Connecticut western news., 1875-07-23
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
A Sad Warning to Young Girls who VI
 not Heed the Advice of Parents.

A Sad Warning to Young Girls who will not Heed the Advice of Parents.
 It was an observation of Sir Walter Scott that almost any countryside affords material for a dozen romances, and as much might be said of the col umns of almost any daily paper. A few days ago we gave an account of do nestle tragedy, attended with circum- stances as distressing as any which the most ingenious novelist could devise. Near the town of Troupsburg, in Steu- ben county, southwestern New York, re- sides 8 farmer named Hendricks, well to do and much respected. MT. Hendricks has son and daughter-the former, a young man of twenty-one, of excellent and even devout reputation; the latter remarkable for unusual intellectual at tainments. Miss Hendricks had profted to an unusual degree by the superior educational advantages which her father had literally provided for her. She dis tinguished herself at college, and re- turning home, probably felt keenly that sort of craving for society which is ex- perienced by those who, having lived among people of education and refine ment, find themselves condemned to the very humdrum circle of an intensely rural neighborhood. Under such cir cumstances, many high-spirited girls have fallen an easy prey to the overtures of suitors who covered bad disposi- tion by the attractive veneer of plausi- ble manner and proposing person. Be- fore long young man named Dildine began to pay his addresses. A man of talent and education, he added to these attractions the charm of good looks and fine figure, and was, in fact, precisely such man as would have been likely to win the heart of such woman as Helen Hendricks. It was great grief to her father to see his only daughters affec- tions taking this turn, inasmuch, as with all his superficial advantages, Dldine labored under the reproach of bad reputation. But Miss Hendricks was determined to have him, and in spite of the opposition of her family, she be- came Mrs. Dildine.
 Before many months had elapsed, ru- mors reached MT. Hendricks which pointed to his apprehensions as to Dil- dine having been too we'll founded, and at length he determined to go and re- treatment of his wife. The result of this visit was that he brought his daugh- ter and her infant child back to her home. But after few days her hus- band came over and insisted on their re- turn. This was in 1873. From that time they lived together cat and dog life, until, after he had beaten her to un- consciousness, she escaped with her two children to her fathers house, reaching it the same evening. On the following afternoon Dildine drove up, alighted and entered the house, where he found his wife and her father, mother, and brother. The last was prepared with 8 weapon, on which probably Dildine had not counted. In consequence of incen- diary fires, in 1873 and lately, which un- doubtedly were his brother in laws work, young Hendricks had bought 8 pistol, and when his brother-in-law arrived it was duly primed. Dldine said he wanted his boy, and tearing the child from his mother moved toward the wagon. To the screams and entreatios of mother and child, he paid no heed, and when young Hendricks, who now broke silence, desired him to stop, he went on. Young Hendricks fired. The shot took effect, but still Dildine moved on. A second shot also took effect, but failed to stay his course, but at third he dropped. Eight minutes later he was dead.
 An inquest was held, and young Hen dricks lies in Bath jail It is terrible instance of the trouble which the in fatuation of passion may bring on @ family. If Miss Hendricks could only have placed confidence in her parents judgment as to the unworthiness of the man who sought her, their peaceful home would not have been the scene that afternoon of as dreadful domestic tragedy as we have ever had to record NeaU York Times.