The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-19
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iTHE MURDER
OF FOURTEEN
CHARLES MAzYEk RETURNS TO
KANSAS TOWN AND DISPATCH.
Es ENTIRE FAMILY. REVENGE
THE MOTIVE.
FOREIGNERS ARE IN TERROR.
LARGE POSSE is IN PURsuET OF
MAN THAT THREATENED HE
r WOULD KILL THE sHoWMANs.

ELLSWORTH. Kas,, Oct. 19-That
Charles Marzyek. ex.convict, sought
by the county authorities in connec-
ton with the murder Of the FIVE mem.
bers OF the William Snowman family
here Sunday night, had been in Colo.
RADIO Springs, where the six members
OF the Wayne and Burnham families
were slain, and was acquainted in
Monmouth. ILL.,, where three persons
were murdered, recently. was the
startling statement made 10 the au-
thorities today by Mrs. Minnie yopat,
Marzyek's divorced wife. All these
fourteen victims were killed with an
axe.
Samuel Snowman, brother Of vii.
liam Snowman, head Of thc murdered
family, today started at the head OF a
posse to search the county. Marzyek
is believed to be hidden in the neigh.
borhood. II he is found, a battle is
expected.
Saw Marzyek sinsField. q
Marzyek not longsago served a
term for stealing grain from James
Vonat. Last might sfyopat, who is the
husband ,,of sAthrsyek's former wife,
saw the eX-conyict in a field near his
house. VoPat and his: family terror
stricken. locked their house anu fled
to the home ;of Slav fellow country.
man five miles distant Z
All the members of the Slav; com.
ntGityswheShad any conhectIonswsth
the conviction OF Marzyek went armed
today, for he Is reported TO have
sworn vengeance on those responsible
for his Imprisonment.
Ira Lloyd, the attorney who defend.
ed Marzyek in the wheat stealing case,
said today: bsin5 iIt.'
Il believe Marzyek will remain in
the neighborhood until he completes
His Vengeance. After his sentence,
he told me that when he was releas.
ed he would come back and kill The
people who were responsible for his
conviction, and all their children.
81 put them all in hell,r he said.
Evidence furnished by Mr.. and Mrs.
William Snowman is said to have been
largely responsible for Marzyeks con.
viction. /.
Nine persons remain here. who fear
his vengeance. They are all of the
Slav's own race, and are James vopat
Mrs. Minnie Vopat. who obtained a
divorce from Marzyek Immediately af-
ter his sentence. and married yopa:
nine months later: their two children,
one ten months cid, the other three
years; John katke, father of the mur.
dered Mrs. Snowman, who testified
against Marzyels; Mrs. John Katke
and the there Katkc children, Emile
aged seventeen. Annie, aged eighteen
and Mary, aged twenty.
As to Possible Connection.
Between the Ellsworth and other
tragedies. Mrs. Vopat said her former
husband was convicted OF forgery in
Colorado Springs n few months ago.
She said 1t was not improbable that
he had been in Monmouth lately. The
same insane cruelty on the part Of the
slayer is evident in the Burnham and
Wayne tragedies at Colorado Springs,
in the murders of William E. Dawson,
his wife and daughter In Monmouth,
and In the killing of the Showmans.
Marzyek. served in the Philippine
war and after his return to this
country deserted from the army. He
had been in trouble since for forging
checks and stealing. Until he went to
The penitentiary he was constant
fugitive.