The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-21
PORTUGUESE TROOPS
CAPTURE BRIGAND
A World of Romance Conferred About
Morera, Who Lived in Cave
High in the Mountains.

Paris, Oct. 2l.--The Spanish brigand
Morera, of whom many tales of feroeity
and daring are told in lonely mountain
districts OF northern Portugal and in
the Gallieian province of Spain, has been
captured by Portuguese troops. Morera
was the old fashioned bandit Of romance
living in cave high in the mountains.
He had been a bull-fghter of renown
in Madrid, who escaped to the hills aft
er a crime of violence. To there he
was followed by the actress Lola.
This was years ago, and since then
Morera had led life Of desperate adj
venture, marauding in three countries,
for sometimes he would penetrate into
southern France and sack village OF
plumber and burn chateau. Usually
he operated in Spain and Portugal un-
til his excuses in one country became
intolerable. Then he would 20 into the
other. For some months he has been
devastating the district of Valongo, near
Oporto. Last Friday a detachment of
Portuguese troops surprised Morera and
his band of sixteen men and pursued
them to their cave in the mountains.
Two brigands were killed and six wound
ed in the first heavy volley of the troops.
Lola fired her revolver with utmost cool
ness, wounding two soldiers. She, Nor
era and the survivors were overpowered.
In the cave a quantity OF loot was
found which will be divided among the
captors if owners are not found
While all Paris-or that small and
exclusive minority which calls itself
."All Paris"-was seeking shade and dis
traction by the sea or on the noun
tain, two happy mortals passed their va
cation under the abundant LEAKAGE of
the park surrounding the magnificent
old 18th century mansion, the Hotel de
Biron, until recently the home of the
school conducted by the Sisters of the
Sacred Heart. Acquired by the state
from the liquidators of the estates of
the religious orders after the separation
of church and state, it is proposed to
use it as a palace for the meetings of
international conferences and to throw
the grounds open to the public.
1t has been let out in apartments
this summer, among the tenants being
Rodin. The famous sculptor found the
garden an excellent place to work in,
and prevailed upon ex-Premier Clemen-
ceau to pose to him for his bust. The
artist became so interested in his sit.
ter that he made not one, but three
busts. one of which will figure either
at the autumn salon OF at next springs
societe rationale exhibition
Among the other tenants of the no.
tel Biron and de Max, the Roumanian-
French tragedian, and Henri Matisse,
probably the greatest living postum
pressionist painter.
The Dickens passion in Paris reached
climax with the performance of "Mon-
sieur Pickwick" at the Athenee. This
little theatre was packed with notabili.
ties at the invitation first night, and,
Judging from the applause which fol
lowed the fall of the curtain, the new
piece should have long and prosper
Gus run
The adaptation of MN. Duval and
Charvay will be less likely, in the opin
ion of critics. to appeal to genuine Dick
ems lovers, armed with page long quota
tions, than to the fashionable French
Anglophie who is ready to accept what
ever is offered by the land of Shake
speare. But, while of necessity many