Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-11-05
Wild .Tu-iicc.

Wild .Iu-iicc.
To the Cor~i"an. the law Is ,i,9niy n
n.t1~ of persecution. for he la> up
r".n '"1r" III legal Justice II" Ia g
t.n' ,V in lis own hands tEu'~s >,
\'r insult is offered or a pol .. is
+. u 5,.i-.>: what is easier than the Il.
cn e-'&.t' OF a gun or stab with "A dag
g.'r The result is that Corei ans to-
Dr. fn'j for a murderer pity and admir-
81 ~ akin to that which our grilnd-
fah"r~ di-paycd toward him who hadl
IL l'',l lis nr;ln in duel 1t is the man
'' IN trnmhlc who has claim upon his
Is. If he turns bandit. they feed
"a and protect him against the gem
daunn"rie. If he is arrested every
nte'ms will be exhausted to secure his
az rlittaI. Thus. Witnesses to mur-
dcr are very difficult to get When a
jury is composed of friends and enc
mis- of the accused, the results are ex-
tra"rluarv. Some feign stupidity and
Il, aIn"os. They did not hear the wit
ne make such and such a statement,
nr th Y understood him to say the OPP
po-ji". In" result of all this ntimida-
ton is that the Corsican themselves,
ii" have strained every nerve to para
we the arm of the law are the first to
find that arm too weak to protect them.
fhe very family that has eNerted itself
to protect Il murderer finds that the
murdered are not adequately avenged.
and. Whcn the court rises the work of
the iurios is finished with gunshot, or
door. The cross is a threat of death,
and the threatened one need expect no
quarter. The vendetta neither sleeps
nnr knows whore it may stop. 1t is not
confined to two persons. The quarrels
+ individuals are taken up by whole
t."ui.i"s. Even collateral branches are
Lon exempt. and women must take their
> ,~e is more a1ti tira1ly complete
Wt,.1, t!e h'nv fails upon the beautiful
/. VII /. Threatened persons remain
,hllt up for months. on even years. in
t""ir houses, built, as all Corsican
hngs"r are, Ikea fortress. The ground
t'3r j. or,ui led by the stables: and the
;a.l floor j. reached by an external lad
r!"r. overlooked by loophoIe, from
:, ii II Il cannon ball or heavy stone
c.,.i hr ,tjo,,}'"l on the head Of an nm
>,,lyu.lp Vi itur If they vi h to -, out
COR Il moment to breathe the fresh AIR
on the th,e~h"t,l, scout goes before
@ll rr"uunoitrc,. And this death in
'itc.ru'' inne, nltif they meet thoir dcuul
or tn, vendetta is formally GO ",i by d
j,te> treaty between the parties
i,"r" are between five and six hun.
Grtn bandits in Corsica to-day. most of
whom are refugees from the law They
control the petty elections: they menace
those who are hostile to their own
friends. Thus. while the existence of
iy hundred of them is real danger Ia
},uhic >r, urity, it is no small advan:a Q
10 a Cor,iran to he related to a bandit.
No1l support, pay, protect, the bandit:
and in return he places his gun at your
disposal. 1t is an exchange of services
i" He has a bandit III his service is a
common expression. Are Won in debt
The bandit will gain YOU time. Are
vor, displting the ownership OF prop
yrty? The bandit will show your op-
pnnent he is wrong. Have you land ON
which shepherds trespa,s? ? He viii
keep them of, In word. the hau st
is the Judge Lynch of Corsica, and is
invoked instead of the courts.