ITALY'S SUPER-BANDIT.
PUBLICATION OF MEMOIRS. United Service. LONDON, Dec. 15.
The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail states that Carmine Donatello Grocco, aged 92, who was more than 60 years ago a brigand ruler of Southern Italy, has published his memoirs from his prison at Elba, where he is serving a lif» sentence. He began his career in the army of the King of Sicily. During a review he stepped out of tho ranks and requested the King to look after his 10 motherless brothers, " otherwise I'll give you something to worry about," he said.
Grocco was arrested, but killed the guard and escaped. He was rearrested, but escaped again, formed 55 bands of brigands, and was practically dictator of South Italy. He occupied 25 villages, collected taxes, and appointed mayors and officials. Eventually 12,000 soldiers were required to drive him out of the Pontifical States, where he was later captured.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19221218.2.79
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18276, 18 December 1922, Page 7
Word Count
151ITALY'S SUPER-BANDIT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18276, 18 December 1922, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in