The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-11-18
BANDIT OF THE cIMPAoNA-
iipurzi' Like Robin Hood. FIas the Peop,c,.
Love and DeHes Cnpturo.

'ipurzi' Like Robin Hood, has the Peop,c.,
Love and Defies Capture.
Italy at present is ore occ,riod
Than ever by the exploits of the far.
lamed 1iburzi, who has for consider.
"pie period terrorized with immunity
On the borders Of Etruria and the
homan Campagna, and whose authori.
" there has possibly had more weigh,
IMAM that of King Humbcrt himself
friests, mayors, minor officials. and
oener inhab abltants, numbering alto.
gether two hundred and fifty souls
nave been arrested and imprisoned as
ms abettors, and are now being tried
IN patches of twenty-five at a time n,
Viterbo The calendar OF assize rc.
iatin 8 to the two hundred and fiftv nc.
cused will extend TO four series nj
trials, the first of which has inst term.
mated In varivus Sentences. 20 ;,,.
pr'sonment and fines The remaining
tnree series will be taken in turns
shortly at specified times.
| Iiburzi himself, who Is still free and
laughs at the efforts of the carbineers
10 capture him, has been assisted in his
numerous raids by small and devoted
pand OF followers, who have almost all
disappeared, one after the other. bav.
ing either been killed in pitched battle
with the carbineers, or secured. tried
ana executed, or sent TO the pallcvs.
lie has now but one solitary follower.
mis- faithful lieutenant-who devoted,v
helps him to rule the district whose
inha bitants either wink at or favor his
misdeeds. A price OF four hundred
pounds has been set on his heod. and
ne takes his revenge in killing as MANY
OF the kings soldiers as he possibly
can.
Inc countrywide for thirty miles
round act as hIs scouts; they warn him
II the earbineers are in sight; they
shelter him and supply him with food;
and II questioned as TO his where.
abouts. they affirm that they have seen
him take to the left as fast as his heels
Will carry him, when in fact he is dis.
appearing leisurely and unconcerncdlv
to the right. IL is said that the fair
sex especially show great ingenuity in
devising elaborate plans for his escape.
while In due course of time, and leisure
permitting, he repays the obligation
ny making them some nice presents
and showing them much flattcrinp att
tention.
llpurzfs happy hunting ground is
known as the Macchia. IL is n wida.
tract Of land, over.pro,yn
here and there with extensive patches
OF thick underwood kind of trecless
forest, but nevertheless impenetrable
TO anyone except Tiburzi, who knows
every turn and corner of II, and where
he obtains the willing assistance OF
shepherds, who supply him with pro-
visions when he has to remain there in
hiding sometimes for several days To.
ciently courageous Yae who feels suffi-
the limits of this fastness fn tire tr,lii,-
sive hope of capturing the brigand is
sure to be awarded with riHeb ball for
hts pains. Tiburzi leads the life OF n
grand seigneur, provides for his par
cnts, travels frst-class incognito TO
Rome and frequents the theaters.
During the summer in 1889 the an.
and capture Tiburzi, dead or
alive. A Gordon of gendarmes formed
a circle, and body of carbineers pene-
trated the underwood. In the sur
villages the inhabitants all
agreed that he had been seen at various
spots early the day before the cxpedi.
ton. They abounded in useful hints
and indications; and all the time
'Tiburzi was in Paris, spending his days
at the exposition. That he
Is liberal, and even generous, to all who
afford him assistance in eynding pur-
suit and capture is only to state what
is perfectly true. He robs strangers
only, or those whom he thinks are rich
enough to pay for immunity from his
attacks. Therein lies the secret OF his
safety; for what interest can the poor
country folk who benefit by his gem
erosity have in betrayinG nm? This,
indeed, is the kind of medi@val moral
ity still extant in many italian rural
IT." said one Of the accused to the
presiding judge during the recent trial,
your police arrangements were more
perfect, we should probably not have
to compound with Tiburzi." The wit
ness proved that he could not help as
sisting HIM to escape, and was aepuit.
ted. And now during the interregnum
of trial, while the second batch Of
prisoners are waiting their tnfn,
moving column Of earbineers is beating
up the Macchia and its hiding places
in the hope of successfully tracking this
daring bandit, but it is ten to one that
he is not to be found amid the solitudes
between Viterbo and Civfta vecchia,
for anxious as he may be to escape
from the kings troops, he is still more
to avoid the malaria which at
this season of the year is at its worst
in that locality. The probability is
that during this exceptionally hot
weather Tiburzi is either taking il
easy in some secluded villa in the
vicinity of the lake of Como or won
dering peaceably in Switzerland from
one summer resort TO another. st.
James Gazette,E
The "Ear of Dionysius,"
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