The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16
SHERIFF SHARP
ARRESTS SUSPECT
(contIauea frem rage one.l

AroAtAhNe1 from rage OEesl
IT, 7 knew that I had made a serious
mistake ana that detectives looking for
me
7 could not sleep. Every time Mrs.
kropf asked me what 1 had done with
the saw / thought / would go crazy.
had 10 lie and tell her that I mao leaned
n against post down Ia Murray aud
llat someone had taken it when /
wasn't looking. I besan 10 get so ner-
Nous that I was afraid people would
notice H. Thursday night L decided 10
commit suicide 6ud IS / .ay on ny bed
IN the little sn1Ety, which the Kropls
had let me have. / tried 10 end my life.
had noJnins but safety razor
blade. This dreW over my wrist, Just
yer The pulse as they used 70 do IA
clQeu times. But it nuFt awfully. 1
tried again end again, but couldn't ger
up enough courage. I only scratched
enough TO cat into the veins. tinailEi
when my wrist had begun bleeding
slightly it occurred to me that poison
Ing would be easier.
Reads of IIis Crime.
4 went down 10 Murray and got
newspaper. 1 read all about the way
that karrick had been murdered In
every line IL seemed that 1 had been
picked out as the guilty person because
IL spoke about a saw and 1 knew 1
Fad left saw ia the Narrlek residence
and made aH awful mistake. 1 decided
taat / would simply have 10 commit
suicide or be caught.
Il put the newspaper back into my
pocket and walked home. The necessity
Of ending my life came back 10 me and
/ walked over 10 the railroad tracks.
] sat on the edge OF the railroad about
half a mile from where / was stopping
all Friday forenoon. / had INTENDED
10 dash i'm front Of one of the big To-
comotives. once I had nay teeth set
and my fists clenched and was ready
20 spring IN front or a train FOR some
reason, my legs wouldn't carry me ana
] fell short OF the track and the train
dashed by and never touched me. When
] got up. i felt like 1901,
while az Murray I had purchased
20 cents worth OF chlorororm at the
I,von drug store. ] kept that as
Lass resort Opening the paper In my
pocket again, j read the story OF the
terrible killing OF Earrick and Ii nearly
made me insane. 1 took the bottle OF
chlorofOrm out of my pocket and looked
al it, There was no one around ana
became afraid OF myself BUT had de-
cided 10 end my life and had put the
bottle 10 my lips ana was ready 70 drink
il all Whep 1t occurred 20 me IAaJ
wanted 20 see just another human face
and speak 10 someone for the last time
before ] ended my life.
81 knew that there were NUMBER
Of men ar the works or the Western
Fireclay company, who Wout dat ask
me about tie saw i strolleo over
there. a number " laborers tried 70
tell me that / looked pale. IL made
me think that they also knew mat inc
saw left in the cellar of the karrlck
residences was the one had borrowed
from KrOpf ! began 70 think or SUI
eide again. 1 Thought it Would De pet
ter TO drink the chiorOform out or a
Gun then ont Of thu bottle, and so 1
asked IL ] could borrow cup for a
minute.
Drinks ChioroIorEa.
Someone tossed me cup and with
out saying q word J went back 20 the
railroad track where had tried 10
throw myself in front of a locomotive,
] dumped all the cnlOrOrOrm IN the
cup and lay down in the brush and
drank IL 1 shut my eyes and thought
that I would die at once but pains
began 10 gripe my stomach ana i be
gan 10 feel miserable. Finally lot
OF men came along and doctor, ana
was taken back 10 my little shanty,
where 1 spent q terrible night The
poison seemed 10 make me forget try
ing suicide again and began 10
scheme how I could prove that the saw
had been stolen from me, because l
knew. that il could be identified by the
KrOpfs."
made by SZirmay led the sheriff and
others who took part in the eNamina-
ton 10 the belief that he had actu-
ally murdered karr!ck and that he
lied when ne tried 10 imDlicate an ac-
cOmDllce But i'm the denial OF the
killing Of IIarrick. SZirmay barricaded
himself behind his last defense and
answered every question asked him
with.
Il did not ken Karrick."
When the examination had lasted
nearly four hours. SZirmay had deVel-
open a stubbOrnness that could not be
broken down, and Sheriff Sharp or
dered that the examination be diseOn-
tinued.
Reports were telephoned into the Of
flee Of the county Jail that crowds in
the uptown districts who had heard OF
tie arrest were engaging in lynch talk.
Sheriff sharp. accompanied by Deputy
SheTiffs Jack C0rliss and TT. L. Edding-
ton, took the prisoner 10 the peniten-
tlary, where he VIII be held for safety.
TelitaIe Evidence.
Though the attempt at suicide was
primarily responsible for the arrest OF
Szirmay. the saw. found in the base
ment OF the karricS residence, formed
the most discriminating evidence, which /
eventually would have led TO the ar
rest Of the Hungarian Fred KrOpf I
owner Of the saw. had himself begun TO
connect links IN the murder mystery
OF Thomas karrick, and when he read
IN the news papers that a strange saw
had been found in the basement Of the
home. he reflected that the saw loaned /
Szirmay had not been returned. SIR
may had gone away with the saw Wed
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