Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-10-24
BRIGANDS IN SICILY.
ouoA SAYS TIE ROMANCE or BRIG.
aNoaGE STILL SURVIVES


Recital of Recent he'"afa"S''' 'P''""es
That Relate Assertions ct Its hee''"e'
Adventures Whose Tragedy Is IeiicSed
by r.r,ures.,uensss.
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residence IN ltaty teeis heiS 'eNio4
Die for all things that hapi"n on tue
,eniasul,. She also has IL rod IN pickle
Ion the uaturalistic novelist who SCOTS
AZ romance. Apropos 1T briganda'se IN
sicily. she writes 10 the editor NJ the
London Times:
S,p--Such romantic ami tragic incl
ten1s have of late beeii common aS daiiY
brtad in Sicily. and | think yun may
are "a, rubbish an account OF the latest
NJ those ,larin" seizures by hrisaBdS- It
l. a mistaken ,,lea which prevails HinonS
English psople that bGiga,ldaSc is no
| lonuer kuogu IN that lovely island, 1t
| * ,,,as, xe,.,-, freoucut. and still lakes II
ni,.tur,.,o,t,. oneratic usnert IN It's deCur
din sceue. though horribly brutal and
hideous in its deeds. /; is not uacoin
| man fnr tI,a b,,sau,ls TO wear the unit
| ec,,, IF tha ,.aig,linieri. or gendarmes.
| 80 thai in the friendly attire of Il cooked
mat and uniform they surround easily
with their horses the unsuspectlns tray
eler
Three davs ago the Baron Antonino
| Spitaleiri, a well known Catanian gen
| tlenan. rode out to an estate OF his
called San Todoro, lying between the
| cominuues of Palermo and Centolupe,
| Not wishing to spend the night on his
own lands, which are nalarious. he.
| with his Young son. asked the hospitality
of a neishbor living at a villa called
| Polera, the Baroness Ciancio. The next
| morning at 5 o'clock the baron mounted
! his horse to 90 again to his estates, ac'
| companied by four assistants. but leav-
ing his SON with the lady of the house III
| polera. Scarcely. however, had he gone
| 4 few wards when he was suddenly sur.
| rounded by six brigands mounted on
| fine horses and armed with Wetteri
| rifles. His four attendants were bound.
seized and carried off, The baron HIM
self having 10 money upon him. was
| taken back to Poera. His young son
seeing him from the window approach
thus bound and captive. fired on the
| robbers, who replied with five shots, not
| one of which did more. happily. than TO
search the boys hair.
Meantime Nine. Ciancio. running to
the window. called to the men IL know
what they would take to leave he baron
| free. They replied $4,000 francs, and
she threw the sum to them in bank notes,
and on getting in they claunored for
more. beat in the doors of the villa. or
castle, menaeed and bound the servants
and two held their daggers to the throats
of the lady and the youth while others
| ra,ls.4eAed ali the cabinets. cupboards
and wardrobes in the house. succeeding
in finding in all 10000 francs more
| They staid altogether eight hours. drank
champagne and smoked the cigars of
their prisoners. As comble d'honneur
they kissed the baron's young son. say
| ing giaciously. You are so handsome il
| would have been IL pity to xiii you. And
| .hcn there are people who say that ro-
nance is dead in Italy,
This is a more wildly colorcd and
| ,nelodramatic episode, but it is not so
| truly terrible and cruel AS was the cap
| tire of another SiciIan gentleman last
| month"; landed proprietor of smaller
means than the Baron Spitaleiri. who
| WAS borne off by brigands, and because
| his family could not send his ransom
| go, 600 frances quickly enough was
killed at the end of fortnight. his body
! horribly mangled and burned being
| sent home.
| Surprise will be felt mt so much
| money as was found at Polera being
kept in country house. but Italians
| keep very large sums in their houses or
| their stewards houses. especially after
| harvest or vintage. They distrust banks
| and use them comparatively little. The
other day the uncle of a friend Of mine.
an old gentleman, living alone. went to
some baths for month. He placed his