Word: simonetti
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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...
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...