The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16


Who Was Murdered by Burglars al
HIS Home Last Wednesday
nesday morning. and had not returned
Il on the following evening.
When q party OF fishermen found
Szirmay in the brush near the railroad
track, and Manager J. A Spiker OF
tha Western Fireclay company had
been informed, suspicion began 10 de-
velOp. The Western Fireclay company
was recently consolidated with the
Utah Clay company, on whose land
Szirmay had attempted suicide. Thorn
as Eilerbeck, brother OF Mrs. Sara Z.
Karriek, mother of the murdered boy.
is manager OF the latter company. But
when Spiker learned that the man who
had attempted suicide lived with Kropr
he figured that Il was ridiculous 10
connect him with the crime.
The young Hungarian was taken TO
the office OF the Western Firecldy
company. TO which DR.. &. a. Olsen and
Marshal Michael Mauss OF Murray We're
summoned. The man was brought out
% danger by the physician, and later
carried back to mis- quarters al the
krOpf house. Mr.. krOpf began 90 re-
gard the situation with serious concern.
His saw had not been returned, and the
saw found at the KarFiek residence
strongly resembled the one he had
loaned Szirmay- Toward evening Mr..
krOpf began making inquiries, and
bought all the newspapers he could get.
Late Friday night he Informed the
Hungarian ana Deputy Sheriff A. A.
Butler was sent 10 make an investlga-
tion.
Possible Solution
Toward midnight, the missing saw
and the fact that il had been loaned 10
Szirmay Wednesday morning, coupled
with his attempt at suicide, began 10
assemble themselves into possible so
luton Of the murder mystery. Early
yesterday morning Sheriff Sharp, ac-
cOmpanied by Deputy Sherif1s Eddlng-
ton and COrliss, was speeding about
the scenes OF the tragedy. The saw
that had been loaned 10 szirmay an
sWered the description or The saw
found by the police in the basement
OF the karrick home. IAls was the
clue followed.
Szirmay was taken TO police head
quarters in the sheritts automobile
Yesterday afternoon. There the sher-
if was Joined by Chief of Police Bar
low and Lieutenant John Hempel.
woman in Twelfth East street, whose
name may not be divuiged for the
present, who saw the man that killed
Karrick dash past her residence, brush
ing some thing that resemDled blood
from his clothing, positively ldentlIieu
SZirmay.
The prisoner was next taken TO the
KaTriCk residence. lie was ordered 70
remove his right shoe. II was brought
TO a protected footprint in the rear or
the house, left by the supposed MUIR
derer of Karrick. The shoe fitted the
footprint perfectly. As he neared the
Karrick residence, szirmay became
very pale and seemed to be at the point
OF fainting when he was ordered 10
remove his shoe. When the sheriff ana
police officials finally left the scene
of the murder the hungarian seemed
relieved.
Returning to police headquarters the
sheriff obtained the saw that had been
found in the karrlck residence me
prisoner was taken back 10 the county
80 ra Rr
tenant and Sheriff Sharp and Deputies
Eddington and COrliss drove straight
TO the KrOpf home Mrs. kropr ana
her 13-year-old son, Frank, were asked
10 describe the saw. Mrs. Kropf
could ten how much OF the tool had
been sharpened by SZirmay before he
left for Salt Lake TO earn money AT
saving wood.
Description Tallies.
Frank krOpf, however, was even
closer student of the appearance OF the
saw. and told OF where the teeth marks
in the handle, put there by the watch
dog at the Applegate dlstlllery, could
be located. he was not shown the
saw, but as he described il TO minut-
est detail Sheriff Sharp and Chief OF
Police Barlow checked M the descrip-
ton and found Il 10 be absolutely cor
rect. A search followed for effects
left by the Hungarian il the little
shack he had occupied The inventory
showed a number OF school books and
n was learned at the Kropf home
that Szirmay had been in Salt Lake
since June 6. when he arrived from
Sacramento, Cal, where he had worked
at various trades.
shortly after coming 10 Salt Lake
Szirmay began looking for work and
Went 10 the residence of c. Riley man
agcr of the proposed Applegate distll-
lery. There he was given davis em-
ploymenJ. Riley seemed 20 like Szirniey
and engaged him 20 go TO work on the
distilery buildings. The Hungarian
was a COCO mechanic ard soon made
himself valuable about the plant ha-'-
ing had experience with machinery and
In pipe-fitting. lie was also FAINTER
by trade.
The Hungarian hsd earned c0nsi:cr-
able money and from general appear
ances had not been in the habit of
spending IT, Yet. at the time OF his
arrest he was IN debt 20 the Kropfs for
room rent. The kODfs claim that he
stole a children's bank. in their home.
containing s., several weeks ago, and
that he also stole money from MIS-.
Driven From Home.
When asked yesterday what he had
done with the money that he had
earned when he had worked at the
distlllery. he said that he had sent IL
10 California in payment OF an impor-
tant debt. He would not divulge the
nature OF his debt He informed Riley,
the distillery manager. that he was
born in Paris. but had been. sent to
Budapest TO be educated In his con-
fessiOn last night. he admitted that he
HAD lied 10 Riley and that he was a
native OF Budapest, where his father
drove him away from home when he
was II years OF age, because he had
been dishonest and stolen money from
relatives
York four years ago. He worked
there for time. but began 10 acquire a