The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-14
BIG REWARD IS
OFFERED FOR THE
SLAYER OF BOY
Continued from Page One0


give the schoolmates of young Kar-
rick chance to pay a final tribute to
the memory of the unfortunate boy,
who only a few days ago was one of
their happy number.
Trail at Provo.
The trail of the burglar who shot
and killed Thomas R. Karrick. the IA
year-old boy, in cold blood at the Kar-
rick home. $50 South Thirteenth East
street. Wednesday noon, was picked up
at Provo. when he attempted 10 pawn
a watch bearing the name of Sarah r.
Ellerbeck, maiden name of Mrs. Kar-
rick; mother of the murdered boy.
This watch was one of the few ar
ticles stolen in the Karrick residence
prior TO the murder. II is Waltham
watch enclosed in heavy gold hunt
ing case, which bears the name in
script. sarah E. Ellerbeck." The pO-
lice had entertained oopes that the
murderer would try TO pawn it in Salt
Lake, and its description had been
furnished all the local pawnbrokers
and jewellers.
But for some odd reason the police
had failed to inform authorities of
surrounding cities of the missing
watch And when a tall, slender man
walked into the Chapman JewelTy
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o'clock yesterday, and attempted TO
sell the stolen watch, no one suspected
that he was the murderer for whom a
reward has been offered.
The BIZ er in the Chapman Jewelry
company became suspicious when he
saw the name Sarah Z. Ellerbeck"
on the outer case of the watch and.
fearing that it had been stolen. refused
TO make the purchase. Then the tall
man became nervous and tried TO eX-
plain that he had TO have money with
in two hours
The jeweler would not buy the
watch. and the tall man went to the
Josiah Beck jewelry store. not far
from Chipman's.
Second Attempt Fails.
There the murderer made a second
attempt TO sell the watch. Beck has
always assisted the Provo police in the
detection of criminals but he had not
been informed of the fact that the
murderer had stolen Mrs Karrick's
watch. He simply .hOught that the
man had come into possession of the
watch under questionable circum-
stances and turned il down. Clerks
/ at Beck's remember very distinctly
/ that the hunting case of the watch
bore the inscription, sarah +. Eller-
| beck"
The burglar pleaded with Beck TO
| buy the watch on grounds that he
needed several dollars to attend to an
Out-Of-tOwn erran1. he said that he
would soon be back in Provo, when
he would redeem the watch. He acted
nervous and too anxious to sell, and
the jeweler finally turned him down.
He left the store discouraged. He was
/ last seen walking rapidly through tho
streets of Provo. The peculiar action
of the man with the watch made Jew
eler Beck suspicious. and he Informed
the police and the sheriff.
Both the shsrifs Office and the po-
lice of Provo got into immediate COM
municatiOn with the Salt Lake police.
They were informed that a watch had
been stolen. and that il bore the name
Sarah Ellerbcck" engraved on the
back. Both jewellers were positive
that they had seen that name on the
watch, and Jeweler Beck had even
taken it down on a slip of paper, COM
bined with the numt er, before he gave
IL back to the burglar
Police Are AstOnished.
That an attempt had been made to
pawn the watch in Provo threw the
salt Lake police into CONSERVATION.
Police officials called both the sheriff
office and the police of Provo and
urged that every effort be made to To-
cate the man who had tried TO pawn
the watch Police and deputy sheriffs
in Provo scattered in every direction
searching railroad yards. Efforts TO
find The man proved without avail.
The man who tried to sell the watch
TO the Provo jewellers answered TO the
description of the murderer Of Kar-
rick to minutest detail Jeweler Beck /
says that he tailed perfectly with the
description furnished by The Herald |
Republican. However, he had no coat, |
and was in shirt sleeves. wearing a |
vest. He was tall and had big feet. |
His face was rather pale.
AS the murderer dashed away from /
the Karrick residence he wore a coat |
and could be seen holding the front of |
il as he went over the forty-foot sand |
bank. 1t is held by the local police that |
this coat was blOOdstained in his en- |
counter with young Karrick, and that |
he threw il away somewhere while /
leaving Salt Lake and heading for
Provo.
The fact that the man who attempt !
ed TO sell the watch TO Jeweler Beck |
in Provo said that he simply had to
have some money within two hours, |
seemed to convince Captain of Detec- |
tives Riley NJ. BeclSstead last night /
the train back TO Salt Lake, which /
would have left Provo within two /
hours.
Find Saw in Cellar.
In a second Investigation of the |
scene of the murder made by Captain |
.Cf Detectives Beckstead yesterday, q /
saw was discovered in the cellar Of
the Karrick residence, which does not /
belong TO the Karricks, and which it /
is believed was carried into the resi- |
dence by the burglar. 1t is an ordi- |
nary carpenters handsaw. somewhat |
rusty. The tin OF the saw indicates /
that IL had been pushed into the /
ground about two inches on some
lawn. the upper edge of the marks
bearing a slight grass stain.
Captain Beckstead is endeavoring to |
find some person who saw a man in
the vicinity of the Karrick residence /
carrying a saw an hour or two before |
the murder In this manner he is in /
hopes of obtaining a better descrip- |
ton.
May Have Had Accomplice.