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Show HUDER CAUSES IE REUNION OF UTAH FAMILY Denver, April 3. A murder, committed com-mitted in a squalid miser's hut, nineteen nine-teen months ago, is the hand of destiny des-tiny which has brougbt together a brother and a sister and establish their relationship to John Zabransky, ased Bohemian, wanderer and recluse. Today Zabransky's two children, Ellska Zabransky and Clifford Zabransky, Zabran-sky, are being awarded tho old miser's mis-er's known estate, which amounts to $2,000. It took a year for Attorney Carl Lothrop of Denver to trace over a quarter of a century of the nomadic life of Zabransky, who was slain in a shack at Brighton, Colo., a Denver suburb, Saturdav night. -August 17. 1912, by J. IL Sherley, Jr.. who is now serving a life sentence in tho state penitentiary at Canon City. Lothrop, in tracing the career of the murdered man, has revealed a life of romance, tragedy, joy and sorrow which rivals the stories of historic recluses re-cluses and wanderers It was not until a few months ago that -Lothrop located the children of Zabransky. Eliska Zabransky, 10 years old. is in Garner. Ta. She was given to Mr. and Mrs. E. Bonbiachek of Garner, when she was 3 1-2 years old. Clifford Zabransky, 15 years old, was given at birth to Mr. and Mrs. E. Doll Stevenson of Farminston. Utah. Clifford's mother died as he was born, and this, it is claimed, undermined the hopes of Zabransky, who from that time on became a wanderer. The children never havc seen or known ol each other and have never known of their father's tragic fate. When the daughter grew to the age of 3 years. Zabransky had been heard to say that she was "getting, too much like her mother," and that he couldn't stand to see the resemblance Then he gave the girl to the PonLiacheks, substantial farming people of Garner, la- He made it plain to them that the girl should never know of her father's or brother's existence. ingr through the Olympic stunts ov-l ery school day. |