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Gessler

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Gessler
sentenced Tell to shoot apple off son’s head. [Swiss Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 1066; Ital. Opera: Rossini, Wilhelm Tell]

Gessler
Austrian governor treats Swiss despotically; shot by Tell. [Ital. Opera: Rossini, William Tell, Westerman, 121–122]
See : Tyranny


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The quarry, of course, was William Tell, a 14th-century Robin Hood with a yodel, who was battling to free his fellow Swiss from the yoke of Austrian tyranny, as represented by the fat man, Landburgher Gessler, played by Willoughby Goddard.
When Gessler queried him about the purpose of the second bolt in his quiver, Tell answered that if he had ended up killing his son in that trial, he would have turned the crossbow on Gessler himself.
It is owned by Belfonti affiliate Scovill Commons Partners, LLC, whose other partner is an entity controlled by Tom Gessler of Gessler Development.
 
 
 
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