The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

NEW THEORY OF THE SEXTUPLE
MACEDONIAN MURDER.
AL Cohbatants in Cory Tenth Avenue
Battle Met Death, According to the
Deductions Of Hennepin County Dep
uty Sheriff, Who Has Investigated
the Tragedy.

Was the terrible slaughte rof the six
Macedonians found in a house on Tenth
avenue S on Tuesday the result of a.
fierce battle Of greed among themselves,
which ended only with the extermina-
tion Of the entire band, part of them
being killed in their sleep by their
comrades and the other falling by,
wounds received in the terrible strug-
giles There are strong Indications point
ing to other theories of the terrible af-
fair, but at the same time there is
strong evidence supporting the above
theory advanced by Deputy Sheriff
George A. 10th, who has been working
on the case.
Mr.. 10th is recognized as one Of the
most persistent and successful detec-
tives connected with either the sheriff s
office or the police department, and is
a student Of crime and Criminals.
CATER going over the case carefully
from the start, I am convinced that the
entire affair was confined to the six
men found Dead" said Mr.. 10th yes
terday. .
Trouble Over Money.
MI. 10th reasons as follows: The
Kalef brothers were the majority Of
the gang. One of the four was banker
for the crowd, and as such holder of
the $500 found in a money belt in the
room. Trouble. arose, probably over
money matters, either because of the
selection Of one of the brothers as
banker or because Of $50 held out of
the pool by the Kalef brother found
in the basement. Yunkoy and Deme-
tri decided to clean out the others, as
they slept. All were armed, it being
Mr. 10th g conviction that the six
knives were bought by the crowd in
| Duluth, and that Wilson, the Duluth
hardware clerk is mistaken in saying
that none of the six at the morgue
| bought the knives.
The two murderers killed three Of
the Kaleffs as they slept, stabbing them
in the neck and severing the jugular
| vein. They missed a vital part on the
fourth brother, the one found in the
basement, and jumping up he defended
himself with the bloody Ratchet found
in the room. At the first blow, he killed
Demetri. Demetri has a bloody knife
in his death grasp. AS Yukov came to-
ward him Kalef struck him q glancing
| blow in the face, which stunned him
| for the moment. =
Two Fight to Death. !
Selling a knife Kalef started to es-
cape down the stairs and stumbling slid
head foremost to the bottom and lay in
a corner. Of the hall at a point where
a large pool ofssblood was found.
The woundedYukov followed and the
bloody fight ives resumed in the lower
hall, with 'thez%combatants on then
hands and knees being too weak te
stand. It was a running fight, the fight
ers keeping it up thru two rooms ane
finally falling into the open cellar
where the fight was continued unit
both died fromsloss Of blood.
This theory. Of the affair has two new
facts not given out by the police. Thu
sixth knife was found on Wednesday
and was new like the others and bough'
at the same place. The finding of So
on one Of the Kaleffs has not been men
toned. The doors Of the house were
locked on the inside. One of the fou
Kaleffs had a2cap bought in Duluth OF
the same day as the knives. This fac
has been proved by the Duluth police
and the cap which was found at tn
foot Of the stairs fits the head Of thu
Kalef found in the basement.