Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-31
NO LONGER A MYSTERY
How Tommy Mooae the Ia
coma Boy Came to
His Death
The Shooting Was Purely Ac-
cidental But His Com
panion Fled
The Accused Lads Dramatic
Story as Told to the
Attorneys

ago Two young ldus. Matthew karaZpk
and Tommy Moore, went cunning.
Young Moore was found next day dead
in an orchard south of town and the lad
karazek had disappeared and was not
seen ill yesterday. The mystery sur
rounding the death has been on every
tongue since. Yesterday afternoon the
mystery was made clear by the return of
the karazek lad who had been To
Chicago and who left this city immedi-
ateiy after the killing from sheer fright.
When the boy returned he went at once,
TO the law Office of Marshall X Smell and
placed himself iu that gentlemau's hands.
Matthew karazok was taken out 10 the
place whore the killing occurred. by Mr..
Smell and another attorney and induced
to unravel tine great mystery surrounding
bis companions death ON that fatcmI
Friday afternoon. With occasional iu-
terrogatorie- piled 10y both Mes~i,. Smell
and Hcu-ion. the boy sobbing bitterly
most of the time, detailed the circum-
stances OF the tragedy and they are here
appended almost in his oNu words 10 iS
Impossible To fully portray that scene.
The astute lawyer aud hls colleague at
the bar sat opposite 10 and keculy
watched the little boy. lie bare headed
his hands clenched cunyulsiyclv. tears
streaming from his eyes would sob or
gasp as he spoke then look appcaliugiy at
the lawyers. The carriage lamps made
the ensemble more painful with their
fickering light.
Il will try To tell you everything from
the time We left home. | left father :
house with my fishing line early in the
morning. / was going fishing YOU
know. AT the corner met young Moore.
lie was playing with some other
boys When he saw me he
ran up aud asked me where | was going.
and told him. lie wanted To 20 and
said he had 10 cents. had my lunch
with me and then thought if could get
my fathers gun ! would go hunting and
fishing too aud take Tommy with me.
went into the house and stole the shotgun
and then took Tommy with me. | know
TINS country because ! used 20 live here.
Well, we were tired out when we got To
this bush. and taking of our shoes We sat
down right here and ate our lunch. Be
fore this. though. took the gun aud put
IL on the other side Of that log (pointing
20 a log lying alongside the bush and
about Two and half feet above the
ground. After lunch got up and went
To that bush. the next To this. 10 pick
some horse nuts. must have been pick
ing about a minute when the gun went
of. II deaiened me 10 was 50 close. |
lying right where you Sit Mr.. Smell. ON
the ground. ! ran 60. him. The blood
was lying from under his chin. / kuelt
down aud called 10 him a whole lot of
times. but hc never spoke again. | cried
then. ] felt for his pulse because If That
is going there j. life. but 70 had stopped
going. didn't know what todo. look
ed for the gun and picked 10 up. lust
looked once az Tommy aud ran az fast a.
could. don know how ! got home.
but 10 was long time afterward that I
saw my fathers house. | was going tu
tell him all about 30 when saw had the
gun and that hc told me after that hr
, would whip me until couldn't stand II /
ever took il out Of the house Oh. didn't I
know what To do ! sat down awhile and
thought and thought and then / stole
INTO lhe house, took the gun apart aud
put IL into the oid canvas case il be-
lunged in aud then went To my bed room.
made up my mind to run away from
home. ! had $3.50 in money that had
made and saved up IN a purse my mother
gave me for a bank. ] took this aud nv
school books and started down stairs and
left the house. ! ran away down To the
Paclhc avenue depot where | sat down.
a train came up aud asked "a hackman
where IL was going and he told me east.
! remem mbered my aunt and uncle lived in
Chicago. ran into the ticket office aud
asked them what they would charge me
To rlde 10 Chicago. | was going 10 my
uncle's there TO go 10 school. They said
twenty-five dollars and gave me boys
ticket and got on the train. | slept ON
the seats at night aud the conductors
treated me kindly. | used to get of and
Saat at the stations and got on all right.
When got to Chicago ! spent all day
looking for my uncle's house and finally
found IL. They did not know what To
think when came in. ! told them had
come To go to the manual training schOul.
mat my father had written letters to
'them about il and they believed me. /
stayed there until one day my uncle told
ne TO go back that my father wanted me.
II lie then told me all about how little
y Tommy Moore was dead and that must
go back aud tell how IL happened or my
Ia'her and brother would go to jail. Of
eouse ! came as soon as they got me
ready. ! am here now and am glad |
came as was never happy after ran
away They, won't hurt father and
hurt me for | tried all could to get
Tommy alive but couldn't do it,"
lhe carriage had reached Railroad
sIeet opposite the depot when the con-
HcrNauon ended. The party found itself
ln uuandary. What could be done with
lhe boy? The silence seemed to give the
o3l an inkling Of his situation. he began
again 70 cry aud mplorpd Mr.. smell To-
lake MIN home. Ills fatigue combined
WIN lhe excitement and sOlemnity of his
"eh"ihRs oNticamc MN auu Tor
Uiuc t was thought he had sWopncd.
iumpl work rallied him. however. and
vas al once decided as an act of simple
humanity toward the child that he should
NV pc delivered up aud made 10 pass
NY Pless troubled night in a prison cell.
"llH aS much haste as possible the party
G'' then conveyed to the residence Of
f99e boys father. Little karazek was
@ @nrwu ont and was soon In his mothers
aus The scene that followed bpggars
fcserlptlon. At such meetings between
fnu mother and her little sIn given up
'ul lost the "A shntlH b., ,1ga ufp