The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-05-18
BEAUTIFUL BUT NANTON.
Two Women Selrt to Siberia
for Murder.
THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE.
From the Gayest Career to the Wlds
of Siberia-HoW Russia Deals With
Her Hardened crminals-A Cold.
Blooded Murder.

Blooded Murder.
Anna Konowalow, the most beauti-
ful wanton in Russia, at whose feet
Princes and Dukes have knelt in hon.
age, has just been sentenced to life
Imprisonment in the wilds of Siberia.
Sent TO life punishment with her was
Catherine Follow, a dashing member
OF the same class, because she was
the other woman's adviser in the
crime she committed.
Ana korowalow was a poor girl,
Of tie humbleSt station, four years
Z when young locksmith sued her
HIS fer her hand. She was only
j.. .tat4 cd. Her lover was of the
H.-e. Tie match was made by
III p ,,cIt, Of lie young people, with
oIi ANY reference to their wishes IN
H." -. ter. The boy was madly in
love with Anna but she did not care
for him. He bored her and was really
stupid, while she was noted for her
brightness and beauty.
They We're married, but lived TO-
gether only few weeks. The bride
left her husbands humble roof, and
the next known of her she was under
the protection of n rich nobleman. The
girl, who had so recently been poor
and unnoticed, now rode in handsome
equipages, and was clothed in richest
gowns and furs. She had all the dia-
monds she desired, and so clever and
lovely was she that she was much
sought after in the fast set of st. Pc
tersburg.
The only cloud on the life of the gay
young woman was in the form of her
husband. The law here provides that
If man is willing to support his wife
and treat her kindly she must live
with him. The locksmith wanted his
wife and often called upon her, in
sisting that she should return to him.
He finally became so insistent that it
was feared he might invoke the law
and ruin the bright prospects of the
butterfly. So Anna consulted with her
friend Catherine.
The love of drink was the weak spot
in the locksmith's character. 1t was
decided that he should be invited to
an entertainment and made to drink
until dead. An Orgie was invented, and
to it the young man came. There was
a brilliant company of men and wo-
men, all in the secret, and the lock-
smith was piled with the strongest
liquors to be had
He drank all night, and the COM
pany pretended to do the same. When
at daylight all had gone except Anna
and her friend, the husband lay in a
drunken stupor Then the fear that
he might not die troubled the two wo-
men. Finally the beautiful Anna, in
fit of rage and desperation, knelt
drunkard to death.
The two women cut the body into
parts and packed it in a box They
caused the body to be carried far away
and to be buried on the outskirts of a
small village. Then Anna continued
her gay life, giving out to her friends
that she had persuaded her husband
to go to another country.
A few months later fisherman,
while digging for bait, came across
the box and opened it, He notified the
police. No one could be found to iden-
tify the body, and it was buried not,
however, until the face had been pho
tographed. The picture was the undo
ing of the beautiful murderess but not
until two years had elapsed.
Then, in some way, picture of the
locksmith in the possession of friend
was compared with that of the man
whose body had been found. His iden-
tity having been established, the po-
lice were quick to suspect his wife,
She was arrested, and by various
means, principally through tracing the
box from her apartment to where it
had been buried, she was convicted
as was her accomplice.
The happy go-lucky set in which
Anna Konowalow shone so resplend.
ent was shocked for almost a minute
at her untimely fate, and then life
went on as usual.