Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-30
MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS
Six Meu Who We're in Minneapolis 0harnel
House Arrested in Duluth.
BUT uTTLE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM
Their Leader TELLS n straight story
and Police Believe the Mcn De-
tained Know Nothing
of the Crime.

DULUTH. Mimi. March 29.-Instead of
clearing tho mystery of tho murder OF six
Bulgarians in a Minneapolis dwelling the
arrest in this city today Of ten persons ON
suspicion has only deepened the mystery.
1t was believed that those now in custody
here were in some way connected with the
crime This suspicion was confirmed In
way during the latter developments of the
case tonight. when il was learned by the
Ipolice that six hunting knives were sold
by the Kelly Hardware company OF this
city to foreigners one day last week An
cnploye of the company left tonight for
Minneapolis for the purpose of Identifying
the hunting knives found i'm the house
where the crime was committed. This was
regarded by the Duluth police as one of
the most important clues yet discovered and
much will depend on the result as it is
known and admitted by sokuloff, the
spokesman of the suspects that he and
several of his countrymen passed through
the city last week on their way from AL
born, where they had been employed dur
| ing the winter. for Minneapolis.
No Attempt to Evnde Police.
The chief Of police says the suspects in
no way attempted to evade the police and
! sokuloff promptly picked out the men who
came from Minneapolis with him on Mon
| day. Sokuloff says he left the Alborn
camp Tuesday OF last week for Mime
/ apolis When he arrived. he says, the six
victims were In the house that proved
their tomb. They were with him at AL
born, but he declares he left that station
! two days ahead of the remaining members
| of the party and never saw them again
until he met them in Minneapolis. For
three days, then. sixteen of the Bulgarians,
including the victims, were together in the
house where the crime was committed.
He says that the reason the victims re-
mained behind when the rest of the party
4 went north was that they were assigned
| to lighter railroad section work at Salem.
N. D., and intended going to that city at
once. Petres Staia, one OF the suspects
and cousin of one of the murdered men,
left for Minneapolis tonight, where he will
attempt to aid the police by Identifying the
victims by name. and with such other in
formation as will serve to throw light on
their movements from the time they left
Alborn up to the last moment he saw them
alive Up to the discovery of the clue
which indicated that the hunting knives
were purchased in this city last week at
about the time a large party of foreigners
were passing through this city the police
were inclined TO the theory that none of
the prisoners had anything to do with the
crime. The latest clue, however, plunges
the affair in deeper mystery.
One Man Talks.
Scl1ulOff says when the party entered the
Minneapolis house II numbered sixteen, and
\ ten OF these came TO Duluth, leaving six
there. OF the six four were brothers OF
the name Dimitri. The impression that
the Dimitris were father and sons is
wrong The Dimltris went to the train
Monday and We're then alive and well and
ScNuloff says there was the best OF feeling
In the house. The ten who came to Duluth
were on their way TO work in the mines
The party before going to Minneapolis
had been at Alberin station and numbered
more than sixteen but the others remained
in Duluth, preparatory to going out or
section work
ScSuloff expressed surprise at hearing OF
the murder. but when asked for theory
shrugged his shoulders. threw his hands UT
and said he did not know.
The effects OF a religious nature found il
the house, he says, are prayerbooks anC
other things OF the Bulgarian church, OF
which they are members, and which they
always carry with them.
Crime Carefully Planned.
MINNEAPOLIS March 29.-It Is nov
: we'll established that the killing of the sis
Bulgarians was carefully planned Tn,
] killing was done by long knives Of th'
Bowie pattern, four of the weapons be
I ing found about the premises. All were o.
the same make and all were new indicating
( that they had been probably purchased a
c the same place and time.
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