The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-01-23
VIM. Karpowich Attempts
to Murder Sweetheart i'm
Jenne Street House
GIRL MAY SURVIVE INJURIES
Karpowich Arrested an Hour After the
Shooting Admits His Crime and
Seems Relieved When Told That the
Young Woman May Recover.

Crazed with jealousy, William Kar-
powich, love sick Russian, 26 years
of age, shot and seriously injured Miss
Anna Antonowicz, Sunday evening at
go Jenne street The injured woman
is now in the Kenosha Hospital where
he1 wounds are considered serious, but
not necessarily fatal. Kaprowich was
arrested by police officer Zecak an hour
after the shooting and is being held at
the county Jail pending the develop
ment of the injuries of the young wo-
man.
1t is declared that the shooting came
as result of lover s quarrel and it
lis said that the two had been sweet
hearts for some time. Karpowich shot
the young woman with thirty-two
calibre revolver, the bullet passing di-
rectly through her jaws from left to
right. Her condition is such that
should she recover it is certain that
she will bear through life the mark of
the shot fired by her jealous lover.
The shooting of the young woman
caused great excitement in the Jenne
street district of the city and in the
excitement following the shooting Kar-
powich managed to get away. He made
no effort to escape from the city and
was picked up by the police officer an
hour after the shooting in the neigh
borhood of the house where the woman
had been injured.
The young woman and Karpowich
were sitting in the front room of the
house and in the same room were sew
eral other people. These people tell a
confused story of the shooting and from
their stories it is evident that they are
far from clear as to the details. Young
Karpowich and his sweetheart had
been conversing in low tones and the
first that the other occupants of the
room knew that there had been any
trouble was when the man drew the
revolver from his pocket and began
firing. He did not say anything to in
dictate the cause of the shooting but he
pushed the revolver close to the face
of the young woman and fired one shot.
The girl fell to the floor and Karpo-
witch jumped up and ran out of the
house. The girl was found lying in a
pool of blood and as soon as possible
an ambulance was called and she was
removed to the Kenosha Hospital where
Dir. George E. Thompson was called to
attend her. The police hurried to the
house and at once began search for
Karp (Which. Every officer on the force
took up the search and Zecak who had
been left tt watch the house found his
man and he made no effort to resist
arrest. He promptly admitted that he
had shot the young woman and told the
police officer that he had thrown the
revolver away after the shooting. He
declared that he probably dropped it
on either JENNIE or Garden street as
he had walked about in an aimless fash
ion after the shooting and was unable
to say just where he had gone.
At the Jail this morning Karpowich
seemed dazed. When asked to tell the
story of the shooting he declared that
he knew nothing about it but later he
gave an incoherent statement of his
relations with the young woman. IT
came here from Russia four years ago
and have been working in the tannery0
he said. Il knew Anna before I came
to Kenosha and she came here nine
months ago. l had asked her to marry
me but she did not want to be married
now Karpowich said that he had
bought the revolver some time ago but
insisted that when he went to see the
girl on Sunday evening he had no in
tention of killing her. He showed the
greatest concern in regard to the con-
dition of the young woman and when
he was advised that she would prob
ably recover from her injuries he APP
peared to be greatly relieved. Friends
Of Karpowich declare that he has been
acting strangely in regard to the young
woman for some time.
The young woman was unable to
make any statement in regard to the
shooting and it will probably be sew
eral weeks before she is able to appear
in court. Reports from the hospital
however, give encouragement that the
young woman will recover from her
injuries.