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Show 4 ! I JUUUSSEIDL I i ! 1 I . I ! j I i ' I ! . J, ROBBERY SEEFJ 115 L1IIE III SEIDLKILLIflG Chamois Bag Which Had Contained Gems of Value Val-ue Found in Hotel Room Where Man Met Death County Attorney , Arthur E. More en anwunssd today he would rr that an lnuest be held ss as a bring sut all pessibls fsets surrounding th murder ef Seidl. With half a doasn clues In thslr bosossslon. Bait Lake City detectives de-tectives were working today In an frort to solvs ths mystsiioua murder mur-der of Julius Soldi. II. early Tuesday Tues-day morning In the Ely hotel, 41 West Broalway.' Tha crime was on of th fnost brutal In th history ot local polios annals. That robbery waa thaJmPtlv for the brutal erlma was fairly wall established es-tablished by tha police today. Beldl waa believed to have had several diamonds or othr precioue stones wrapped In a chamois bag about tu Inches long and flv loche wide, which plainly ahowed Indentation asarks of having had at some time earned In H when found by police on the floor ot tha murder chamber Tuesday at about 1:41 p. m. , RELATIVES NOTIFIED. Telegrams havs been asnt by th nolle to Frultvale, CaL. where Alex Beldl, II, a nephew of the murdered mur-dered man. Uvea, and to Billings, Mont, which la thought by officers offi-cers ta have been tha last city Seidl reelded In . before coming t Salt Lake. Ho registered at th Ely hotel Saturday, August It. In the aftarnoon, and waa seen only twice by th propristrees, Mrs. Mary Pickett, after registering. One ths woman saw him whan hs paid her the rent for th room for on week and again when ha gsvs her 11 ta pay for having a trunk delivered from the station to tho hotel. Kach tlm Bsldl displayed only a small roll of currency, first peeling off a It bill and th second tlm a 1 MIL -KEY MISSINO. Th body waa disco, sred by Mrs. Jana Mean, colored maid, who has beea In Mra., Plckatt'a employ for th past six months. Tha maid said aha triad to enter th room In th morning and found th door locked. Wbaa aha returned at l:t "clock In th afternoon, tha door waa still locked. Sba want down aad obtained tba passkeys, which were Inserted without trouble. The door had been locked and tha ksy carried away, offlcar believe, by th murderer. Th Mean woman ran to tha lower floor of tho building build-ing and told R. Q. and Char lee Do-rlus Do-rlus of Nephl, who were tenant In th house, that a man bad been murdered In room II, Heidi's body waa found lying fses downward on tha bed, stripped hut tor a union ault at underwear. A gaping cut behind tha left ear showed how death cam. Th test were tied with a hotel towel, which bad been placed there whit wet and ahowed blood stains. Tha bands war tied behind with a composition leather belt aad a necktl waa bound around tha hsad and across th mouth aa a gag. Tba bad and pillows wsra covered with blood. Th an window win-dow ef th room waa closed. When officer turned th body over after Dr. J. J. Uaillgen. city physician, had beea - summoned, th odor of whisky was plainly noticeable, according to Detectives L. L. Larsm and Clifford Patten, who ara Investigating tha orlm. WOMAN TELLS STORY, That Seidl waa murdered by someone whom a brought to ths hotsl with him or cam to visit him Is ths opinion formed by police po-lice officers attar gueatlonlng Mr. W. E. Bcksrt and her l-year-old son, Chester, ef Los Angeles, who occupied room No. It, on th same floor as No. 11. and located with only a bathroom between th two Mr Ecksrt told th ffloers In effect: "I was awakened about f o'clock In th morning (Tuesday) by volcss which seemed to come from a nearby room. They were thick and sounded aa If tha speakers had been drinking. A man aald. Oet that thing away. Viet af or "Oct away from here.' Theae were followed by - sounds resembling someone beating bare akin, and then silence. A few minute later I heard footstep pass my door. aad got P and pusbsd tha bolt to." Mrs. Plckstt told ths officer eh beard a heavy foot fall paaa her door on the asoond floor of the hotel about 1:1 a-.m. and g down th front steps. Fourteen pace from th door ot the murder chamber la a corridor door opening onto a rear fire escape. es-cape. Ths door waa locked when officers arrived, and according ta Mra. Pickett, .Is kept locked because be-cause tha fire eeeepe stair go all th way to th ground and aneak thieve have In the past entered tse house that way. HELD 16000 POLICY. . - A fMO Insuraney - poller was taken out by th murdered man August 1 In the London Ouaran-ta Ouaran-ta and Accident Company, Ltd, and named Alex. Beldl a nephew, who lives at Frultvale, Cat, aa tha beneficiary. Tha police ara trying to locate Alex at present to leara If he haa beea with bis and In th pact twa ar three weeks, and If not to Inform him ef the latter'a death. " Tbs Insuranc policy was taken out at Billings, Mont, where Seidl la believed to hava been engaged en-gaged In the tailoring business. Hs was a tailor by profession, aa shown by a membership card In tha Joaraevmea Tailors' Union ef America. In ltlt h paid due m the organisation at Norfolk, l a. In 12 at Richmond. Va, Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Pa, and Norfolk, Vs.: In 1111 at Charleston, S. C Syracuse. N. T, and Charleston, N. C and In l:i at Charleston. N. C. The last due wer paid In April, 122. as shown by tho card. Ssldl waa a native of ssprem. Hungary, being born April It. 1171. Ho emigrated ta tbla country, aa shown by hla first paper, declaring declar-ing Intent to become aa meeican cltlsea,. In ltot. Tho dtlsenahlp papers, found by detectives In th man trunk, were takes out In th United Btstes district court. Eastern East-ern district, Vlrglnls, September , 1U. ....... |
