The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-01-09
The Hungarian Fra Diavolo.

The Hungarian Fra Diavolo.
Rosza Sander, the Hungarian Fra
Diavolo, the greatest and, it is to be
hoped, also the last, of the romantic
robbers of Europe, died recently in the
Jail of Szamor- Ujvar. Born at Siege.
diss, July Is, 1913, he adopted his
fathers profession, and became robber,
but he far outstripped his. father, his
grandfather, and his whole family in
audacity and in success. He organized
robber band in Southeastern Hungary,
and ruled over the country as sover-
eign. He tolera, ed no injustice but
that which he practiced himself. He
compelled the rich to pay a regular
tithe, and took care of the poor the
weak, ard the old. Handsome, gallant,
generous, and magnanimous, he became
the idol of the populace, the hero of q
thousand popular ballads, of several
epics of literary merit, of three or four
exciting plays, and when the police and
the soldiers came to hunt him, whole
districts rose in defense of their beloved
szgoay legenyck. In 1886 he was cap.
tured, but waa rescued by his young
bride. In 1848 he was arrested by Kos.
suth, but he marched out of the Jail al
the head of corps of volunteers. which
became the Black Hussars of the revolu.
tionary army and thrilled the whole ma.
tion by their wild exploits. After the
revolution price was put on his head
and in 1856 he was caught by treachery
He was sleeping one day among the
stubble in corn field with his cousin
Kisz, when he was awakened by the
tramp of a detachment of soldiers clos
ing around him with their bayonets
pointing at him. He turned around
shot Kisz dead, and then surrendered
. himself very calmly. After a process
of three years he was sentenced to death
but was pardoned and imprisoned fol
life in the fortress of Kupstin. Here
he remained eight years, but in 1867 he
came out by general amnesty He re-
turned Immediately to his old pro
fession, stole an Archbishop in 1858, 8
railway train in 1859, nunnery in 1870
etc but times had changed. He had
accomplices enough in the police, on the
bench, among the garrisons, but he had
lost his romantic hold on the popular
Imagination, and in 1872 it proved com
paratively easy to take and to hold him
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A Boys Windpipe Cut to Save
10. ~airs4sas-s His, Life. rs9.l.s Ia
-. cincinnati Enquirer
On Christman night a young lac
named Henry Brinker, who resides al
the corner of Central Avenue and Water
street, while eating hickory nuts, swal
lowed piece of the she'll of one about
the size of dime, which lodged in lis
throat, and resisted all attempts to re-
move it by coughing or otherwise. He
did not experience much inconvenience
from it, however, and went to bed
A bout three o'clock in the morning he
woke up choking and death1y sick, and
rapidly became worse, finally becoming
almost incapable of breathing .Hii
step-father MIR. John Schwarte, accom-
panied by his brother started out In
search of a doctor, but though at thai
time it was but half-past three o'clock il
was nine O'Clock before they could ge
one to come to the house, They callec
on at least dozen physicians, all 0.
whom, on some pretense or another, re
fused to come to see the boy, though
they told them he was dying. a- 'ls
Finally Dr. Davis came, but on seeins
the lad, the parents say, told them hi
was too far gone to. do him. any good
He gave them a prescription, however
for. an .emetic, which he told them t,
administer and left, promising to return
at lnoon.ai .ln'sthe mean time anothe
messenger who had been dispatched fo
a physician, returned with Drs. Dawson
and McMechan, and the latter, on seein,
the boys condition, determined to re
sort to a surgical operation to save hi
| life.g With DR.. sMcMechan's assistanc
Dr. Dawson made an incision across tn
throat, and inserting dull probe
scraped away the tissues until he reache,
that portion Of the windpipe called tn
trachea, which he cut open. He the
inserted a wire with which he fel
around for the obstruction. It wa
found in the larynx, where it ha
lodged; and, being sharp-edged, had Gu
the flesh, and the blood had got into th
bronchial tubes, filing them, and rer
dering1 breathing almost impossible
After the nutshell had been removed
the patient coughed up large quantit
of this blood. The wound having bee
sewn up he breathed quite freely, an
last night war resting easily after th
operation. efssFss esssA zssstlseai sss1ssE /