The San Francisco call., 1904-07-01
MANS DEATH
IS SHROUDED
IN MYSTERY
DR.. JarGCki Is Found
Dead in House
at Denver.
Special Dispatch to III. call.

DENVER, June 30.-The discovery
this morning Of the dead body of DR..
Seymour Jareck has furnished mys-
tery which bids fair TO rival the famous
Burdick-Pennen case of Buffalo. which
was never solved, though it led to the
death Of three Of the principal char
scters.
DR.. Jarecd. for the past two years
County Physician, lived with his wife
and two children at 23OO ogden street.
Last evening he went with his family
70 the home of David Michaels at 1924
Columbia street. to attend a social
gathering. He left the Michaels house
about ] o'clock this morning. his wife
and children remaining over night. and
went home alone Shortly after 4
O'clock neighbors heard two shots in
succession from the Jarecki terrace.
After an hour or so an investigation
was started by the neighbors and
Jsrecki was found dead on the kitchen
floor with a bullet through his heart.
Beside him was a revolver with two
chambers empty. hole in the screen
around the kitchen porch showed that
some one had fired the shot through
the open door and the powder marks
showed that the weapon which killed
DR. Jarecd was dressed only in his
night gown. but though he had been
at home almost three hours the bed
had not been disturbed. His watch.
money and other personal belongings
were on the dressing table in his room.
~ first glance 1t looked like brutal
murder and the detectives are work
ing on this theory.
A suicide theory has been advanced
but this is generally. discredited. 1t is
rumored that Jareci was murdered
for revenge and that relative Of a
woman whom he had wronged was re-
spOnsible for the deed. DR.. 'Jareckf was
assaulted in his office in the Court
house on the afternoon of December
= last by some persons whose identity
has never been discovered. The de-
tectives working on the case found
themselves handicapped by the alleged
inability Of the victim to give them
a description of the assailant His
actions in regard to the matter and
his apparent Discrimination 10 talk led
the police to believe that he knew who
his assailant was, but refused to tell
Tor reasons best known TO himself. The
tneofy of the police was that murder
and not robbery was the object.
Young man riding 20 his home
Tno PASSED the Jarecki house yesterday
morning shortly before (. o'clock saw
.wo men talking in front Of the place.
They seemed Disconnected by his an
pearance and quickly separated. De-
scrlptiOns OF the men have been fur
nished the police. and an effort is to
be made to apprehend them
Jarecd renewed several of his life
Insurance policies on Wednesday. and
his fact is the cause of the advance
ment Of the suicide theory DR.. Jarecki
was well-to-do and certainly had no
financial reason for ending his life.
Mrs. Jarecd believes that her hus.
band was the victim Of a burglar. who
was trying TO enter the kitchen door of
the Jarecli home: that he arrived
home about 1870 o'clock. returned
and fell asleep and was awak-
sned by the efforts OF the bur
glar He went to investigate. she
presumes, and met his death after
graphing with the invader. The shoot
Ing was done at close range, which ac-
counts for the powder marks on his
night shirt, and she accounts for the
powder stains on his hands by pre-
suming that he held the revolver when
( was fired.