, 1873-02-04
THE. SCOURGE OF CORSlCA.~

THE. sC0URGE OF CORSICA
Tlao NToat Remarkable Bandit bY
Modern Tim cs.-n,lac Death OF Anto.-
nlo Silzzoni.-Eour TItacn on tho
EcnftOId--AM Unparalleled Cnrcor~ of
Crimes
On tho afternoon of tho 4th Of December last
four gendarmos, carrying > lsttor covered with !.
heavy cloak, cntored the Yenoata cato In tho "a.
nouB Coralcan city. Of of:Ajacclo. 4 large cons
course Of pooplo gathered about tho olloera a8 1T
was not difficult to Hco that tho object concealed
undor tho cloak was human body: But the OK
tho gondarmcu told them TINT tho man whoae
doad body thoy woro carrying waa tho 9a-
InouB suzzonf, tho brigand who for yours Ind
been torror to tho good people Of Corsica.
gondarmes hai succeeded ID tracking him to o.
chyo III tho Corscan mountains, which had hith-
erto remained unknown to the inhabitants OF
tho island IN general, and had there, after dea-
Elovon bullet had riddled tho body Of this o.
traordfnhry bandit, and, when at the point Of
death, with last desperate effort, le llad fran
tically bitsen tho hand Of ono Of Lis slaycfa
countrymon will ronain ha greon nB that Of tho
rcdoubtable Ira DIavolo dM among The Nea- :
pontans, was born ut AjaecIo, in tho year 1881,
Sniy On low doors from tho historical spot whera
IN his childhood remarkable traits, aud when
neoa 10 wna ~ u years od ho Yrs looked BY tho
md wiekedest boy in Ajacc1o. He was ar
rented again ana again during the nort fow yesrp
for theft and deeds Of violence, and, In 1918,
for trying to set fire, to the Orphan Asylum.
bo Hent to tho Dagno Of Toulon. Ho received
tho aoggtng at frst with stoio courage, but final
", as the LASH lacoratod his back more and more,
no begaa to scream ct tho top Of his voico, and
him. Ha was almost doad when hc was taken
tho consequences ot. tho castiga.ion, although
he ho waa chained to tho wall, managed to. effect
ous bands Of brigands that infest the highlands
Of ooraica, and graduated rapidly in tho school
Of crime; Ao was not yet 20 years old
murders, and reward Of 1000 francs was oGor~
ed for him, dead or alive, by Project N. Abb
oatncei. The young acoundrel reyengod him
self upon this official In q truly flondlsh man-
and entered III. Abbatuccl's house In Ajaccio,
whore ho was met by the daughter Of the Pre-
foot Whom nho told the disguised visitor who
ahS b shfsw 9 ytro n sr which
the door, he shouted to her, as She was scream
yours that buzzoni did itt"
tense indignation In Xjaccio. The young % man len
Of tho city organized IN expedition to hunt up
tho villainous 6u2zoni, md after ACQUIRING tho
surrounding country for several days they
esusat as ~ np nun steeplnE IN neystack near tho "
tase tt ua potuone @ 4ls eaptofs a. nras lntenuea
counsels prevailed, and, after tying him so that
hs, no was unable to move, @ and gagging him IN
tha " ~ liz, - daoo,o lax,
tr;cg t " on ottsr nnose ne w
committed. and on the 2oth Of April, 1858, sen- u
senceu 1e - aea.a. aia Epon aeannR n19 doom no
thav had hoft.r lax ~ anr u9 eu1d h,s M
s,at agan na1 ; .e oott 90 a 10 nna ~ ~ ~
~ 4st, - NIL 10 WIS . @ ~ ~ ~
Of tho w Nv hen ~ 1 aaao nao ri
who hurried h1n hin before TIE inefficient
ana iaastro~s wc,, ~ 1atgo
tnn = iocc'n mc
st.,h .e 81 ~ 0'acc1o "as 8eheEa4ly
Tho 'sfo,t ~ tho o,,,7,ot,na ,,o1;arar ,n,a+
ao ~ tho to ,, , np"esel, nuat
hat hu nl1 a1an ~ IIe 1at sanu OF 9asana
tnas a;,. as, ,n,snu - & aaco Wca t. f.
nncastogs n nr;r"nd,ao ia Hon,iah,ns- thsra -. ~
tho present DAY, dS and snzzoni m had i splendi9
,,oD a;aa m,;a eneunI s, As s9ss ~ tnose o.
}w;n1t;n~ hi.nG auas and aa1t a asee ~ raa
innka Ho rol,,ca ~ ~ k1o;' and ~ +Ia
nnhr7aI L ao"n"ai;ev r. 4s57 1nvevar suu uss a'a
vnn; bsv,1,r nn,r5orad 1o1,, ,"n mv"ossaa ea1
ara to hor house nenr Borm mo was arssa,oa @s S1s
md the eoidiara Who % caupht % him "1n nronarod -
shoot him Ho ofrarcd ~ Tovaai AZ r. tnp uo,no
ofSoar in command tie n,aca whera his accnn1s scs
nlioee wero connon1ei and ,ftor 1aadtng tha
afcar md s n1o1 foo1ian cnaa sda H. sne aa
cana. ia was re.canrht aho1t1v aftarwor5 10 ona
tiia linn tbav rontn4 ~ hn h, 4soA tt 1,.t uGa
tha imclsv oo9,nSoi sl;,a1 a1., {,; ,ra. uSa.A
to Corsica, where lie soon marked his path bv
robberitB and murdcrg. Bv this time BORT Of
romantic halo had gathered round his person in
the opinion Of tho ignorant and suparstitious
Peasants and 1t WAS believed that he was In