Word: brigands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...betrayed into the hands of the Mexican generals, and, refusing to avail himself of various opportunities to escape, was shot a month later as a murderer and brigand...
...trial proceeded a big-boned, fiercely-bearded, swarthy prisoner was brought forward. Though he had the air of a proud and unrepentant brigand, he had been, up to the very moment of his arrest, the respected Dr. Nardossy, Chief of Police of Budapest. He pleaded "Guilty!" in a booming voice...
...disheartening to learn that Captain Kidd was only an inept revenue agent, but these histories have their compensations. Henry Morgan of Jamaica comes up to scratch as the bellicose gentleman adventurer. No brigand could be more fearsome than Blackbeard Teach, who festooned his ears with braids from his chin and decked his hat with blazing brimstone. Also, there are the two extraordinary prototypes of the bobbed-hair bandit, Pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, who successfully combined marauding and maternity. Author Hurd selects a dozen of the sea-rogues, letting a good tale justify its telling. Author Seitz collects...
Rosita Forbes, attractive English lady-explorer, returned to London from her latest exploit- a visit to the brigand of Morocco, Raisuli. She stayed for eleven days in the bandit Chief's mountain stronghold in the midst of his ménage consisting of two wives, nine daughters, three sons, three score slaves. Mrs. Forbes said that Raisuli claimed a pedigree extending back to Noah and that he had a surprising knowledge of European affairs. She described him as " a heavy man of 52, with a henna beard." She also reported that he was friendly to Spain, but that...
...backed with some evidence of authenticity. One is that a Peking-Shanghai train was derailed near Tsinan, capital of Shantung province, and approximately 150 foreigners were captured by bandits. Another is that the Peking Government, while able to exert only a shadow of authority over the land, accepted the brigand's terms for the return of their captives. These terms include immunity from prosecution and incorporation in the Chinese National Army. Some of the victims are to be released at once, and the remainder after the bandits' agreement with the Peking Government has been carried...