Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-01
A BITTER RETRIBUTION.
Welded to u Gambler. Who Kills the
sister and Charges his Wife with
Murder.


1878, a carriage drove up to the Par
ker House, Boston, from which
alighted young and handsome man.
He gazed about him for u moment,
and then reentered the coach. He
had hardly seated himself when n
young girl, scarcely 10, with face as
purely beautiful as rose-blossom,
approached the vehicle and seated
herself beside the occupant within.
The coach then proceeded on its way
through the city, until it reached a
gloomy mansion. The man knocked.
The door was opened and they en-
tered and were uslered into an ante
chamber, where stood woman OF
harsh and torbidding features, and
beside her was a man who pnrported
to be the officiating clergyman. He
opened some book, the ceremony was
mumbled over in % strange, lndlstlnct
manner, the ring was placed on the
finger of the bride, the pair was pro
nounced man and wife, the book was
closed and tucked under the mans
arm, who, receiving his fee, immedi-
ately disappeared, From State to
State the couple travelled, and the
Young wife soon discovered that
HER HUSBAND WAS A BRUTE.
In the spring Of 1870, Davis took
up his abode in Cuba, and the treat
ment of his wife at this time had be-
come more brutal than ever. Having
established u gambling den, in compa-
ny with Soares, inlthat part of Hava-
ma, known as the Caldera, he began
to prosper rapidly. A short time had
elapsed when Davis wife mysteri-
ously disappeared, and though nu-
merous theories were advanced as to
her whereabouts, no definite clew was
obtained. Among many rich plan
tiers residing in Havana was an old
Spanish gentleman named Angeles
Rio. He had two beautiful daugh-
ters, Angelique and lsadora.
The former was perfect type of
the Spanish beauty, with lustrous
hair and speaking, sparkling eyes.
Angelique had met DAVIS and had
fallen madly in love with the fellow.
When her father ascertained the fact
he grew frantic with rage, but this
action seemed only to spur the daugh-
ter on, until one morning Cuban So
ciety awoke to learn that the beauti-
full Angelique had cladestinely mar
ried a gambler. As a revenge for the
ingratitude of his daughter, Senior Rio
disinherited her and willed his entire
fortune to his daughter Isadora. 1t
was shortly after this he died. Nov
ed by the sympathy of her sister, Isa-
dora brought Angelique and her hus-
band to the family mansion, where
they continued to reside in apparent
happiness.
NEW WILL
was made by the former, thus: 81,
Isadora Rio, bequeath my entire es-
tate, with all my personal effects, to
my beloved sister, Mrs. Angelique
Davis, of Havana, Cuba, making her
sole executrix.' The paper having
been signed, witnessed and sealed,
Isadora, in company with her maid,
left the office. The difference be-
tween this last will and the former,
was, that in the former, she had be-
queathed two thirds of her estate to
her sister and the remainder to Davis,
besides making him one of her execu-
tors. She had satisfied herself that
Davis was villain at heart, though
she kept the secret foolishly to her.
self.
On the night of April 9, 1880, the
servants in the Rio mansion were star
tied by the report of a pistol, and fol-
lowing the direction of the sound,
rushed to Isadora's boudOir, where
they found their mistress lying dead
upon the floor, with the blood flowing
from a wound in the head. The po-
lice we're notified, and detectives be-
gan an immediate search for clew to
the assassin. Davis was found in his
room apparently asleep, but the
whereabouts of Angelique were at the