The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-01
ANOTHER JERSEY HORROR.
Alleged Brutal Wife Murder at
Crawford N. j.


ing the Blood Out Of Newborn Infant
Post-Mortsm Examination and
Preliminary Inquest.
tice New Jersey Is looking up sadly OF late in the
matter OF shocking murders and brutal outrages.
Following swiftly on the heels OF the terrible affair
opposite YOnkers and the dreadful ratricide in
Newark comes another brutal affair, IN which, 10 Is
alleged, poor woman, just after becoming q
mother for the first time since her marriage, less
than year ago. was pounded to death in bed by her
drunken husband, because she would not deliver up
to him all her hard earnings the fruit OF years
OF saving.
THE SCENE OF THIS LATEST HORROR
is a small house, in the rear of larger one, about
a hall-me south OF the Central Railroad depot in
Crawford village OF about one thousand inhabi-
tants, two stations beyond Elizabeth. Thither
yesterday, HERALD representative proceeded
and made an investigation Of the alleged murder
1t appears that about seven years ago Isidor
KOnkel, young Bavarian, o laborer by occupation,
came to this country from Germany, and soon after
settled In Crawford, where his brother, Albert
Konkel, an industrious welltO-do gardener, re.
sided. lsidor, unlike Albert, led dissipated life
and made few friends. Employed as domestic in
house near where Isdor worked was cOmely
and industrious young woman, named Katrina,
who saw in him attractions that were invisible to
any one ese II ever woman "Oved not wisely.
but too weii,'' Katrina did, for last October,
when he was confined in the Union County Jail at
Elizabeth for being drunk and disorderly she pre-.
vailed upon Justice to 60 with her to the jail and
TIE HER AND IsIDoR TOGETHER
Tor richer for poorer for better, for W0rse',-
worse most unquestlonably. seems Katrina was
afraid that II the fellow was set at liberty he might
thought too, If he were married and settled down,
she could reclaim him from the useless life
wiser heads than hers Katrina was over.sanSuin ne
IN TINS direction as the sad Sc 2uel terribly shows.
fast as he made 1t. But somehow his wife managed
TO scrape together some fifty dollars during the
$3.50 she had in q German bank in New York, the
accumulations Of years According to the neigh.
lived in small house IL the rear
woman. named Mrs. Elizabeth P armens,cr fen on
Sunday, the Goth instant, Kathrina became
Of coored Woman wno It sppears paid m9es
attention TO drink, IN imitation OF the "bOssO
than to her feeble charge few days afterwards
the child died and isidor resolved on having
BAvARlAN WAKE
For this he summoned number OF his drunken
two rooms in one Of which lay :he poor danger.
susy Ill mother and In the other the corpse OF the
teors for the Who spent o. the nat In no
drunKen debauch to the great annoyance of the
neighbOrhOOd and the great detriment Of the poor
car0use. She was rendered almost frantic with
the noise, and the following day, when the attend
she she was Very feeble That same day, after
the doctor had gone and the kind neighbOrs been
meanor, he demanded the bank book ' froms the the
wife in order that he might get hold Of her money.
She refused and then in his anger, as alleged,
Tn
on the stomach with his cenched fist. The cries OF
the defenceless woman brought Mrs. Parmentier to
was defiant and nj insulting. ''' Mrs. Kon is
told the doctor when he came that her
husband bad struck her three times. Alter
Mrs Parmentier and other ladies' were anxious to
give her proper scare and attention. but the
agony the poor woman died. This was last sun
neil, who is also Coroner, teleSraphed to the Chief
sidsr, but the Chief was absent; 50 that It was
THE ALLEGED MURDERER WAS ARRESTED
and and, lodged in the lail at Ellzabetn When the
painting il Is said 10 have laughed ana anu o Te
as # preparing to consgn Q Cat instead Of his
own Guild 10 the grave. After his wife's death,
doctor that he consented to employ an
undertaken. Ills objection was the cost, ana he
ing without having procured the burial permit
and DOCTORS certificate required by law, he caused
the dead woman to be buried Subsequently he ap-
YORK mi: ne "a S ss ""
, Tue BODY WAS ExHUMEb
... !: rost-mortem examination made of it by Dr.
sSy.e1sn, Sis sSs as
senteman. revealed ies iAet thas asa4 yes un.
partly sae nerv
An IN9UEsn
was commenced BY Coroner Mcconnell, but up to
These were Mrs Parmentier and her sister, resident
with her, Mrs. Annette Mansfield. The latter lady
stated upon oath that Mrs. Konkel on the day the
blow was struck, had signed TO her TO come near
her In the bed and told her that her husband had
struck her In the stomach three times, the husband
not contradicting his vile. There was no one in
the room when he struck her.
PEIEDIsH TREATMENT OF A DEAD INFANT.
, Mrs; Elizabeth Parmentier, on being sworn,
described the circumstances prior to and at the
caught the dead infant IN his arms, and, being
the bood ooseo OF quo
mouth; told him not TO excite his wife by
such actions, but he said he did not care for
woman, who was drunk, was attending the sick
woman; Konkel said he wanted hfty cents to pay
wanted to give his wife some whiskey, but witness
demonstrated; witness declared she saw Konkel,
through the window, strike his wife, and heard
her cry out to her twitness' sister. "'"
THE PRISONER INTERVIEWED.
from CRAWFORD the HERALD representative pro-
County jail He ID . short, thick-set, muscular.
fair, haired ltgnt-eyed rather repusiye featured,
same age lie tod an enre ne sa sr wns
me ss,IS,ns :" a. VIE IL Is dsales
driving out the nies with towel and that was
what Mrs; Parmentier saw him doing, inducing
spite against him. owing to his ding so% mae
$H which, ne alleges, she owes him for cutting