DEATH DUEL
BANDIT v. OFFICIALS ROME, April 16. Salvatore Giuliano, the elusive Sicilian bandit king, challenged 10 members of the Italian Government or their delegates to a death duel.
Giuliano, in a letter to a Sicilian newspaper, said: “If I won, I take over the government of Italy. If I lose, it will be the end for me.” Giuliano said he would fight the Government’s men one at a time. He did not indicate the choice of weapons. The bandit’s, letter ended, with the usual insults against the police and the Government for their methods of trying to capture him.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 159, 18 April 1949, Page 3
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