AN ITALIAN BRIGAND.
A Home paper, referring to the reported death from pneumonia of Musolino, the brigand, says that " there are many people in Southern Italy who will hope that it is really true that he is dead. Musolino is a criminal De Wet. who has been baffling eight hundred soldiers and police in the mountains of Reggio di Calugriu for many weeks. For years Musolino has been the terror of the people, whom he has appalled into protecting him whenever he has fallen into their clutches. He escaped from prison after being sentenced for murder, and it is said that he has since killed, every one of the seven witnesses who appeared against him. Since then he has been liv-
ing in the mountains, striking terror to the heart of the populace, and threatening most people, high and low, with all sorts of fearful deaths. Now and then this modern Dick Turpin has written strange letters to the newspapers, asserting his refusal to be tried except by the King, and declaring his willingness to emigrate after killing one or two more people. The Governor of the Province has lately made a determined effort to capture him, and close upon this news comes the rumor that Musoli.io if dead."
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2087, 30 July 1901, Page 6
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209AN ITALIAN BRIGAND. Dunstan Times, Issue 2087, 30 July 1901, Page 6
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