The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-31
MISSING NO LONGER.
Matthew Karasek Accused of
Murder i'm Tacoma.
THE BOY TELLS HIS STORY.
Preliminary Examination OF Matthew
and His Brother Results in Their
Being Held for Trial.

TACOMA, Aug. 30-Within an hour and q
half of the postponement of the Karasek
case yesterday. the much-talked-of missing
boy, Matthew Karasek, arrived in the city
on the Northern Pacific overland passenger
train from the East. Evidently acting under
explicit directions, he went directly to the
Office of Marshall X. Smell, attorney for
the Karaseks, who. of course, pretended 10
be greatly surprised at the boys return.
After he had been allowed to rest a little,
and had been given lunch, a reporter of
the Globe. whose fulsome praise of Mr..
Smell as "the noted and astute criminal
lawyer ETC., has evidently rendered him,
perhaps pardonabiy, partial TO that
paper, was told of the boys presence, and
invited to accompany Lawyers Smell and
Hueston and the boy to the scene of
Tommy Moore's tragic death on the 18th
OF August. Knowing that there was a war
rant out for the boys arrest, the fact OF his
return was kept secret frsm the sheriff
and the police. Late in the afternoon q
carriage was procured and the party were
driven to Fern Hill, where, on the scene of
the shooting. it is alleged that the boy told
the following story, the most remarkable
feature of which is that it comedies in every
essential particular with the theory" adj
vanced by Mr.. Smell soon after his reten-
ton as counsel by the Karaseks:
will try to tell you everything from the
time we left home. / left fathers house with
my fishing line early in the morning. / was go
ing fishing. you know. At the corner met
young Moore. He was playing with some other
boys When he saw me he ran mp ami asked
me where I was going, and I told him. He
wanted to go, and said he had 10 cents Ihad
my lunch with me, and then / thought If
could get my fathers gun would go hunting
and fishing, too, and take Tommy with me- I
went INTO the house and stole the shotgun and
then took Tommy with me. / know this coun-
try, because used to live here
Well, we were tired when we got to this
bush, and taking of our shoes, we sat down
right here aud ate our lunch, Before this
though, took the gun and put it on the other
side Of that og lpointing 10 log lying along
side the bush, and about two aud half feet
above the ground). After lunch I got up aud
went to that bush, the next to this, TO pick some
hazel nuts. must have been picking about
minute when the gun went of. 1t deafened
me, it was so close. / turned around uicxly
and saw Tommy lying right where you sit Mr..
Smell. on the ground. ran 20 him. The blood
was flowing from under his chin. knelt down
and called to him a whole lot Of times, but ne
never spoke again. cried then. felt for his
pulse. because If that is going there is life But
it had stopped going. didn't know what to do.
looked for the gun and picked il up. lust looked
once at Tommy and ran as fast as could. I
don't know how got home. but it was long
time afterward that saw my fathers house.
was going to tell him all about it when saw
had the gan and that he told me often that he
would whip me until ] couldn't stand If ever
took 1t out of the house OIL didn't know
what to do. sat down q while and thought
and then stole into the house, took the gun
apart, and put 1t in the old canvas case it be-
1<xw~
made mp my mind to run away from home.
had $26. so ia money that had made and saved
up in purse my mother gave me for q bank.
took this and my school books, started down
stairs and left the house. ! ran away down to
the Pacific avenue depot where sat down. A
train came up and asked q hackman
where it was going. He told me East
I remembered my aunt and uncle lived
in Chicago / ran into the ticket office
and asked them what they would charge
me to ride to Chicago. / was going to my I'M
cle's there to 60 to school. They said SO. and
gave me . boys ticket and got on the train.
slept on the seats nights and the conductor
treated me kindly. used to get off aud eat at
the stations and got on all right. When got
to Chicago spent all day looking for my uncle's
house and finally found it. They didn't know
what to think when came in. I told them
had come to go to manual training school that
my father had written letters to them about,
auu tueg Dt4kSVtu uIc sI8ye tueFe Until one
day my uncle told me would have to go back;
that my father wanted me. He then told me all
about how little Tommy was dead and that
must go back and tell how it happened or my
father and brother would go to jail OF course
came as soon as they got me ready. am here
now and am glad I came, for was never
happy after / ran away. They won't hurt
father and Jimmie, will they2 I know they
won't hurt me, for l tried eli could to get
Tommy alive, but couldn'r do it.
In the evening the party returned to the
city and the boy was taken to his home
This morning the warrant for his arrest
was served and little later he appeared in
Justice Best's court and the long-delayed
preliminary examination of Mathis Kara
SEX. the father, charged with being AN
accessory after the fact" was commenced.
He was soon discharged, under provision
of the law which declared that a parent or
near relation OF a person accused of crime
as in this case, can not be held as an .sac-
cessory after the fact" The preliminary
examination OF Matthew and Jimmy Kara
SEX was then held, and on substantially the
same evidence as that produced before the
coroner's jury the boys were both bound
over in the sum of $4,000 to appear for
trial at the next term of the district court.
Bail was promptly furnished and the bows
were released from custody.
Concerning the theory of the defense, SO
clearly corroborated by Matthew's state
ment and explanation of his mysterious
disappearance, public opinion is divided.
Many give full credence to the story and
many regard 1t as an ingenious fabrication,
designed TO conceal important features of
the case. The reputation of the Karasek
boys is good, and few incline to the belief
that either of them Intentionally killed