, 1869-06-07
TRAGEDY IN IDAHO.
4 Nnn Attempts to Violate His Elm.
rioycr's W'ifo-EuilfnE, Hc Wounds
EacE moFtnlly, Rircs tho KAouxc,
lfShoors tSlnsclf, mud Pcrlzhcs In the
RufnfHf ETnrHr.

4 Nm Attempts to Violate His EN-.
Floycrss Wifo-EuilinE, EGc Wounds
E1cr mortnllJ, Rircs the House,
lfShoots Himself, nnd Pcrlzhcs In the
Burning House.
FROM tA< EoiAe CITY {fdaho) Den,oc,ut Hay q.
general house servant And ha1d at Theodore bur
mesters place, SIX niles below town, returned
from the reld TO the house to do hts general work
At houe. konopeck told MrA D. that he naa cut
bis finger, and desired To have u tied up, Nrn
F. went 70 the bureau IN her bedroom 10 prneurc
some linen to de up the cut onEer. While
she vas IN STOPPING position. in the act
Of getting IT rom Of the lower draxess uf the
burc.n, the wretch, who had followed her, said
somefh9pR 70 Der, and innctttate,y s7faog dpou
her With the ferocity Of Wild bcast, Aad beat her
violently. She being pure and noble wor1au,
whose virtue was dearp1 70 her than her lie, no
sisted with heroic and spartAn courage, until the
fnh1nan Wretch being conytnced he could not &c
eompliAh h4a helltsh destgn without killing her.
Ielt 70 roon and vent op ststt1 A. eoon Is he
LETT, ahe, Although terribly beate1 and almost eI-
naasted, with grrst presence Of mind, closed a1d
fastened the dooz, and TOOK down 4 double-bay-
1 saesqn 1 ~; r. e.. On tx u 9
the wretch. should he asEa appear. In a short time
be returned from up Stair, and finding the door
the door II her. He then appearrd 1t the front
window, and Immediately ArA b lerelled the gun
a him md pulled the tlsEes. out the gun dld not
snoss through the window n her, one Of which
struck her ID the right tide jnss above the hip
tont entering and lodging u the abdominal carl
ArL B. fell On the door; snd had pEeaencc Of mind
70 fel9n desd. Cpon teetng this he returned to
the house and sci nre to T. AFTER setting nre 70
only thing len fos hin 10 do-aaot himself, a.
Nh Il. heard tKo shots about this time,
and heaEy fau On The nooT OF the kitchen or
rcAT rpcn1 MI 3. fortunately h1d GsrenR<o
enough - open tho door and GAMl .out Of the
burning house II seems thai hooppeck had
placed TIC child on The TOP Of some brush n =
~? b. tse r;aa M ' 1oald u q lev monents - nofr.
have set tre 70 the wagon, and the child would
have pss.saed. bat toE The timely Af1iyA OF VI.
Ing .hc 1anes- NJ. Devans Immediately started
1ane doing tnls the send. KoaorecI. wao nsd by
saoss u o o Sn m 81 dd nos hs @ ni
NJ. Best1A ~ aoon - he haal fescued little VII
ne, Ecsheo to the front door Of the hoase 70 seek
no a,seovered her lying In the road tnst out OF
the reach ot1he 1AneA By this time netEhbors
had arrived, and Nr- Bcrmtster raA carried TO
lot ra<di;d Id. Within ten MINUTES NON o. = he (.
discovery Of the cames, the house a1d n! It's con-
: tents wesr entirely consumed, And Whit was once
he murderer Id suicide i toTeo, zaade nsss os
stuonlde,tnr, uns:Rhity ruins Konopeck seens
TO hare made no EFFORT 70 escape f1om tho build
:ng, and hls eaasEed remains were Afterwards dis
When news Of sne aGa.r reached town eye,5
eonFeyAnee that could be Fot Ms immediately
sJupath!zlne friends to the assistance OF ArA
BrEuesteE- Ar. Bczcnester WIS absent on hn91-
ness hut messengers *ere DESPATCHED for hiu1-
his vie. The whole COMMUNITY sJmpashixe Vita
him deeply, but no human a1d could save NH.
na1nessess tie She Wa enzted on Wednesday,
John Konopeck waa = native OF Boleuis, and
supposed 10 be Uray.