Corsican Brigands

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 28, 17 August 1886, Page 3

Corsican Brigands

Details of ft terrible tragedy reach us ton Corsica, the traditional nur-* •cry of red-handed crime and black xwenge, says the Paris correspondent of the Dailj News. A small Italian ooMti»g vessel put into the harbour ot P«rfe» Veoohio, on the south-east OMat ot the island. After the anchor hmi. kesa east two sailors went ashore for wood. It was then about 8 o'clock im the morning. Scarcely had the jStm landed and moored their boat, wfcee ttoy were accosted bj two CorniiOTf armed with muskets, who had iasmed irvm a; neighbouring thicket, and who tnrned >at to be- two brigands. These ruffians ordered one of tbs sailors to return to the vessel and ask tile skipper for a sum of £12 as a ransom for his companion. Unless themofierwas promptly forthcoming to the last farthing, the hostage was to be shoe. The sailor went on board And reeoontod his perilous adventure and its threatened consequences unless tne money were paid. There was not however, & sufficient sum on board the vessel to pay the ransom, and aa a last resource th» alarm signal was hoisted to attract the attention ef the military guarding the entrances to the harbour and town. At this juncture the brigands, whe were watching erery mQYt)inent on board the coaster,

brought down their hostage where he could be seen by his companions, and one of them, placiug the muzzle of his musket to the poor fellows ear, fired. The sailor fell dead, and bis murderers vanished.