The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-17
Austrian Held for Murder of
Thomas Karrick Confesses
to Every Detail but Com
mission of the Actual Crime.
CAUGHT IN MESH OF
LIES BY OWN TONGUE
Governor Spy Attends InyeS-
tigatiOn of Fiend at Peniten-
tiay-Street Car Men Able
to Identify the Foreigner
ADMITS ENTERING HOME

TT HOUGH a chain of evidence, with
Ouf missing link, has been
welded by Sheriff Joseph L. sharp
about Julius szirmays the Hungarian,
connecting him with the tragic death
of 14-year-Oid Thomas n. karriek, the
young foreigner would not confess yes
terday 10 the actual commission of the
crime.
In attendance at the second attempt
to force Szirmay into making COM
plete confession was Governor William
Spry. Warden Arthur Pratt and Sheriff
Sharp. The examination took place IN
the wardens private office al the state
PRISON. The Governor assisted IN the
examination.
Szirmay again admitted that he had
entered the karrick residence with the
intention of committing burglary. he
peating the graphic story of his move
ments of last Wednesday the Hun
garian insisted that he was accom-
panied by another in the burglary
which led TO the tragic death OF young
Karrick. He said his companion S
name was Joe" and he described ms
appearance in minutest detail The de-
scriptiOn Tailed perfectly with Ihat OF
Joseph LukOmski, who conducts a
chicken ranch in Spring Hollow.
DragS in Friend.
From the very first il was OWNED
that SZirmaE was lying WAen ne
dragged Joe" into the murder Joe
been completely cornered in his exam
inati0n under the direction OF Sheriff
Sharp in the county jail saturday nlsHL
Evidence had begun 70 point TOWARD
him so strongly that he simply had 70
enter a Justification to fortify the en-
trenchment in which he was taxing ms
last stand.
L.ukomski was brought face to face
with Szirmay at the penitentiary short
Iv after g o'clock yesterday afternoon
Szirllay recognized him ana then SAID
shamefully that he was not the zoe
he meant. LukOmski informed the sneI
IF that Szirmay had visited his chicken
ranch in Spring Hollow sunday and
Monday Of last week. LukOmski Is re-
lated TO Fred kropf, at whose nome
Szirmay had made his headquafteI
since coming to. salt Lake, early III
June When il was clearly evident tina
Szirmav had been caught IN anolher lie
and that he had entered the karflch
residence alone WEDNESDAY LukOmskl
was released.
Went in Alone.
That Szirmay went into the KarTieA
residence alone and that he was mol
accompanied by another man IRON
Murray was also prov en- by street cal
men at the state prison yesterday, Con-
{ ductor r A. Johnson, SIS East Tenrf
south street and MOtOrman II. p. My
ers, 1852 Jersey street, Identified Szlr'
may as the young man VINO hao lei
/ their street car at FIRST Soutl dht
Thirteenth East streets shortly before
/ II O'clock Wednesday morning.
4 remember very distinctly" sail
[ Conductor johnson. that the man wal
alone He wore gray clothes. he car
ried something flat in his hand
I wrapped in newspaper, very much re
sembiing a saw. He dropped something
Just before the car reached Thirteenth
/ East street As he stopped 10 pick 1
up the end of the saw caught on IN
/ floor of the Vestibule in the car.
bent, and / knew it was a saw"
I Conductor W J. Allen 900 IhirC
East street, who worked on the Muir
ray line during the Wednesday ina
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