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Word: simonetti (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ajaccio General Fournier handed a reward of $4,000 to one Jean Simonetti, lumber contractor, for killing a bandit and blackmailer named Bartoli. Puffed with Corsican pride, Contractor Simonetti took the money and said to the General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Generals, Bandits, Nuts | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

General Fournier did not entirely accept the offer. But he gave Contractor Simonetti a rifle and an arm band too. Later, General Fournier issued a statement: "The bandits will eventually be brought within reach of our guns by their craving for good food, drink, and companionship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Generals, Bandits, Nuts | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

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