The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-06
The Slayer Came to Richmond,
Notified the Police, and Was
Later Arrested by Sheriff
Linus Meredith.
GREATEST CONFUSION
CAUSED BY KILLING
And the Little Boarding House
Presents Wrecked Appear
ance-Mrs. Ou|ic Surrend-
cred This Afternoon.

As the result OF an unsuccessful at
tempt on the part of four Austrians
to hold up the camp of the foreigners
near Hiser's Station, west of Center
vile, at an early hour this morning,
two of the robbers, Samuel Cracklic
and Stif Borat, are now dead. their
skulls having been fractured and
their heads mashed to q pulp, almost
beyond recognition. by the use of
heavy axe. The axe which was used
with such deadly effect was welded
by Joseph Dulic, boarding house boss
for the gang, and his wife. Two OF
the holdups made their escape and no
trace has been discovered of the men
since that time. Dulic came to this
city about o'clock this morning and
notified the police that a double MUIR
der had taken place, but did not state
that it was he who had done the kill
ing. The man then returned to the
camp. He was arrested by Sheriff
Meredith this morning.
The killing took place about 1:30
o'clock this morning. Cracklic and
Borat. and two other foreigners. who
loaf around the camp, but who have
never been known to work. rushed in
to the boarding house, which is To-
Gated at the railroad and Washington
road, and at the point Of revolvers at
tempted to hold up the entire gang in
the house, numbering about ten men
and one woman. Brandishing their
revolvers and demanding their money
or their lives. the quartet forced open
the door Of the shanty and awakened
the sleeping occupants with their
startling declaration.
FeIled with an Ak.
Almost before the words had left
their lips the leader of the quartet,
Sam Cracklic, was felled by a pow
erful blow In the head. delivered by
Dulles wife, it is said, with a heavy
AK. which is used in the construction
work. Borat, who was directly be-
hind Cracklic. was then knocked down
in the same manner by Dulic The in
furiated Austrian continued to heap
blow after blow upon the heads OF the
two men until their skulls were al
most battered to jelly and their brains
were strewn over the entire length
Of the floor. The other two men fear
ing that they would be SERVED with
hA c(v lot 1c
beat hasty retreat amid a volley of
shots, fired by some of the boarders.
Was Great Excitement.
The greatest excitement prevailed
in the sleeping quarters of the Aus
trians when the four holdup men
burst in upon them. Owing to the
fact that there were about ten men
In the place at the time and all of
them had hand in the fight it is
almost impossible to attach the blame
on any one particular individual. It
Is said however that Dulic dealt the
death blows to the two men and was
materially assisted in carrying out
the murder by his wife. The room
in which the fight occurred has the
appearance Of having been struck by
cyclone. Chairs tables and beds
were overturned and the greatest con-
fusion reigned. The stove also was
Knocked over and the men must have
fought frantically In vain endeavbr
to escape from the place with thei.
lives. When the two dead men were
beaten and tramDled on until the ex.
cited foreigners were sure life was
extinct their revolvers were seized and
several shots wre fired at the other
two fleeing men. but they made their
getaway and are not believed to have
been struck by any Of the stray bull
lets. Nick ,Colick and Sam Martic
two Austrians who were working 4
short distance from IL sse1e Of the