Deseret Evening News | 1890-07-09 | Page 2 | Local News

Ski. Akvioo, tho Italian banker, who was held by Sicilian bandits for a heavy ransom, had an exceedingly exceed-ingly interesting time of it during his captivity. 11 is captors kept him in the bottom of a dry w ell, where tbey lowered his food to him regularly, regu-larly, and conferred with him occasionally oc-casionally concerning his ransom. They finally compromised with bis friends on ;5,iKX). but wanted a much larger amount. At the end of a certain time. If the money had not been laid, the tanker would most likely have been murdered.