MODERN ROBIN HOOD

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume VLI, Issue 3421, 18 December 1935, Page 3

MODERN ROBIN HOOD

BANDIT WHO KISSED A BRIDE. Docho Uzunoff, thirty-eight-year-old “Robin Hood” of the Balkans, is on the run, states the Sofia correspondent of the “Daily Express,” London. He has been an object of awe and terror to all Bulgaria for three years. Uzunoff is perfectly built, strong shrewd, and fearless. His life is a game of hide-and-seek with the police. Sofia is thrilled now at reports that Uzunoff is hiding in the vicinity of the city. Uzunoff was born in a mountain village, a peasants son. He distinguished himself in the war. But the Government of 1923 arrested him for his political activities, and in 1924 he fled to the mountains. This started his career as an outlaw. He began to hold up omnibuses and coaches, robbing the passengers. Later he became bolder and began to raid banks and post offices in the village’s and towns. He turned over the major part of his loot to his political allies. Soon “Robin Hood” stories were linked with his name. He help up an omnibus in which-was a poor young woman going to the next village to be married. Among the articles his men took was her trousseau. He noticed the girl weeping, and when she told her story, he commanded his band to hand back everything taken from her. Then he kissed her and handed her a sum of money as a wedding present.