The sun., 1912-07-12
CONFESSES MURDER Of
AMERICAN IN RUSSIA
Former Employee Under II. II.
Emcrich, Mine Supcrintcn-
dent. Is a Prisoner.
STATE DEPARTMENT ACTED
Widow Returned to L. s. and
Launched Movement to
Punish the slayer.
Spccia' Cabie Despatch 10 TRE Srx

Spccia' Cabie Despatch 10 TRE Srv.
ST. FErERsBtRG. July 1.-THE police
arrested the murderer Of n. II. Emerich.
the American superintendent OF the
Kyshtym Copper Company. at Ycka-
tcrinburg to-day. The prisoner con-
fessed to having killed the American on
October II Of last year. He has been
identified as a former employee Of the
Kyshtym Copper Company. The man Is
now In prison awaiting trial.
II. H. Emerich, the American superin-
tcndent Of the Kyshtym Copper Company,
which operates several mines in Russia.
was murdered on October II. 1911. A
shot was fired through the window Of his
residence Mt kyshtym and several slugs
from a sporting gun penetrated his heart.
II was known that MIR. Emerich was
strict with his workmen but he had never
had any alterations with them. A work.
man who had been discharged recently
by Mr.. Emerich was arrested.
A little less than two months later Mrs.
Emerich, the widow arrived in New York
with her two children. boy Of 2 and a
baby girl eight weeks old The widow
was less than q years Of age and had been
living in Russia for two years in this town
Of Kyshtym. which ia about 200 miles
from ST. Petersburg. Her husband was
~ years Of age and was an electrical en-
gineer The widow was formerly Miss
Nellie Robinson Of Denver. Col
As soon as she landed the young widow
with her two children hurried to the home
Of her uncle. John NJ. Shaw of the New
York city brokerage firm of J. b. Russell
/ Co. at Madison. y. j.. and the work Of
prosecuting the murderers was taken ur
Immediately with the American State
Department After she had recovered
somewhat from her hysieria and the
fatigue of the long journey from Russia
Mrs Emerich gave ont the following
statement:
1T was a very lonely place" said Mrs
! Emerich -and the peasants Of the dis
trict had bad name for the way the,
had treated the managers Of the mines
and mills in the district. We heard storie'
about rocks being thrown az the houses
Of the English managers. and said e
my husband that IL Nigh. come to OH
WI oilt utN ou' t'V ''
! fears and told me not 10 be afraid. Tn
local police were not TO he depended upoi
: for protection. and i: was very Difficult
for us to get a private wntchman. Tn
only time felt really safe was when I
company OF Cossacks were stationed q
Kyshtym. but they got into trouble will
! the peasants and were orderd away
| Il never heard that my husband hat
any quarrels with the workmen in TN
mine. hut he expected every man 10 dc
mis- duty. and the Russian peasants in tina
part OF the country are very wild and d'
not like any one over hem who want
TO make them work.
! There had been a good deal Of steal
ing from the mine. Two sons Of the nigh
watchmnn at the mine had boon s;ispecte'
Of stealing the high grade ores. The
had been arrested and discharged shortl
before my husband was siot.
! 1T was about 7:3O O'Clock in IN" eve
ming when the crime was committed. W
had finished dinner and he was lying o
the couch in the dining room rcading
newspaper and was sitting at the tabl
sewing when there was loud report an
"a heavy charge OF buckshot crnshe
through the window pane. My husban
fell TO the floor dead. There In
been a heavy fall OF snow that day an
the police discovered footprints in tn
snow leading from the dining room win
dow to the woods.
The youngest son OF the night watch
man had been seen TO go away TO TN
woods with his shotgun, and when n
was arrested on suspicion OF committin
the murder he was asked what he ha
done with the gun. He was sullen an
replied that he had sold it to a man in III
woods, but could no, identify him or civ
any satisfactory account Of his move
ments, no he was locked up, and his fatht
and two elder brothers were also arreste
on suspicion OF being implicated in th
crime.
The youngest prisoner was known t
he hot headed young man, and II wa
believed in Kysht m that he had broode
over the arrest of his two brothers Il
stea ing from the mines and had sht
my husband in revenge.
IL tried to find out what the Russia
officials were doing in the case before
left. but they would not tell me anythin
because they were afraid i might pai
me to talk of my husbands tragic end.
wante to know, but could find out noti
ing. | asked to be allowed to bring Il
body back to America. but the Russia
authorities said that, as three men wei
locked up to await trial for murder.
would be necessary to have the bod
there"