Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-01
made her way to the house and learn.

ed of the murder of her sister. The
fact was elected that she had, on the
night OF the murder, quarrelled with
her sister. This was on important
link in the chain of direct evidence
while the circnmstancial evidence
was equally as important.
Her story of her absence at the time
of the murder was considered q weak
fabrication. The pistol with which
the murder was committed, and
which was identified as belonging to
her, was found on the veranda near
where Isadora was murdered; her
handkerchief and neck scarf were
found in the garden but II few yards
from where the shot was fred: foot
prints answering hers were found in
the soft mold of the garden, and u
! pair of CATERS belonging to her were
found hidden beneath some under
brush. The evidence was overwhcl
ming SO the jury thought for, az
ter short absence, they returned a
verdict of guilty. She was senten-
ced for life. Angelique lay in the
hospital ward, her death momentari-
ly expected. Davis, as an executor
in one of the wills made, determined
to expediate matters, and applied for
administration papers to the proper
ty of the murdered Isadora. On the
day that he made application
A DETECTIVE ACCosTED DAVIS,
placing his hand on his shoulder said:
"Davis have a warrant for your ar
rest on q charge of numbering Kate
Davis and Isadora Rio" 4
On the day preceding the occur
renee of the facts just narrated,
Mercita, the maid of Isadora, receiv-
ed letter from Cienfuegos, written
by Lopez Soares, the former associ-
ate of Davis. It stated that, believ-
ing he was about to die from injuries
received in a drunken brawl, he wish
ed to state some facts regarding a
crime which he partly abetted.
Soares made the following statement:
Afterhe and Davis had opened their
gambling den he discovered that Da-
Wis was accustomed to brntally beat
his wife. One evening the three took
sail. Davis, surprising Soares to
be asleep, struck his wife insensibie
to the deck, and in an instant had
lifted the body and tossed it into the
sea from the stern. A great wave
grasped it, and it was seen no more.
Soares glided from under the tar
paulian, where he had been lying,
and reached his bunk unseen. Pres
emily Davis approached, and with
apparent excitement stated that his
wife had been washed overheard.
When Davis had succeeded in ma
king himself one of the executors of
the will, he, at the moment, deter
mined to rid himself of both sisters,
and he selected Soares to assist him,
allotting to him the part of abduct-
ing Angelique. When Angelique
was attacked on the night of the
murder she resisted SO desperately
that her assailant, fearing detection,
abandoned his job and fed to Glen
fuegos. The handkerchief, scarf, pis-
tol and CATERS belonging to Ange-
lique were placed in their different
positions by Davis, in order that no
link in the chain of circumstantial
evidence might be wanting against
Angelique.
JUST RETRIBUTIoN.
At the trial the evidence would be
such as to convict her, and as a con-
sequence he would fall into possession
of the estates. His part Of the bloody
work was to make way with Isadora,
and we'll he succeeded. With such
facts in evidence, Davis trial q few
months ago was of short duration,
and upon verdict of guilty being
rendered he was sentenced for life to
the quicksilver mines Of Alameda, in
Spain. In those mines every breath
inhaled is poisonous. Eating ulcers
that bleed and tester fasten upon the