St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-08-05
MRS. DAVI SAYS DREAM DIRECT
ED HER TO LETTERS THREAT
ENINGS HUSBAND.

ENINGS HUSBAND.
New Orleans, Aug. 3.-The two
missing letters of the three said to
have been sent the recently murdered
Joseph Davi, over a year ago, by
Black Hand agents were found by
his widow yesterday morning and
nlaced in the hands of the police Tor
their inspection. The appearance OF
Young Mrs. Davi, heavily yelled and
garbed in black, at police headquart-
ers, accompanied by her mother ana
brother-in-law, Pascal Dvi, inspired
the report that at last some cleW to
the solution of the tragedy at Gaivez
and Art streets had been secured.
Such, however, was not the fact.
In their eager quest for a motlVe
in the murder of Joseph Davl, the
detectives learned from Pascal Davi
that the unfortunate grocer hao re-
ceived three Black Hand letter about
year before his death. One OF
| these epistles was found among MIS-
effects, but the other two could never
be secured. Yesterday morning Mrs.
Davi, who is staying with her mother
at the latter's home in Hospital
produced them.
Mrs. Davi said that she had found
the letters at the bottom of and OLD
trunk belonging to her husband,
after an exhaustive search that was
inspired by a dream the night De-
fore. The first letter was in an
envelope postmarked May /, 1917.
Translated from the Italian by De-
| norfov{o II roQdg.
| Dear friend, pardon me that we
are going to bother you; because we
are in need and ask you to favor us
with 5000, not to obl'gate yourseiI
to us, but we want the sum as from
a friend. You must come and deliver
! it yourself Tuesday morning. You
start out of your house O'Clock IN
the morning with your horse, and
take Tulane avenue, the route that
brings you to Carrollton avenue, and
when you meet man who Will
ask you for a match you will deliver
!, to him the money. Be careful and
do what we ask you, otherwise you
will suffer the consequences.
The letter, like both of those
which followed it, is unsigned. ALI
three are in the same handwriting.
Undated, and the envelope lost, the
only information concerning the time
OF the second letter is the declaration
of Pascal Davi that it arrived about
a week after the first. l reads as
follows:
"Your attention is called to the
fact that we have respected you az
a friend, but you have not done ~
we requested you to do, and now
if anything happens to you don't Zee
sorry for it, because you have been
warned. Be careful. We are after
YOU and don't forget it. You &c
! and see some of your friends, ane
everything can be fixed, but II YOU
20 to sleep over it, others will d.
awake, You will regret it. Pay AT
tention, and by doing so you VII
not be sorry. Everything can be ar
ranged. Goodbye until Tuesday.
| Although greatly alarmed by tnes'
communications, Davi did NOTHING
!, more about them than consult MI
brother. About a month later tn
third letter came. This was the on
which the police secured shortly a1te
the killing. 1t was couched In pro
fame and threatening language, OF
fered Dayi last chance to pay tn
5000. and promised death in tn
event that he failed to do so.
|, Detective Dantonio, the local e.
merit in questions of Italian crime
declares that the letters are un
doubtedly genuine Black Hand CON
munications, and probably have
to do with the murder. 1.-THE threa
: in the second is significant sal
he. eff you go to sleep over i
others will be awake Davi wa
murdered as he lay asleep in BET
over a year after his failure to a.
cede to the demands made upol
him."
District Attorney Adams, Inspe'
tor Reynolds and Chief Long t.
gether perused the two lettel
brought by Mrs. Davi, but decide
that their discovery could thro
little additional light upon the Grim
The police have worked in vain
discover a single clew to the 1del
tity of Davis murderer and practica
ly have given up the chase. Dete
tives old in the service brand it
the most inexpliciable case the Ne
II Orleans police ever handled.