Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-10-19
The OLD Bandits at / large
Mqre Abosa the IttJjah Brsgands aoao scere
IL Inpnsone7 for Fciry-Sir Years.


impesore1 for F0ifg-iSir Years.
A correspondent Of the Boston idcer
User writes: The, latest excitement il
Rome is the arrival of the old hiehwa,
FL roboer and cut-.hroat Gasperoni, or Gas
baroni, as the Roman Journalists spell hi
Nance Ga'ibaldi and Dumas contributed
to give this bad man very fictitious am
s &, false reputation. Gaspcroni with his banc
was imprisoned forty-six years ago by tn,
Papal Government, after having ravagec
like wild beasts theterritory of Frosinone
They had their hiding place in the exten
sive marshes or thickets called Faiola
and We're the terror of the Roman cam
P'gna in the early part of this century
OF the twenty-five brigands imprisoned
u 1925, only. seven are living, and thest
are old men, whose ages range from seven.
~ to eighty, and have been placed fol-
treatment Ut the hospital called Trinita de
Pellegrini.
Buchanan Read, the poet-artist, and
some friends went TO see Gasbaroni the
F-osher morning at an artists studio, where
= the old man was sitting for his portrait
With him was Pieto Mast, the one
that wrote Gasbaroni's life, the only one
of the band that knew how to write, and
who used TO be called Gasbaronis secre
tary He has horrible face, and looks
as If capable of any crime. The artist
who was taking Gasbaroni's portrait told
the following horrible story of Mast to lis
IN the presence Of the two men-told it in
ltalian-and neither one denied it, on the
contrary, looked as if ali was right.
4 W hen Mast was young, Gasbaroni en-.
tered his mothers cottage for refuge and
food. Mast asked the chief to let him
join his band.
You, said Gasarboni sneeringly, why,
you have not pluck enough to be bri-
gsnd." r.l4.s
Have mott" cried Mast; "T'll show
you If | have" He seized his mother,
stabbed her, cut her open, tore out her
heart and-but cannot give the conclu-
sion, 1t is too horrible And these are the
men whom sentimental sympathizers with
human liberty have placed on the list of
the noble army of martyrs!
\ day or so ago, Gasbaroni visited the
remarkable buildings and piazzas of Rome.
he was followed by crowd of "monelti,"
as the Romans call ragamuffins He
wished to see the Ghetto, and expressed
surprise at its tlthiness. The poor Jews,
to whom the name OF Gasbaroni has been
O. synonym for all that YVES bad, and used
70 frighten children, were :er,ibly alarmed
at his appearance among them. At the
piazza Navona, he said Non mi place =
. q don't like this) and added with a bru-
tai smile, There are no thickets here"
at which the monelt gave shout and
laugh " hen he reached the Pan, heon
piazza he stopped, took off his hat and re-
NAMED silent Then he burst out in N
energetic manner, expressing his satisfac-
ton, saying it made him feel young again, !,
for the Pantheon looked Just as it did
forty years ago. The ugly little iron XII
osks set up in the squares for the sale of /
newspapers caused him great surprise
whenever he saw one he went up to it and |
looked at it and its contents curiously !
When he was told that Buchanan Read
was an American, he said to him.
9 / hat an American with me once; he
was one Of the best and bravest men of 7
my band"
But when he was questioned, am hap
py to say that this man was a South
American
Why not take me to America" he
said to Read (" l should like to go there
| am young man yet"
He drew himself up with quite an air
and added - have been told that have
ga great many friends in America
His eyes have heavy, shaggy .brows;
when he is excited his eyelids roll back
Ike those Of an eagle. and there is a great
deal of fire in them. Indeed, Gasbaroni
looks like a bird Of prey, bat Mast has
the face ola brute. Once in a while, Ms
81 tries to- control Gasbarondi With but
little effect. Yesterday he. said about
some appointments Gasbaroni was max
ingss,s 49,
d" No, it is too late; we have ne time"
-" WHAT is il your business, Signor:"
cried Gasharoni, turning on him fe1cely
and striking his stick on the ground 81
say we have"