sct. rubcund per
son of fifty, with bald head, bushy eyebrows anu
long mustachc and has log suffered from cerebral
anaena. Fifteen years ago he went slightly OH
his head, and made his coachbox serve as a ro'-
trum. lie rhymed and rantcd. AT that time MS
craze was Humanity in conjunction with tie Rev
? olntion The mob found in him the stuff OF
Triboulet and delighted in his extravaganza. lie
then became an orator at public meetings and
strikes, but continued to drive the cab. som"
nine or ten years ago Victor Hugo wanted to go
20 the Senate of which he was IA member. lie
could not find tramcar with an empty seat.
After waiting some time he called a cab and told
the driver TO take him to the Palace Of the Senate
The cabby was Moore. He refused not merely the
usual gratuity. but the price OF the set down The
honor Of having conveyed an illuStrous poet was
enough He poet himself, and with the
rest of Paris he worsipped the author Of " Les
Miscrabcs' and Of Le Chatiment Being
roct himself he understood grand poetry. On
many succeeding wet days he lay in wait for his
IDOL and always secuted the idea OF lingering the
money he offered as payment for being driven TO
any other other way to to recompensc him. asked
him TO dinner. The first day Moore dine1 with
him was guest There were also in thctlinner
party NJ and Nine. Clovis llugucs the one
poet deputy and painter, and the other sculptor
who since shot police private inquiry agent for
trying TO baekmail her. Satsil so Mende ca and
invited. Moore had the place OF honor, and wac
presented BY the host as My colleague, and
greater poet than myself inasmuch as he composed
verses under far greater difficulties This turned
the cabmans head lie treated the company 10
bis vers~s, which sometimes limped. talked OF the
how it pleased his wife when H. passed his leisure
moments at home setting down on paper the
rhymes that ,G,ropped up in his is, brain lie spoke
bring her. which Victor Hugo granted
The grand old Frenchman must have been bored
10 death, but he LEI the cabby talk the whole
evening without bctraying WEAKNESS and let
himself the utmost limit to which impertinent
familiarity go-bc Theed and Thou'd by
Moore The unfortunate cabman from that
evening was disgristcl with his state of life and
full OF the idea that he was heaven-born genius
He composed and hcard up manuscripts in his
| humble abode. Was it too much, lac asked him
self. to apply TO Loclsroy, who stood in his idols
place. TO help him, by recommendations, TO pub
fish them? So small place under tle Govern
| ment would more than suffice for himself and
LA Bourgeoisc!" You know the rest. Wounded
vanity and drink fevered his brain A place
who become dangerous as wild beasts Nine
Iockroy was at Vichy when her husband was
fred at. She, of course, FASTENED back to. Paris