The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-24
Clever RASCALS,
Robbers of Naples as Daring as
They Are Resourceful.
SCHEME OF ONE LONE THIEF.
MastsrIy@ Mannsr In Which This 40
dacieus Rogue Pi,fsrsd . Church
Furnishing Shop and Corded W its
Too csntidins Pcopriste~.

Too Connd'W0 Proprietor.
His name was Signor. Dosnenico Doc.
tor Doichinetti, and he was host In
Rome. For scholar with a degree
he enjoyed bis meals rather unre-
STRANGELY. but after the spaghetti and
capretto had disappeared he used tn,
slow his pace over the 6nocchio con
vino and to straighten his back. wipe
his mustache and begin his stories.
"Napoli? 81. 81. Naples? Bella cit
ia. beautiful. beautiful And what
thieves are they in Naples! 1t is the
one city where you cannot lead don.
key through the Streets"
There did not seem to be much con
nection between these. and our puzzled
looks said so.
''Perche? You dare not lead. You
must take him by the tail. for when
the unsuspecting peasant leads an ass
laden with ranniers or onions or wood
into Naples before long he happens to
glance back, and. behold, all is gone
filched. Thereafter he takes the ass
by the tail and steers him through the
streets that he may watch constantly.
''Poiit is all organized. Some years
ago the leader Of the robbers was the
| captain. Everybody knew him. When
anything was stolen from one, one
| went not to the police. but to the cap
tain.
There was little music master
came home one day and found his pi-
ano gone. a whole piano. and no one in
the house could say how, when or
where it went. The little man was
distracted.
Then he took heart and went to the
captain and stood before him with his
hat in his hands. He was just a poor
music teacher. His piano was all he had
in the world He Go said the cap
tain. AT this evening You have your
piano And about the time of the
service that afternoon wagon came
TO the little mans door. and four men
heaved out a piano, which they set in
It's accustomed corner; then they drove
OF without a word
Poi. the music man, went again to
the captains house and began to thank
him ana to tumble about in his peck
cts. saying that he did not have much
about 20 lire, all his savings-22 lire
perhaps. "What-twenty-tW lirer'
yelled the other i, who am rich.
whom men call the captain-o2 lire to
me. You poor And he kicked him
down the stairs.
'Eut the most remarkable robbery
was done not by the band, but by a
Neapolitan single handed.
One day there drove up to a church
furnishing shop an equipage with two
prancing horses and liveried coach
man and halted before the big Will
dows full of precious finery. A beau
tifully dressed little signor alighted
and asked to see the proprietor. He
said he had cousin who would the
next day be ordained bishop and he
desired to purchase appropriate gifts
First be would see q croZier. The pro-
priptor fetched a superb croZier of sill
yer, the crook of it gold. wonderfully
chased and overweight with carving.
How much? asked the well dressed
man
-''F'ive thousand lire, signor'
"'Good. Tie it up and put it in
The carriage. And LET me see also n
inter. And again he chose the costli-
est. one frosted With silver arabesques
and beaded with pearls. He sat
down TO write check for 5000 lire
altogether But. no; he would see also
Il bishops ring. How much was this
one?'
1.-Two thousand lire. signor.'
Good" And that. too. went into the
Finally this 1rince!y customer would
huy - complete vc.t;;re and decided en-
a i;&TraI alb bro,:e?ed with cloth OF
gold from shoulder 20 foot Only he
doubted. will it IL? But stay he
said to The shopnlan; you are a big
man, almost as large as my cousin
See e the garment will fit you so
the proprietor pat it on and stood
clothed in inagniticence from cravat to
ankle
"'Go0d! Beautiful! Only the waist
| My cousin happen to be enormous Of
! girth. Suppose you put your arms 0t
! your sides. and / shall fix the girdie
| to include them. That will about equal
! my cousin waist So he bucklcd the
| bet liGhl about the proprietor,S wrists
| and moved back to survey the effect.
| 'Boun. BelliSsima. Most beautiful" be
cried. And now, signor-buon giornoE
| He skipped through the door, into
! his carriage and whirled downtown.
| AT that Good day the proprietor
let out one awfu! yell and bounded
! into the street. Thief" he screeched
He crashed into astounded people
| trippcd in his golden skirts, rolled and
could not get up again.
"People would not touch him, kick
ing aud frothing ard trying to point
Thief thief would not even look in
| the direction of tho vanishing carriage
| Finally the notice grabbed him. dis