Lips Tullian, allegedly Elias Erasmus beautiful farmhand, actual name however unknown ("† 8. March 1715 in Dresden by beheading) was the leader of the "black guard", a gang of robbers in Saxonia.

The life of the Lips Tullian is up to the time at which he as a robber under this name admits, into impenetrable darkness wrapped. Was it called now really Elias Erasmus beautiful farmhand or Phillip Had it been born in Strasbourg as a son of an imperial second lieutenant, or it it in the military service up to the Wachtmeister had actually brought and had only due to a duel the service to

Really reliable data are only starting from the year 1702. There it is to have been old about 30 years and have floated in Prague and environment its nuisance, by breaking in in churches and attacking stuff shops.

In the November of the same yearly it shifted its sphere of activity to Saxonia where it was immediately arrested. It was eingekerkert in as valid fortress in Dresden, where it obviously did not please it however, because at short time the outbreak already succeeded to it. Nevertheless Tullian spent the largest part of its robber career in the prison and/or in fortress detention to prevent partially even to the wall forged around it from the escape.

In Saxonia it became member of a gang of robbers their guidance it then took over. Also it gave a name to the gang: The black guard, under which it was notorious from now on in Saxonia. In the Tharandter forest, in the with Naundorf, possessed the gang, which reached occasionally a strength of 60 men, a Unterschlupf.

One will have found Tullian there however rarely, not because he sat quite often because of smaller offenses behind lock and latch plate, but because he loved the well-being life. It resided with its loved Marianne mostly in Dresden, in addition, in other cities of Saxonia, where it played the wealthy Kavalier. Here occasionally its main people on over from it instructions sought to receive it to new which it had explored in its citizen role. - Now and then it however the well-being-evenly too much seemed to become and it led its gang maximumpersonally to new acts.

Temporarily the "black guard" expanded its sphere of activity until Thuringia, to the resin, into the Lausitz and to Prague. Starting from approximately 1710 it with its Kumpanen churches and houses in the area from free mountain to the out.

In the year 1711 Lips Tullian excited the attention of a guard at the Freiberger town-gate. It could still erstechen this, however finally was overwhelmed and came into fortress detention. Two years later (1713) an outbreak attempt was discovered, which suggested its ringleader shank. After meet-long "embarrassing" cross-examine and a continuous binding finally put down it a comprehensive confession, which led to the arrest of the largest part of his gang and participant Hehler. - The last gang members could be made secured however only 1718.

In October 1714 the spoke the judgement to Leipzig about Tullian and its main people: they should be brought with the wheel from the life to death. The judgement was moderated later by the national prince in beheading.

The execution found about 20,000 under large participation of the population, and in presence of August the strong one to 8. March 1715 before the black gate in old Dresden instead of.

Literature

• Uwe Danker: Gangs of robbers in the old person realm around 1700. A contribution to the history of rule and criminality in the early modern times. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main 1986 ISBN 3-518-28307-3
• Heiner Boehnecke, Hans Sarkowicz (Hrsg.): Of Saxonia bad chaps. Robber, smuggler, Wilderer. Calibration fount, Frankfurt/Main 1993 ISBN 3-8218-1174-9

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