The Other Paris by Luc Sante

Author:Luc Sante
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781429944588
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Les soliloques du pauvre, by Jehan Rictus, cover by Théophile Steinlen, 1897

The Lapin Agile in winter, circa 1910

Still, the early bohemians in Montmartre did not have an easy time of it. The Lapin Agile was regularly invaded by apaches, and the owner’s son was killed in a robbery attempt. Bohemians were assaulted on the streets by thugs from the Goutte-d’Or and Château Rouge, who put out the gaslights by throwing rocks; some were murdered: “Blond, laughing Pierrot bled to death one night on Rue du Poteau; the ferocious Lagneau was knifed in the back; Mousseron, the deserter, went down on Rue Varon with six bullets in his gut; Critien was killed as he was changing hotels to escape from his enemies; little Pingouin was found hanged, his hands tied behind his back, from the fence-rail on Rue du Mont-Cenis.”

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