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1899. He is now twenty-four years old
A reporter of the "Corriere di Napoli''
visited him in the hospital the other day
and learned the following particulars.
Princi was acquainted with police
constable named Weuzel. One day they
began to talk of the prigand, of whom
Weuzel was in chase. Princi knew Mu-
solino well. and told the constable that
the brigand had been a wood saver, that
his father, two sisters and a brother
formed the family, and that Musolino
had rather STOPPING. shoulders. Weuzel
told him that he might be of great serv-
ice to his country and proposed to him
the office of spy. Princi consented; they
went to the project at Reggie, and he
received the sum of so francs for cur
rent expenses, with the promise of 10000
francs and employment after he had full
filed the task. The next day a rumor
was spread at Africo that Antonio Princi
had been arrested, and was believed by
every one
Meanwhile, with the so francs and a re-
volyer in his pocket Antonio went by rail
to Melito, and thence on foot to Rocca-
forte, a place often frequented by the
brigand, where he lived well, and had his
confidants and subordinates, who prac-
ticed camorra in his favor. Not finding
Musolino at Roccaforte Git was on Feb.
IA LAST, Antonio went back toward Afri-
CO. There he met with the brsgand.
Now, however, he almost repented of his
task, and suddenly asked Musolino
whether he had really been wrongly con-
demned. The bandit coldly answered:
''Of the two attempted murders I am
innocent only of one. Later on ]
wanted to revenge myself on those who
bore witness against me without ever.
having seen me commit crime. I want
to shed blood" The. two then parted.
with the pronliSe to meet again soon
that the brigand would soon be captured
and a few days later. kept the appoint
ment he had made with Musolino This
time the latter was armed with rife a
revolver and a dagger and
panied by one of his men. also fully
armed After short conversation Prin-
ci left them and the brigand went
straight to Roccaforte, where he shot
at a Gardiner whom he believed to be a
spy. and wounded him slightly in the
leg,
brigand near San Leo, and made an APP
pointment to meetAnext evening in the
Srotto of Mingivia, near the cemetery of
Africo. He then wrote to Weuzel asking
him to be on the high road with a sutii-
Gent force at p. m. on the appointed
evening. It was midnight, however, be-
fore Weuzel. accompanied by four detect
ives and three carabineers arrived vt
the spot where the spy was waiting for
them. IF you have enough courage,
he said, 'let us go on The others fol,
lowed him. but they gave such signs Of
timidfty that he was obliged to reas-
sure them by saying that Musolino, after
all, was not supernatural being. They
reached the grotto, and WeuZel told
Prlncl TO go IN ana entlce the tGlSand out
This was against the wish of the spy,
who thought it would be easier for the
whole party to enter the grotto and cap
ture the brigands there. But he had to
obey Weuzel's orders, and meanwhile the
latter placed his men in two parties, ons
on the high road and the other behind
u wall under an oak tree.
Frinci had almost reached the grotto
when he heard the cooking of guns, and
then perceived Musolino and another man
aiming at him. He called out, telling
them not to fire. Musolino recognized
his voice, and all went into. the grottO,
the brigand approaching him for coming
so late. A little later the three came out