The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-19
TIE NAN BEHIND YHE BOMB
ITALIAN BRIGAND BECOMES
NEW YORK BLACKMlILER.

Tue IheNttADio fAilOF-f ernleiOu ~
uVity q the Carabinieri Does the Rest.
This IL what We get by letting them
dRgos into the country said the man with
rings, nj Of a group studying Ppctical
dynamics in a butcher shop in the Italian
quarter which had just been ripped up Bye
bomb. t'
'YSs,' agreed the MAJ with the goatso.
'Thoss who throw bombs and levy black
! mail. Italy doesn't want them and We 70
oSlve them. After all a bomb gives peoplo
something 10 talk about and keeps public
interest alive
then lot them throw their bombs and
levy their blAokmail in Italy
'Ahl They would. but the Italian poliD
discourage the practice, and the caro-
binieri, lot me tell you, don't stand for muoA
joking, they are directly responsible Tor
that busted butcher shop. Without having
the pleasure Of his acquaintance | can give
you a good LIES history Of the mar that did
that job II you'd like to hear it,
Il could stand ii all right with Mikes bar
rail and somep'n wet TO supporting, Whatu
1t be, genl'menl Now let's hear about yoap
dago friend
'Ill begin when he became a public ohars
AotSr. that Is when he shot the man thab
shot his cousin for having shot the man'o
brOther-in-law, the murderer Of the Cousins
father who had knitted
"HOld up, therel Let the drinks do The
rest q|
SAll right, you get the idea. Now this waa
only twenty year9- ago; that is, since the
~osrabinieri have taken, to putting their
noBes into q purely family affair. so he took
10 the mGeehia. Not, be II understood, be-
cause the mans brother was after him, but
because Of the carabinieri with their de-
tOstAbls blue oockadeS and lack Of ethical
insight
what sort OF insight
Ethical. Don't know ethical2 Get onto
ethical, the biggest thing in the English
lanEulEei Anybody who doesn't know thS
south Italian bush doesn't know the best
\ hiding plAoe south OF the North Pole. but
II only produces a fine crop Of sun dried rocks
and brush and brambles with a few berries
10 season, 90 our friend must visit among
his peaaant relatives for food and occasional
shelter.
These they gave willingly, knowing tho
injustios OF which he was q victim, and
shielded him from bis common enemy, the
oarabinien, which force has also the duty
Of enforcing consumption. But the cars
blnlen are picked men Of great agility
and Workmanship and Of obstinate die. I
position, 30 that our friend was forced into
another province, far from friends, relatives
and admiring sympathy,
Before leaving he had met and en-
braosd the brother Of the man he had killed
who was In . like predicamsnt for having
avenged his brothers death on the brother
Of our friend, but family obligations ceaeo
in the bush and there o~ompanionship y
sweet and useful.
SToTOther they passed by night tramps
over the mountain range and settled on the
other side. On the way they met with
two other men, and all four consolidated
with q Arm already doing business on the
SpOt but who owing 10 threatening failS
ure we're dissolving partnership with .
knife and a dubbed army rife when our
friends happened upon them.
Tho CAUSE, Of disagreement was thisi
The partner whose capital invested was the
knife had insisted that their remaining
floating stock, one bullet, should be in-
vested In the head OF the proprietor OF the
domain by way Of protest for his having
called in the carahinieri. The other, with
a less exalted ethical sensibllity, had shot
at a goat and missed II.
HneJncT the ICouA0DO
more from the divergence Of business ins
stinct OF from the failure Of the specula-
ton is doubtful and dnimportant. The
whole company now discussed ways and
means and our friend volunteered to call
upon the proprietor and establish affairs
upSn en- equitable and mutually satiEiac-
tory bash. He, being a stranger, ran les
risk than the older inhabitants, and we viii
suppose him the most intelligent OF the
nnnN
After assuring themselves that the coast
was clear the bandits accompanied their
friend to the edge Of the brush and scattered
10 guard him against surprise, He entered
the house BY the front door and asked for
the prOpriStor, o.,
man rather CURLY, installing him for .
FBIenore, Said our friend Il come from
the MSeehia, where l left my friends and
wtah to talk business with you,i
All, 10 he Burel Corpe ip, come In.
Giovanni, del I'm sdnto' Do you prefer
white or red? II | may advise, / have a
bottle OF Val d'0ro sent me by an uncle
from Florence nc. All the fills.
well, the result was that the padrone
should Keep them in clothes, food and
ammunition. a stipulated amount Of each.
should pay them 80 francssa year and get
rid Of the oarabinier. Who would never
have been called, my dear fellow, but thai
two fellows who would not hear reason
stole right and left whatever came TO hand
and never once showed themselves. ln-
deed ! doubted that they we're Of the
maeckia at all and suspected them OF being
little better than thieves
They, the parties Of the second part,
~repudiateh With indignation the actions OF
two Maperdii stupid fellows Of no standing.
and promised absolute immunity to crops.
stock and money not only from their depro-
dationS but from that Of other gentlemen.
And more than this. II the signorc had any
competitors who spoiled his market by
cheap prices or what not-no, no; nothing
unneiEhboriy, Of course. but one must live.
and II the signore had any one in mind
perhaps richer than himself, capable IL
supporting involuntary contributions, or
there were bad blood between him and
any one-ln short the signore was to re-
gard him and his friends as his humble
ssFvitors. ..aA
"The two drank together, ate together
and were polite with the Unborn politenes1
Of Wamhearted peoples when Affairs
prosper. The proprietor felt himself al
trifinE cost relieved Of all danger.
"He knew the thousand little ways In
which grateful and INSCRIPTIONS men may
DO useful. He had read the story in the
papers, and Of course blood calls for blood.
Whe can blame q true oousin1
"The carabinieri cannot be everywhere
and wen II they succeeded in bringing an
evlldOer 10 justice after having burnt the
~padrone's crope they could not replace The
crops. All things considered, what wonder
that the Lieutenant learned that depreda-
tons had ceased and that he was at liberty
10 hurry his men TO a neighboring provinces
whaHe two oOmmunAa were I'M in arms