Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-06
Brfgaudr In Italy.


rom the Sl- James GaZeies Correfpons dence.
 Matters are by no means so quiet in Sic-
 fly as mish. be supposed from the siIer ce
 of the Italian press on the subject; but,
 owing to the state of sisgs that still pre-
 vails on the leland, the organs of publici.
 ty are gagged. The disarmament ordered
 by General Mora has been carried cut In
 very partial manner. Those who are
 friends of the authorities, or who can pay
 the government licenses, are allowed to re-
 tain their arms, while the poor peasants
 are deprived of even the few weapons they
 possessed, and are therefore more than
 ever in the power of their oppressors, who
 are armed to the teeth. The brigsuds, of
 course, have not responded to the Invita-
 ticn to dissrm, and brigsudsge may be ex
 pected to decrease.
 In the province of Palermo the Maurins
 band of brigsnds has long defied the troops
 who are in pursuit of it. The brisands
 are we'll armed, well mounted ard we'll in-
 formed of all tho movements of the troops;
 so that 1t is only by accident that the lat
 ter sometimes come scrofs them. This
 happened the other day to 6 detachment of
 soldiers commanded by LseutsDant Stsgnn,
 who came unexpectedly upon the brigands
 in a wooded place in the Msdonie mono- tains, whence 1t would have bsen dificnit for them to esoaps had not one of the
 band remained to engage the attention of
 the soldiers while h!s companions got
 away. After exchanging sboIs for some
 time with the troops ibe brigand was killed by shot In the forehead. He was found to be @ famous chief called Nszzols. He was elegantly dressed in back velvet, with top-boots, and was armed with an excel lent repeating rifle, two pistols and long
 dagger. He carried field glsss hung over his shoulder, 8 gold watch and chain, and
 in his purse, be ides money and rome pie
 lures of saints, acre several letters Of i'm
 portsnce. In consequence of this discoy-
 cry @ wealthy baron, s wsll-known aud in- fuentiel landowner, who has filled ssversl
 public oficss, has been arrested as a man
 utepgolo, or maintsiner of brissnds-
 Sometimes the landowners are obliged to maintain the brigsnds involuntsrily, and 10 pay them blackmail in order to
 prevent their farms and woods being set on fire. A case occurred not long ago in the province of G:osset0, on the ontskirts
 of Tuscany. A landed proprietor, reel ding in & villsge in that province, received a message from two well known brigands that they were at one of his farms, and re- quired food and two hundred franc. The proprietor sent the food but not the mon ey, and st the same time sent word to the nears st post of csrsbinieri to tell them where the brigsuds were concealed. But the polio did not make their appearance, and in the meantime the brigsnds sent 6 more psremptory message for the money. The proprietor sent them twenty franc and lad ha rnplfaa Uhn al last rived towards evening. They went to the village inn and had dime. and went to bed, having announced that they had come to arrest the brigsuds. Next morning, sf- ter the sun wss well above the horizon, they mounted their horses and rode to the farm, where, of course, they found that the birds had flown. They then proceeded to arrest the proprietor as msnutengolo, because he had furnished the brigands with food and money. He was actually brought to trlsl, and would have been sent to prison had not the jury refused to convict him. He returned home @ wiser and 6 ssdder man, and will think twice before he volunteers information to the police another time.
 In the province of Viterbo, almost st the gates of the capitol, the famous bri- gand, Triburzi, has defied the authorities for years, and laid the proprietors under contributions He Is fond of travelling sbclt in disguise, and somstimes visits | the capitol. IL Is related of him that he went through a cure for rheumatism at & popular bathing resort, disguised ss a | priest When the cure was finished he | left his dress in his room, with polite l note to the director of the establishment, | signed "FriburzL" At the last election | for a deputy in Rome some wsgs pre- | posed TribuTzi as candidate, and the | walls of the city were placarded with pos | ters, "Vote for Tr.bul q !" and he actually | receiy, d some votes. This was st the time | of the repc rt of the committee of sevEn on | the bank scandals.
 On the sih of May, at Valleiunga. in the
 province of Palermo, four brigsnds cap
 tu ed twenty eight mules on their way to market, wounding the muleteer. The bri- gands were overtaken by the csrsbinierl. | One of the brigands having been wounded, Il the others mounted their horses and hsd,
 leaving a prisoner and the mules in the | hands of the csrsbinierf.