The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-01
JEALOUS WoMAN'S CRIME.
A Girl, Eighteen Years of Age, Cruelty
 MurdereN.

Rochester, N. H., Jan. 1S.-A care fully planned and most cruelty carried
 out murder, the result of jealousy came
 to light this afternoon when the body of | Annie Cox, eighteen years of age, of Ca 1 lais, Me, was found in pool of blood
 in the house of Henry Provenchia on Harrison avenue. The mystery con-
 nected with the finding of the body was , in a manner soon cleared. Mrs. Lizzie
 P. Rovenchia, it is alleged, confessed to 1 having done the deed, and to have ex- pressed the intention to kill her hus- band She is, however, missing, and is
 known to have left this city on freight train.
 | The story which resulted in to-day's
 climax is an interesting one. Proven
 chia and his wife separated about two
 years ago, Mrs. Provencha remaining in Somersworth, while her husband and
 young soldier removed to Rochester. Mrs. Progenchia visited her husband several times in an endeavor to effect a
 reconciliation, but to no purpose To-
 day, or seeing her husband, she asked him to kiss her. He refused and stated
 that he did not wish to have anything
 to say to her. She answered signifi-
 cantly that she would make it hot for
 him.
 p6 fA,I, .1a1 @tsr,
 gagged Miss Cox as housekeeper. She
 was bright and vivacious girl and it seems very probable that Mrs. Proven chia became very jealous of Miss Cox even to making threats against her and visiting this city several times with the intention of doing her husband and Miss COX bodily harm. To-day when she came from Somersworth she had her
 husbands sister for company and to-
 gether they went to the house of Mrs. Fuse, mother of Mrs. Provenchia. Mrs
 Fuse, the police claim, says that in a
 conversation while in the house. Mrs. Provenchia said her object of visiting
 Rochester was to find and to kill her husband and the Cox woman. She had 44-calibre revolver with her at the time, which she had procured from policeman at Somersworth. After din- ner Mrs. Provenchia left the house go- ing directly to her husbands house, What there occurred is only known from what Mrs. Fuse told the police. Mrs. Fuse says that her daughter eaid she ordered Miss Cox to leave the house and to stay out. Miss Cox replied that she would not Mrs Proyenrhia thon drew out revolver and fred four shots, all taking effect in Miss Cox's body. Mrs. Provenchia then returned to her mothers house and told her mother the details of her act Mrs Provenchia then left the house with her sister in-law, the women separating at the railroad depot Mrs. Provenchia go- ing down the railroad track and jump ed into stock car attached to freight train, and the other woman going down the track. The freight train left soon after. The police heard of the murder in a singular way. When Mrs. Pro- venchia left her husbands house she met male acquaintance, and told of what had transpired and of her inten- tion to kill her husband. This young man persuaded her not to molest her husband and she consented not to do so. The woman then proceeded while the young man went to Provenchia's house and there found the body of Miss Cox. For some reason the young man delay ed informing the police and when he did so Mrs. Provenchia had been car ried away on the freight train.