The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-10

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A Turin 1dtser States DAT amon~ IL
NeaPolitaa provinces Vkioh hsvs % oon,
tend With he dreadful seeates Of brie-
andage there i that Of CAseanssso. vhich
poesessee tie adantaes u hAvine 1 and
which y led By Maria 0liviero. q az.
ceediogly handsome woman dot yst cir.
y years Of age. Barbarity & ~ ohiaf
charsetst3etis, and the sighs Of 0aood ren-
ders her = excited % . Wild bsast. She
was the wife Of tha famous bsieand No
naco, OF ths Albanian village Of Spsssa6c.
VINO was killed in IN encount4s With The
Italian troops near Rossano. Il this verv
enconptef Maria xss svpdsdsd. but she
continued TO discharge her musket. kneel-
ing on the dead body Of her husbend
with firmness and courage which evsn
commanded the admiration of her oppos.
ants. Having at last been struck i. the
right leg, she fell into tho hands of the
troops, and brought before court martial
az Csttauxaro, was condemned % b. shot.
The sentence was, however, oommu,ed to
thirty years penal servitade.
While che was expiating her grimes in
the prison of Cattansaro, the jailor fell
desperately in love with her. The cum
ming woman preten4ed to feel IN equal
affection for him, and one day she told
him that while she was with her husband
she had como aled in CO tain place near
Il 'esano large sum of money which had
|oeen paid for the ransom Of . rich farmer. |
Toe jailof went quickly to the spot, and |
Ftnnd the money. The fact had naturally
Fhe effect Of making his love for Maria |
|it'll more ardent, SO that she had no diff |
|,ulty in convincing hin that tender sffec-
lions are better manifested in freedom
han within the four walls OF dungeon.
.8efore. however, making their escape,
Maria succeeded in sending word to her
brothers, Who are ;;brieands, that on .
pertain evening she would be 1t 40 ap-
pointed spot not far from Cattapsaro, 1t
ired in mans clothes, together with her
ieliverer. Maria was punctually 1t the
rendezvous. and her brothers also. The
lnfsithful turnkey was killed out Of hand,
md the money he had found replaced in
MsriA'e pocket.
-Once free, this woman organised .
guard of brigands, and began her opera
ions in that tract of mountains which lie
between the river Craft and Cattapsars..
The a'blrisies since perpetrated by Maria
are almost incredible The villages of
5pinelli, Cotzenei and Belvidere have been
literally sacked BY the band she com
nauds. The dread which the name Of
Mara 0liviero inspires among the rural
population Of Bsttanzaro is 90 great that
the Italian government has been obliged
10 send two battalions of the line to pur-
sue the cruel fury. While the band led
oy this woman is dessolating the country
IF Cbsttansaro, we hear form Romero thu
have succeeded at last in cap-
;uring the famous brigand Sacchitielo, to-
yether with the sill more famous mistress
yes Of the brigsnds Crocco and Schiavone.
The strangest thing about the capture Of
3acchitiello aud of the two women is that
hey were taken to the house OF the ua-
ional guard of the village, where they
lad been concealed since the month Of
July This fact shows how difficult il is
q get rid of the Neapolitan brigands,
hsSc in certain cases the commanders Of
the national guard give them safe shelter
in their houses.