San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-07-19
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The New Brauufels Zeituug has
been investigating the story Of the al.
legged innocence OF faust and confes-
sion Of Deayors, and finds it baseless.
Tho Zeituug. as will be secu by the
following extract. more than in'imates
,hat the story was got up for effect IN
another case. Referring to the latest
version Of tho story in the San Auto.
rio Express the Zeituug says;
AS it is stated, our fellow. citizen j.
D. Quinn had heard FROM citizen of
our ltown that q lady few days ago
stopped at his house who made the
statement that a man by the name OF
Deavors had died at her home in Ban
dera who made such u statement. we
repaired with an officer OF tbs county
as witness to Mr.. Guinn's residence
and asked him to tell W. all that he
knew about The matter. Dir. Quinn
sald that he did not exactly know how
the matter was stated to him. that he
did not state it that way to II reporter
Of tho Express as it appeared Ia print,
etc. Upon inquiry who the citizen
was in whose house the lady stopped
he told US it we're Mr.. Lyons. We
went there. Mr.. Lyons told lis ;n
substance, about four years ago lady
stopped in his house, who kept a
boarding house at Austin, that
dancing master had come there from
New Braunfels, who boarded at her
house, got sick and after he had lett
she heard he was the murderer OF
Miss Vcelker and Mrs. Faust. That
was all he knew about it. Now we
ask any impartial reader with the least
particle Of common sense. where is one
,ilgle word in the statement of Mr..
Lyons that corroborates with the state
luent in the Express regarding the as
ser,ion Of Mr.. Quinn from here2 But
we will now relate matter that look
ed rather sipgularly to US some four or
five mouths ago. A few days after
poor Tx. Holiamon was foully sssas-
siuated in Seguin we were in that town.
While standing at the courthouse MIR.
Ouuu, Sheriff of Guadalupe county,
asked us if we heard that the dancing
master who had been in town at the
murder of Emma Voelcker. had upon
his death bed confessed he had killed
Emma Voelcker. Now ain'tit strange,
that wandering music teacher and
dancing master should have both con-
iessed to be the murderer OF Emma
Goelcker, one few months ago, the
other o few weeks ago, one 10 East
Texas, one in Baudera. but nobody
has ever seen or heard that mystic la
dy, in whose house that wandering
musician died, nobody knows when
and where the dancing master died,
but there are people who profess to
know or heard what he said. Wait
yet few months and we will hear Of
4 wandering Gypsy, who died some
where and confessed TO the murder of
TX. Hollamou. We therefore EN-
phstically pronounce the whole story
as maliciously false. gotten up for some
base purpose, to influence and change
public opinion in some other case,
which we could mention if cared TO
10 SO. The necessary steps nre taken
to sift this matter thoroughly.
The Lulins Signal, however, says
that i. got its authority from letter
addressed 10 i respectable party in
Gougales comfy. Nevertheless We
guess" the story has but little or no
foundation 10 fact. Bat be this as i,
may. nothing eau Justify tue assassins-
tion Of Faust While a prisoner u all.