Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-06

box and looked In, and saw some charcoal
and said, sFMr. Hermann, here is some nice
charcoal" and then saw a pair of shoes
sticking up out of the charcoal and rice
chaff that was in the ice box; Mr.. Hermann
pulled one of the shoes and It came off with
a lot of bones; I said sit is mans leg;" then
Mr.. Hermann closed up the ice box and
went off to see the police about 1t.
F. E. Rocca, being sworn, testified The
letter, translated into English, which hold
in my hand, will read as follows:
"TUNIs, March IL, 1881.
"DeGr Cdnlel0 FdTrItgid: / have received
your dear letter of the 10th past month,
from which 1 have received all contained.
and thank you permanently. and your
father enjoy ultimate good health, and so
we expect of you. Your daughter is grow
ing larger, and she is always thinking of
you; her brothers also, and all the friends
enjoying good health. | pray to do good to
your business with great attention, and
think often of your family, as If was your
father: pray for you not to come here. |
don't want to make much expense. | don't
expect to leave your hand. / expect to be
off one year. For the present can salute
you, and [ likewise give you my benedic-
ton, aud my father, aud to salute your
family and all his parentage. l pray that
you will answer me pretty soon, so that |
can hear your news often. | bless you.
"RosA FARRUGIA."
'iSenOr Canaelo FdrTTgi0: l pray to make
me the price of coffee bring to sell on the
steamer Gentila, If convenient. l expect to
make with you grand profit salute you
with all esteem and also your old father
"BENIGUO FARRUGIA, Merchant.
IN. B. Tell me also the months of my
harvest"
viewed the body of the deceased, and
recognized him as Stephen Capelo; he was
between sixty and seventy years of age at
the time of his murder the deceased was
native of Genoa, Italy it has been about
five months ago since | have seen the de-
ceased | was very well acquainted with
the deceased | never kept company with
the two men who kept the fruit store in
which the remains of Mr.. Capelo were found;
do not know their names.
Francis Melchiea, being sworn, testified:
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Lewis Cass sent
for me; went to him; he told me that
body had been found In the ice box down
on State street, where there was little fruit
store; said come with me, perhaps you can
tell who the dead body is; l went with him
and saw the dead body; | saw at once that
It was not the body of either OF the men
who kept the fruit store; l was asked If
could recognize the body; l told them that
in my opinion 1t was the body OF the old
man who sold chalk images on the
streets; l was asked il / knew
his manner l answered no; l know the name
of the man who kept the store; his name
was Andrew Pavio; the name of the other
man with him is Carmeo Farrugia; | was
acquainted with both men; have known
them five or six months; Pavio came to Sa-
vannah about six months ago; Carmelo
Farrugia came here about seven months
ago; both men told me that they were born
in the city of Tunis, in Africa; have heard
them converse in Arabic; | am acquainted
with that language myself; l should judge
that Carmelo Farrugia was from twenty
four to twenty-six years OF age, and Andrew
Pavio from about twenty-eight to thirty
two years old.
After considering the above evidence the
jury returned the following
VERDICT.
We, the undersigned jurors, find from the
evidence beforeus that the deceased Stephen
Capelo, came to his death by strangulation
(bY a rope around his Deck) and three
wounds inflicted with knife or other sharp
instrument in the left side, about the neigh
borhood of the heart. and that said injury
and wounds were inf cted by the hands of
Carmelo Farrugia and Andrew PaviO, and
we, the jury, declare the same to be will
full murder.
E. A. SILVA,
Foreman.
7. H. MCNIsH.
CHARLES S BLUM.
Jos Z. CAMPos.
DAN'L HOGAN.
p. j. HOBART.
JOS. FERNANDEZ.
+. f. POULNOT.
H. J. FEAR.
VALENTINE BAsLER.
EDWARD G. BEACH.
NJ. P. MURTAGH.