New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-12
The Murder OF Priest Mt Polnte a-la-
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The Murder OF q Priest Mt Polnte R-Ia-
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The particulars of the murder Of Nicholas Savilli
q Catholic priest, which took place at Point ala
Hache on the evening Of the Sd nst are set forth at
length in the affidavit of Of his murderers, named
Dominique Ormea. The priest received twentyeight
stabs, twentysix Of which were mortal, and Ormea
conesses that he inflicted four of them and gives the
following names Of persons implicated in the murder
Isidore Cassi, Manuel Ragas, Hypolyte Ragas
Pierre CASH, Narbert Martin Nicholas Cartin, Jour
dain Martin, Macmillan Martin, T. Case, (who form
erly was in the employ Of Mr.. Marciacq) Rigobert
Bayls, Vilere Doleze, John Doleze, Giacomini Dol
exc and Etienne Dolce, and many others whose
whose names be could not remember.
From all that can learn this priest lost his life
in consequence Of acts set forth in the following ex
tract from Ormea's affidavit: - z,,4s,fs
"Deponent says that he personally had no motive
to 90 and commit with them that murder and thew on
perceiving that deponent would not consent to go
with them to commit it, told him that since the death
Of his fatherin.law Stephano Doleze, Nicholas Saw.
I'LL was in the habit of going every night at said
Stephano Doeze's residence and there slept with his
widow that Etemne Dolce told deponent that Say
ILL used to go to deponents house and there to touch
the bosom Of deponents wife with his cane thereby
to excite her that deponents wife being thereon in
terrogated by him. told him that it was trne that the
priest had touched her, but that it was to per-
suade her to go and live with her mother. Deponent
says that his wife told him that thrice Savilli has
made her propositions with view to have carnal
connection with her whilst she was sick at her
fathers house, but that she had refused.
1t appears that Savili was called out of the house
of DR.. Royer and while in conversation with por.
ton of the crowd who told him that he must leave
the parish Immediately the Others closed around and
murdered him, John Dolce striking the first blow
Deceased was native of Corsica.
Ormea, we should state, surrendered himself to
Judge Foulhouze, Of st. Bernard parish whilst his
court was in session, and dictated his declaration with
the most surprising GOODNESS and clearness. He was
subsequently locked up to await orders from Plaque
mine. He is an Italian by birth, and brotherin-aw Of
the Dolezes his wife being their sister. Two of the
latter, John and Giacomini, had been arrested and
were in Jail at Plaquemnes, at the last accounts We
learn that Mr. Marciacq, the Recorder of Paquemines
has also made an affidavit in regard to the murder
Manual Ragas, one Of the parties named by Ormea
is Coroner Of the parish and he also has made
special charge against the Dolezes. .e Wiz.
The affair, we learn, has created the profoundes
feeling in Paquemines not SO much from feeling fo
SavilE, as from the fiendishness of his murder an,
the responsibility of some of the parties implicated
they being old residents of the parish, and deeme,
incapable Of having taken part in an assassination s.
appalling At the funeral of the murdered priest, tn
| highest excitement was manifested and one man,
wealthy and respectable planter of the parish oere
resolution for lynching the murderers, should the
escape the penalties Of the law.
After the murder of Savilli, the body was rifled
a pistol, gold watch, and pocketbook containing
money. Whether the robbery was perpetrated by tn
i murderers or not, was not known. 49,