Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-12
..BRIGANDAGE IN SICILY

..BRIGANDAGE IN SICILY
Under the above heading the New
York Evening Post copies from the Ma
Piles correspondence of the London
Times as follows:
Not merely on the Continent, but in
Sicily as well, strong hand will be
needed. Recently the corriera which
runs between Reggie and COsenza was
stopped and robbed of all the mail bags;
fortunately there were no passengers,
otherwise murder would. in all proba-
bility, have been added to robbery.
Later still we hear that party OF brl-
eands entered the Commune of Guillana.
in the Province OF Palermo. and at
tackled the house of person called
Barranca, MORALLY wounding both him
and his wife. Atrocities have been for
some time committed in the Province Of
Catania, without the aggressors being
discovered: but now We are told that III
teen important arrests have been made
at Catalfrone Of persons implicated IN
most of the grave offenses committed In
that neighborhood.
Italy and Sicily have been for some
time noted for their brigands. One OF
the most remarkable of these Italian
outlaws, who had enjoyed the advan-
taees of foreign travel and been captured
in Italy subsequently as daring robber,
stated in substance TO a New York news
paper correspondent: You call US brl-
cauds. So we are. We are bold and
daring, and forfeit our nechs when cap
tured. But you have in New York City
as many garroters, burglars, and thieves
| as we have brigands in all Italy. l tell
YOU what I know, because l have lived
in New York. And out here. west of
| the Rocky Mountains, we have our 5rl-
gands. Throughout Oregon, Idaho,
| Montana. Nevada, California, and Arl-
zona-an extent of territory vastly ex-
ceeding all OF Italy and Sicily-we have
our robbers who pounce upon stages
whenever they have reason TO believe
tina. Wells. Fargo 4 Co. s treasure box
is heavily laden. And yet neither the
English, French, German. Italian or 81
Gillian journals brag about org brigands.
| OF this we think American Journals
have Just cause of complaint. Our
| Fourth of July orators should bear in
mind the fact that, with all our boosted
progress, we have developed hishwaymen
as numerous. as persistent and as plucky
as are the bandits of any other nation.
While the brigands of Italy and some
other nations capture rich men and
carry them of to their mountain fast
nesses and demand ransom for their
release. our American highwaymen oc-
casionally vary their performances by
boarding railroad trains, taking posses
sion of them and robbing e1pressmen
and passengers alike. But our brigands
never demand ransom money. They
onlv take what is in sight. In this re-
spect they are vastly superior to their
European brethren. Neither can the
Italian surpass the American robber in
nonchalance. Once the robbery is over
and good haul is made, the American
hishwayman doffs his disguise, quietly
mixes with his honest fellow citizens
and discusses the prospects of captur-
ing the daring villain or villains perpe-
trating it. Seriously. these frequent
robberies have already become a ma
tional disgrace. A law should be passed
by Congress making it a capital offense
to Obstructive passage of stage which
carries the United States mail-or an
express mail-for that matter. Such a
law would decrease our highway rob-
berries wonderfully.