Word: giuliano
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...Giuliano took care to see that his name did not rust. When interest in his exploits flagged, Giuliano wrote letters to Palermo editors. Once he declared war on Italy and offered to meet ten government officials, one at a time, in mortal combat. "If I lose, I lose only my life," he said. "If I win, I take over the government." Two years ago Mama Giuliano was arrested for abetting the bandits. When she was later released in a general Holy Year amnesty, her son issued a statement to the papers thanking all concerned and suggesting an armistice between himself...
Probing the hills and villages, Luca and his men identified one bandit after another, painstakingly weaned peasants away from their hero worship of Giuliano. Some of the bandits surrendered. When word got around that Luca treated them well, others followed, 76 in all. The carabinieri shot seven more on the hills and arrested 157. As the band scattered, some of the leaders fled to other lands, but the bandit king himself remained in Sicily...
...months ago, Luca heard that Giuliano was moving down from the hills towards the vineyards of the south. The colonel ordered all his men in the area out of uniform and let it-be known that he himself was off to Rome. Then he baited a trap for Giuliano's vanity. He sent a troop of carabinieri into the wine district camouflaged as a moving picture unit. They were ordered to spread the word that they were making a picture about bandits. The unit was told to drop strong hints that a leading role might be available for Giuliano...
There one night last week they found their man. The carabinieri opened fire. Giuliano fled, firing over his shoulder as he went. For 15 minutes the chase led on through labyrinths of twisted alleys and courtyards. Captain Antonio Perenze, leader of the carabinieri, hid in a doorway. A stalking figure crept up, machine gun set. Perenze blasted pointblank. The figure whirled, tottered and fell face down, a dark red splotch welling up under his white shirt...
...minutes later Salvatore Giuliano lay dead, his upper body shattered by bullets. In his pocket was a package of mentholated cigarettes, a small flashlight and a photograph of himself...