Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-27
MYSTERY Of DEATHS
IS YET UNS0LvEO
BY OFFICERS
Finding of Second Body North
west OF Roswell Adds
u Numerous
Theories
SUICIDE PACT MAY
HAVE EXISTED
Officers Incline to Belief that the
Two Men Fought and that the
Survivor Killed Himself by
Drinking SulphuriC

Were Theodore Kulay and Albert
Ross murdered and robbed. or did
they fight and infiict wounds on each
other, resulting fatally to both, or did
they have a suicide compact and each
take his own life by drinking sulphur
ic acid and stabbing? These are the
three principal theories on which Of
ficers at Roswell and the United
States marshal's office in this city are
working In an effort to clear up the
mystery surrounding the death of the
two young men.
The finding of badly decomposed
body northwest of Roswell and three
miles from where the body of Albert
Ross was found a few weeks ago,
deepens the mystery surrounding the
manner in which Ross met death and
ADDS another death which the officers
are now trying to clear up. The Sec
ond body has been positively identi-
fled as that of Theodore Kulay, a
German shoemaker, who worked at
Roswell, and who, in company with
Ross, started to walk from Roswell to
Albuquerque.
The second body was so badly de-
composed that it was necessary to
bury 1t on the spot where it was
found, but this was not done until II
had been carefully examined by Dep
uty Sheriff o. u. Finley, of Roswell;
Fred Christensen, the shoemaker for
whom Kulay worked; Fritz Brinck, a
sheepman, and another sheepman,
both of whom live near where the
two bodies were found.
Both the bodies of Ross and Kulay
presented the same indications of vio-
lent death. Both were found stretched
out on the grass, the head of each
reclining on the owners coat, part OF
the clothing removed, and knife
wounds in various parts of each body.
In each case the wounds inflicted are
in such position that they could have
been self inflicted, and one of the
theories on which the officers are
working is that the two men formed
suicide pact.
This is strengthened by the finding
of two bottles of sulpnuric acid near
Kulay's body. One of the bottles was
partly empty, and it is a theory OF
the officers that Kulay, after either
killing Ross or witnessing his sui
eide, took the knife with which he
killed himself and then stabbed him
self after drinking sulphuric acid.
Ross had several knife wounds in
his breast but mis- shirt had not been
cut, indicating that the garment had
been removed before the wounds were
made. Kulay had a knife wound in
h.f. ~ L., n. a. III,
caused his death, as the wound was
slight. No other wound was found
on his body, and ii is believed that
he met his death by drinking sulphur
ic acid.
Adding to the mystery is the loss
of S35 which Kulay was known to
have when he left Roswell A care
ful search of his clothing failed TO
reveal this money or any place in the
clothing where it had been concealed,
and this adds to the belief that both
men were attacked and killed by rob-
bers, who disposed of the two bodies
in such manner as to lend mystery
to the events surrounding the double
killing. The robbery theory is not
taken seriously by the officers, how
ever, the position of the bodies and
the wounds arguing against 1t. II rob-
berry was the motive a cunning mind
planned and executed the deaths, but
the fact that the bodies were left ex-
posed on the plains when they could
easily have been taken a few miles In
any direction and hidden so that they
would never be found, Indicates to
the officers that no third person is re-
sponsible.
That Kulay killed Ross and then
himself, or that the two men fought.
Ross stabbing Kulay In the neck and
the latter killing Ross, then taking
his own life by drinking acid or that
the two men entered into suicide
pact before leaving Roswell, are the
theories which stand out strongest,
and the latter is the more generally
accepted.
A story attracting a great deal of
interest in Roswell is that the two
men were members OF an anarchistic
society and that Ross was sent to kill
Kulay because the latter had failed
in a former mission OF death OF this
story the Roswell Record says:
Deputy Sheriff o. Y. Finley yester-
day made a careful search of the
clothing Of Albert Ross for the miss
ing $35 that belonged to Theodore
kulay, these being the two Germans