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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, March 20, 1948

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Betty Luros illustrations by Bill tinker Giuliano an artful Bandit follows the legendary role of robbing the Rich aiding the poor and outwitting the Law Palermo Early last summer an uninvited guest interrupted a sicilian wed Ding feast just Long enough to wish the peasant couple Well and hand the bridegroom a  the blessings of Giuliano the stranger said As he made a Hasty de parture. From the packet one Hundred Crisp thousand lire notes fluttered tothe surprised. Bridegroom s feet a Fortune to any but the wealthiest  scores of similar acts through out the Island handsome Twenty six year old Salvatore Giuliano has made it known that he is no Ordinary Sicilia highwayman. Not since the Days of Robin Hood to whom Giuliano is likened in his policy of robbing the Rich to help the. Poor have so Many legends been Woven around the exploits of a brigand. One time Giuliano using a group of his henchmen is said to have distributed the harvests of certain Rich landowners among the abused and starving peas ants it is said in his native montelepre where candles Burn for his safety and Well being that his helpfulness has never been denied the truly needy. The villagers there mainly peasant Farmers remember the now notorious Giuliano As a Good boy tie protector of the weaker younger children and Wise beyond his years in settling local Dis Putes. " even the inmates of Monte Ieper s tiny jail have a Good word today for Giuliano. The Bandit s aged father and his sister Mariannina Jaile innumerable times on trumped up charges for harbouring a fugitive fro Justice have Given Christmas parties for the inmates on 9iuliano funds and taken care of their families  
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