The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-14

Though regaining consciousness, it was
only TO enter into the delirium Of brain
fever.
Angelique lay in the hospital ward,
her death momentarily expected. Da-
Wis, as an executor in one of the wills
made, determined to expedite matters,
and applied for administration papers
to the property of the murdered Isa-
dora On the day that he made appli-
cation detective accosted Davis, and,
placing his hand upon his shoulder, said:
Davis, have warrant for your
arrest on the charge of numbering
Katie Davis and Isadoro Rio"
Davis treated the matter coolly, and
walked quietly before the committing
magistrate. When the Judge had fin
ished the charge, Counselor Varville
arose and said:
"Your honor, the charges will be
fully substantiated. Besides, l will
add" he continued, al drew up for the
murdered Isadoro Rio will FIVE weeks
after the one on which this man claims
right to the estate. AT the proper
time this, also, will be substantiated."
On the day preceding the occurrence
of the facts just narrated, Mercita, the
trusted maid of the dead Isadora, re-
ceived letter from Cienfuegos, writ
ten by Lopez Soares, the former asso-
ciate of Davis. 1t stated that, believ-
ing he was about to die from injuries
received in drunken brawl, he wished
to state some facts regarding crime
which he partly abetted.
After he and Davis had opened their
gambling den he discovered that Davis
was accustomed to brutally beat his
wife. One evening the three took a
sail. Davis, supposing Soares to be
asleep, struck his wife insensible 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 tarpaulin where he had been
lying, and reached his bunk unseen
Presently Davis approached, and with
apparent excitement stated that his
wife had been washed overheard.
When Davis had succeeded in having
himself made one of the executors of
the will, he, at the moment, determined
to rid himself of both sisters, and he
selected Soares to assist him, allotting
to him the part of abducting Ange-
lique. When Angelique was attacked
on the night of the murder she resisted
so desperately that her assailant, fear
ing detection, abandoned his job and
fled to Cienfuegos. The handkerchief,
scarf, pistol and CATERS belonging to
Angelique were placed in their differ
ent positions by Davis, in order that no
link in the chain of circumstantial evil
dence might be wanting whereby An
gelique might escape conviction as
being the murderess.
At the trial the evidence would be
such as to convict her, and as a cOnse-
quence he would fall into possession of
the vast estates. His part of the bloody
work was to make away with lsadOra,
and well he succeeded. With such facts
as these in evidence, Davis trial few
months ago was of short duration, and,
upon verdict of guilty being rem
dered, 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
unfortunate's flesh; eruptions and ma
lgnant sores cover the body. The hair
falls out; the jaws rot; the bones
crumble, and the skin turns green.
Here Davis was conveyed, just retri-
button for his past heinous crimes. An
gelique, recovering from her sickness,
was Immediately liberated, and at once
took possession of her just rights, in
company with her faithful maid, Mer-
cita.