Stories of Paraná - The hero and the villain

Stories of Paraná - The hero and the villain

The hero and the villain
Luiz Netto Romaguera

He was the president of the province who gave titles Brazilian citizen naturalization to immigrants who so wished. The French Jorge Leprevost, on January 18, 1879, sworn allegiance to the Constitution and the laws of Brazil, becoming a naturalized Brazilian. The oath was made in the presence of the President of Paraná, Dr. Rodrigo Otavio de Oliveira, being the act secretariat by Mr. Ernesto de Moura Brito.
Mr. Jorge Leprevost moved in Tijucas where, years later, when the Federalist Revolution, already commissioned Captain, find the entrenched powers that be defending the country so well known that you welcome.
He had, among many employees, one of his confidence: his godson named Tiburcio.
Days before the beginning of hostilities in January 1894, had news that one of their sales, just nearby, had been looted and Tiburcio was the spoiler. Can not believe it, for he had asked permission to meet ailing mother waited around to find himself.
When he arrived, he denied everything.
The witnesses denied and he was arrested.
Then he escaped and joined the Federalist troops, which was an informant.
Now Tijucas capitulada, enters the square with the pompous title of Major and shame his former patron. Not satisfied with the insults addressed to him, Leprevost part with his bat unleashing her powerful blow. Receives, in retaliation, shot in the chest, going straight to the hospital, managing to escape with his life.
A few days later, enter the door of the hospital to an unknown soldier, pointing his gun at the head of the captain, ended his life.
It was learned later that the principal outside Tiburcio that Doria covered up by Henry, brother of the governor of the Federalists, flees.
When caught by the Republicans, had horrible death.
Captain Leprevost swore and kept his allegiance to Brazil.
He died with honor.
A few days ago in a television miniseries, throughout Brazil met the story of the coming of some Italian anarchists, forming the famous Cologne Cecilia, there in Palmeira. What they do not know is how it ended.
Colombo Leoni, immigrant, wanting to harass the Brazilian government, which had brought him and received him with open arms, organized an Italian-Brazilian battalion, composed of anarchists.
Met, then the entire colony where men formed groups of robbers and bandits operating in the city of Palm and other neighboring colonies. The strength, all dilapidavam. The battalion became the vanguard of troops Aparicio Saraiva (Federalist).
With this attitude, Colombo Leoni done a great service to those communities, because when this battalion, fleeing to Rio Grande do Sul, fell into the hands of General Pinheiro Machado, this shattered the no escaping any man alive.
There was news that someone has returned to Cologne Cecilia that just disappeared.
Two men - Jorge Colombo Leoni-Leprevost and very different fates. The story took care to tell who was the hero and who the villain.

Romaguera Luiz Netto, a lawyer and member of the Association of Friends of the Public Archives of Paraná.


Source: Stories of Paraná, Brasil.