New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-05


dar month for which the jury had been Sc
lected expired at II o'clock last night. They
could not, of course, remain acting as
Jurors. Their verdict would not be binding
on the prisoners. He, Judge AtOcha, was
willing, however, to waive the objection,
provided the Attorney General consented,
and the court allowed the jury to remain.
Attorney General Field said the consent
would be of no avail, as the verdict of the
Jury whose term has expired is a mere null
lily.
Judge Abel observed that there had been
| no decision of the Supreme Court on the
| subject; yet, if counsel agreed to submit the.
| case to the jury before twelve o'clock to-
night. he would be at their service. He
| would remain in court until midnight and
receive the verdict Sunday.
A discussion took place between the At
| torney General and the counsel for the de-
| Tense, when Judge Abel decided that by 2
| or P. NJ he would be able to say whether
the case could be disposed of last evening.
Examination of witnesses was then re-
sumed.
T.
| months: known Ward about Sd me time;
was present at No. 100 Rampant street
when the accused was there; they spoke
Italian-that is, Ward and Baptiste did; l
| understand the Italian language; Ward
several times asked Baptiste about Carafa;
Baptiste said that he got the man, and it
cost HIM $500; they spoke of Carafa's being
drowned or killed at the lake; Ward said
to Baptiste that Martini would be at
him out of the $4,000 insurance:
l then thought that Ward was
| detective: part OF the conversation was so
| low that | could not hear it all; Carafa said
Martini could not beat bin out OF the
money; Ward talked loud and finally got
very drunk; when drunk he would not con-
verse; was not in the room where the men
| were talking; Mr.. Shipley was with me In
| an adjoining room; heard Martini say that
| that is not ais name; the conversation lasted
| about an hour; saw Baptiste writing; can't
| say if they used the word killed or
| drowned.
Harmon Doane-Am a life insurance
agent; in July Martini was at my office in
| ouiring about insurance; Carafa was with
| him. but did not speak English; Martini
| spoke English; Martini represented himself
| as an uncle of Carafa; he said Carata was
| born in Paris.
j. c.. Shipley-Know Martini; have seen
| Baptiste: Martini FIRST entered my life in
|
| June 26 they returned. and Martini said the
| young man (Carafa) would have his life in
| sured: Martini said he was uncle to Carata;
| when the application was ready Carata was
| told to sign his name; he complied, but
signed in the wrong place, and seemed very
| nervous; he finally wrote it IN the right
| place: an hour after the policy was return
| ed from the parent Office in New York Mar
TIM and the young man entered my Office
| and took the policy; Carafa paid the
| money. A day or two after Carafa's death
| Martini entered my Office in a strange man
ner, telling me that Carafa was dead, his
neck broken at the lake, and that the body
had been buried; had an interview with
| Martini: went to the Chief Of Police: also
| had the BODY taken up, and | identified it
as Carafa; Martini told me the neck
was broken, though there was n3thing
| to show that in the cOroner's process
verbal; the body was buried with de-
cency; | told Martini that such con-
| duct was outrageous, and he was unit
| to live in civilized country; Martini called
! for the insurance money; told him that the
company had ninety days in which to pay;
| at one time Martini ate his meals at No. 100
| St Charles street; / employed Ward to
| ferret out this case: accused were arrested
| on the sixteenth of July: both appeared
much confused: | was with Norridge the
| night he overheard the conversation be-
conversation was in Italian.
The following testimony, elected last Fri
day, was accidentally omitted in our re
ports of yesterday:
Thomas Ward sworn-Have known Mar
TIM since the fourteenth of November, 1872;
got acquainted with Baptiste in the Par
ish Prison. | met Martini on the street IN
November, and he then said that he eX-
pected a large sum of money In snort
time; he said he had a policy reinsurance for
a large amount on the life OF young man
who was accidentally drowned; he empha-
sized the word accidentally in such man
ner as to arouse my suspicious; having
learned that the life of Antonio Carata had
been insured in the Globe Insurance Com
panv. went to Mr.. Shipley, the agent. and
it was agreed that | should ferret out
the fact that Carafa had been foully
dealt with: witness gained the conf
dence of Martini, and CLEANED from him
the fact that he had bad designs on
the life of Carafs; deceased was to be De
coyed to the lake where he was to be in
duced to go in bathing, and hen drowned.
The witness, Ward, was to do the drown
ing. but he failed to go to the lake at the
time fixed. He next day met Martini, who
complained of his want OF punctuallty, ana
said he had done the business himself, and
the young man was disposed of. Witness
went to the lake next day, and saw the
dead body of Carafa. Martini wore Grape
on his hat. and in conversation with VIII
ness. said that on the twenty-tifth OF NO
vember when he got the insurance money.
the hat and Grape might go to h-ll. lie
talked with Martini frequently; Martini
spoke of getting $4,000, the amount OF the
insurance, and intimated that Carata was
not his nephew, for he said he could no. do
violence against one OF his own blood;
nj IN he q ora
business. Witness was born in Ddlmatla,
in the kingdom OF Austria; speaks the
Italian. French and English languages.
Martini told witness that he had
the verdict of the Coroner that Carata
/ was accidentally drowned, and he felt safe:
Coroner Jackson was his Trend. witness
produced two letters addressed to him by
one of the defendants, Baptiste Cabells.
Witness said: I'll went to No. - UrsuInes
street and incurred for the young man who
was missing on the twelfth of August: he
met there four men, who said they knew
the Young man, and that his name was
Bruno: thay all went to the Louisa street
cemetery, where a body was exdumed, ana
was recognized bv the men as young man
namad Ryuno. Witness exhibited a memo
randum book and two letters taken from
the valise of Bruno at No. 70 UFsuhnes
street. This and other testimony was ln-
troduced to show that Bruno was the man
who was palmed off on the insurance agents
as Antonio Carafa. whose life was lils'ireG'
The iva letters we're in the same hand
Mr.. Gtocha. for the defense, insisted that
as fine witness had already been sentenced
under a conviction for larceny ana nao
been pardoned by the Governor, ne coulu
NOT. BIZ his answers, render himself llaole
to further prosecution.
Colonel Field insisted that the WiVness