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Show CORSICl BANDIT GREETS TOURISTS Entertains Them Cordially in His Mountain Retreat and Then Returns Call. DENIES RANSOM STORY Visits Hotel and Orders Up Champagne for Guests, InciaLs on Their Drinking Drink-ing It and Leaves Them Befuddled. l'urls. Napoleon Itoinanettl, who in ret.iriit ilaya ha.s enjoyed great vogue in the Coisii-an woods, lias protested lndinmnHiy against misrepresentations by u group of tourists. Uuiurijiii;; tu i'aris from u tour of the islands, u party of French and Americans pictured pic-tured li i lit us u hamlit of the old Corsica- type und desi-riiieil how he "shot up" the town of Viz.anova. The tourists tour-ists said Unit he demanded u heavy ransom from all the guests of the leading lead-ing hotels. Koiiuinetll admits certain differences differ-ences heiween himself and the gendarmes. gen-darmes. These differences, he says, make the air of the brush more salubrious salu-brious than the ail' of the town, hut it Is u matter between himself and the gendarmes. As for shooting up the hotel and ransoming the guests, here Is his version of the affair. Greets Thorn Cordially. A parly of tourists, climbing the mountain on mulebacU, stumbled upon Ms retreat, lie greeted them politely and entertained them so cordially that the tourists invited him to return their mil at their hotel. Homanettl, the following fol-lowing evening, like a true modern, self-respecting bandit, drove his high-powered high-powered car to the town and placed sentinels about the town before making mak-ing his entry. This action spread consternation con-sternation throughout. It was not until un-til Itomanetti assured the guests that there was no danger that they were quieted, lie then proceeded to inspire the botelkeeper with the proper idea of Corsicnn hospitality. "A bottle of champagne for every guest," be shouted, giving Ins order. Every guest was obliged to drink his or her bottle. A second bottle for each one followed with the same injunc- A Second Bottle Followed for Each. tion. It was 2 :30 In the morning when Konmnettl sought the mountains again, leaving the guests, according to his own story, In such a state that they could not give clear evidence of what had occurred. "It was the champagne," he remarked. re-marked. "It w as all champagne, that ransom story." |