The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-07
Many Conflicting Stories Are
Told Authorities by Those
Examined in Regard to the
Double Murder Case.
DULlC REFUSES TO TALK
REGARDING THE CASE
Police Think It Odd Alleged
Hold Up Men Were Routed
BY Sleepy inmates of 0uIic
Boarding House.


the murder of the two Austrian labor.
ers. Sam Cracklic and Stiff Borat. at
the camp of the foreigners west of
Centerville early Saturday morning.
So many conflicting stories have been
told by eye witnesses of the double
murder. that several of the authorities
are now of the opinion that the crime
was not the result of an attempted
hold uD but the outcome Of a drunken
brawl. In many instances the different
versions of the foreigners in regard to
the murders do not hang together.
Some declare that Cracklic and Borat
were given admittance to the shanty
about l o'clock yesterday morning
and asked for some beer. On being
told that there was none they started
a rough house, which resulted I'm a
free for all scrap and the death OF
the two instigators of the trouble.
Another version is to the effect that
Cracklic and Borat and two compan-
ions forced open the door of the
house and. awakening the sleeping
occupants. demanded their money or
their lives at the point Of revolver.
1t is then asserted that Mrs. Joseph
Dulic seized an AK and knocked
cracklic down while her husband fol-
lowed suit on Borat and the skulls
of both men were beaten to a pulp.
The latter theory appears to be the
more logical on the surface but even
this version of the affair has SO many
conflicting points that a grave doubt
has arisen in the minds of the more
skeptical as to the probable truth Of
this tale.
0ulic Is Silent.
Joseph Dulic. proprietor of the
boarding house in which the trouble
livered the death blow to the two
men. is still silent in regard to the
matter. He refuses to discuss the
crime to any satisfaction OF the Off
GERS and practically nothing can be
learned from the man which tends to
throw any light on the matter. Joseph
Chupuvic, another Austrian who was
implicated in the murder. it is said.
has been taken into custody and he is
crime 1t is practically impossible to
gain any information from the foreign.
ers, owing to the fact that scarcely
any of them speak English. An in
terpretor will be secured Monday and
an effort made to get some kind OF
satisfactory story from the Austrians.
Coroner Bramkamp will not file his
verdict until all of the witnesses in
the case have been examined. which
will probably require several days a.
least, it is said. An official investiga-
ton of the case was made yesterday
afternoon at the county Jail by Cor
oner Bramkamp, Prosecuting Attor-
ney Ladd and Sheriff Meredith. when
Dulic was severely cross examined.
However. it was the unanimous opin-
ion of all Of the officials that they
knew less when they had finisheG
than they did before the examination
began.
Both Make 0eniaIs.
Dulic is alleged to have declared to
several of the foreigners after the
murder had taken place that it was
ne who had dealt the death blow to
| both of the men. However. upon the
mans arrest. he denied that he had
anything to do with 1t and implicated
several others in the affair. Mrs.
Dulic also declares that she did not
strike Cracklic with an Ak, but several
witnesses assert that she committed
the act. She has not been arrested.
Prosecuting Attorney Ladd states
that he will probe the matter to its
depth and unless Dulic ''loosens up
and tells everything he will be sent
up for the crime. 1t is very probable
that several more arrests will be made
tomorrow and the grand jury may be
called to investigate the matter. The
police are looking for Rodi Roderick.
The horribly mudlated bodies Of