CORSICAN BRIGAND.
—♦ t i. surrender to police. t p DISTRICT UNDER TRIBUTE. 1 0 tl LONIDON, Aug. 28. a Francois Bornca, the last Corsican 5 brigand at large, who has surrendered 0 to police, is only 29 years of age. d He joined the French Navy when 18, ci states the Ajaccio correspondent of the Times. Subsequently, he bec-ame a gen- ( darme and was appointed a dock police- T man at Toulon in 1927. He was dis- o: missed for misconduct a year later, and e: opened a smithy in Corsica. e< Allying himself with brigands, he n blackmailed a local carrier till he drove w him out of business, and in the course fc of time laid the whole district under w tribute. In 1930 he shot a road-mender G dead for not getting out of the way in of his motorcar. v .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 218, 14 September 1934, Page 9
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