The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-21
A FAMOUS BANDIT.
Corbeddus Career in Sardinia Like
 Dick Turpin's,

Coroeddu's Career in Sardinia Like
 Dick Turpin's.
 Not long ago l described the death of the famous Sardinian brigand, Cor beddu, who was killed in a fight with the carabineers. A complete history of his career Is now obtainable. It is in teresting for it's Dick Turpin-like epi- sodes, Corbeddu was no ordinary bri- gand. He did not go about shooting poor fishermen or muleteers for the sake of the few lire they might have in their pockets, but he carried on his profession in manner so distinguished as to make him the king of the Sar- oinian outlaws. He was born in 1S44 at Ollena, in Sardinia, of well-to-do fam fly, and until called to do military ser wee he lived an agricultural life. He LOOK part in the capture of Rome in IS'o, put While stationed with the Ber- sagnerl regiment, which then formed part or the Rome garrison, his preda- tory instincts awakaned. Having heard that certain priest was veal tny' ne, With an acomplice, made raise Key and entered the priests house. TO the great surprise of the robbers, the priest was at supper. They seized, pound and gagged him and stole 1900 ire rom his bureau. The authors of the crime were never discovered until Corbeddu in after years boasted of his achievement.
 After returning to Sardinia from his military service Corbeddu was repeat edly tried for cattle-stealing, until one day he failed to answer to a summons and took to the hills. At this point be- gan his celebrated exploits. First, with an armed band, he stole a sum of money from house at Lula in 1882. The same year he and other outlaws killed and robbed man at Sanvero Mills. In 1884 he fought and nearly Killed a carabineer at Fonn In 1885 he, with some companions killed a bar abineer and nearly killed an inspector and another carabineer at Orani, and stole sum of 14,OOO lire. Next year he robbed the post, and deprived Count Spada, who was in the diligence, of his watch, rings, gun and big boots. The big boots Corbeddu afterward wore in honor of his exploit. In 1894 he>robb q and killed wealthy man at Borore. Many other crimes were put down to him or were committed by minor br- gands under his orders. Rewards
 
 fered for his capture, but in vain.
 His most famous exploit was not the capture but the liberation of two Frenchmen, NM. Pralle and Paty, who had been seized and held to blackmail by other brigands. Their capture gave rise to violent campaign in the whole French and Italian press against the condition of the Sardinian police, and Dy,,,e. x,,I. +l,o oio,, ordered the authorities in the island to liberate the two Frenchmen at all costs. All the carabineers were mob'l- ized and the telegraph officers worked night and day. though without discov- ering the prisoners. At last a sub-pre- feet named Marogin appealed to Cor beddu by means of his friends. The sub- prefect and brigand had an interview, in which the official promised Corbeddu anything he mikht wish on condition that he would get the Italian admins tration out of a bad scrape. Corbsddu at once accepted the task of liberatlng the Frenchmen, and within twenty-four hours they were delivered safely into the hands of the authorities. Corbed- dus professional pride was so great that he would accept neither the 10000 lire reward offered him nor free pardon. nor any other compensation, consider ing himself sufficiently paid by having done in twenty-four hours what minis ters projects and an army of carabineers had been unable to accomplish.
 From that time he gave up his mur- derous expeditions and enjoyed in peace the fruits of his robberies. He kept herds of cows and pigs and flocks of sheep and goats. He lived in cave on an almost inaccessible mountain peak, to which the path was known only to himself and his brother. The cave was separated from the path by a precipice, over which Corbeddu pass ed on the trunk of a small tree, draw ing the trunk after him into the cave. On one occasion a daring thief discovered Corbeddus hiding place and robbed him of a quantity of the stores he had accumulated He would frequently surprise the mouf1on hunters and show them the best district in which to look for game. Though a Sardinian, he al- most always spoke Italian, and nlani- fested great disdain for the other out laws. whom he called guastamestieri, or "trade-spoilers.' Lately he seems to have got into the bad books of the carabineers. by whom he was killed af- ter hard fight some three weeks ago. Rome correspondence of the London Post.