The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-29
FAULSTICH-N
The Sensation After a Days Reflection
and Investigation.
THE LATEST FACTS DEVELOPED
The Young Lady's Remains Lying In state
mt the undertaker's and Receiving
Pttying Attention--The Young
Man QGietly Buried.


draped our thirsty city with promise
untuliilled than have the vapors of i'm.
penelrable mystery enshrouded the
piteous deaths of the two young lovers
whose tragic ends have so lately
sounded the very depths of human
sympathy! Young, loving and, save to
themselves, strangers IN the land. thew
drew the inspiration Of impetuous love,
enacted their tragedy unseen by mortal
eye, and rushed into thSpresence of their
Hod. The agonizing spectacle of their
tragic love drama has been enacted in
our midst and none mky tell the hour,
tho why or the mysterious agencies tina,
closed tho pathway of meadow youth
in the heetle-browod clff OF death
our people were rudQiy shocked, and
the event was the topic OF SUNDAYS CON
versational cOniectures Was il a case of
Paul and Virginia tender melancholy,
q reproduction of classic Abelard and
Eioise, or was the dusl death-scene A
photograph of the refined barbarism of
Gotham, and tho realization of hor-
rors depicted in sensational tictions, and
too often in the actual larbarities of ir-
rational love and hate? There were
some who were coniideat that the Young
German, from jealousy or other diaboli.
cal feeling, murdered his sweetheart
and then put an end to himself--a gross
ness OF cruelty so oftenl enacted of late
years 10 suppou their views,
arguments of no considerable
weight were advanced. and
summarized were about these:
There is not sufficient sause, thov saw,
in the mere fact of parental objection 10
Justify such desperate proceedings.
There is absence of cauce for making a
life and death issue simply for the rea.
son that parents ON one SsCfOuhiect Again
had she been willing victim to such
rashness, tho weapon would have been
placed so near as to have left "A powder
burn, which was not tho case. Tine let
ter declaratOry of their lntention TO be
united in death was on his person and
IN his hand-write. Falllstich was des.
perate and out of money, whilst Fanny
was amply provided for. She had heen
betrayed by another and her disgrace
did not cause such violence of grief as TO
ihuuco suicide, nor could she
have loved Faulstich with such ardor
as to have welded heg lifr
70 him rather than delay marriage.
The lettcrs torn up were all in her hand
writing, and the fact of their departure
irom the hotel the evening before the
murder which did not occur until noar-
ly twenty-iour hours afterwards, showed
60 those advocating this yieWl that no
such design could have been enter
tanned at the outset of the iOurneying
whose goal was death.
On the other hand it is contended that
her last hope had departed that her
lover being unable, according to his
ideas, to marry her, and life a hopeless
waste, she cared not to luilet the stor-
my sea upon whose shores she had once
been SO rudely stranded
The further fact is urEoo that the cart
ridge which killed her, hel iudenta,ions
showing that one or mona unsuccessful
efforts had been made tus kill her be,
tween which Efforts She could have
screamed, run away or struggled in such
manner as to have left evidence of hon
unwillingnoss 10 adopt the reckless
| course. The fact Of tho memorandum OF
intent IN hoing signed by Faulstitch In
| ms own chirO.raphy, her name, ms well
| as his own, is accounted for by its hny-
! ing boon accomplished In her presence.
such an act, II IS contended, OF hypoc-
| rlcy and deceit, would never have been
| done on the very eve of self-destructiOn.
The absence ofpowder burn is accounted
Tor Dy the small size of the pistol and the
iurther consideration, that IL was not
necessary that the muzzlo should have
Doen placed in very close proximity 10
her head. Tho additional circumstance
oftheir having mingled Keys on the same
ring tho evening Of leaving tho hotel,
seems to eviuco determination TO cre-
ate mutualityin all things which their
~ Il fate interprets. The peculiar views
OF the young German may have In
lluenced his own resolves, and the hone
loss iuturO OF the enamOred girl, might
readily hayO conceded with those mis-.
taken IDEAS.
But, he 10 oil ~ IL may, only the eve of
OmulScionce has penetrated the mvsie-
rious vale, separating the net from the
motive. Kind hands were ready to bee
extended To the loving and TOO trusting
glrl; fond hearts were pulsating with
natural tenderness for the unfortunate,
yet n seems she prciorfod to plunge
into the traUklCsS future with him She
loved rather than dare the suoers of
offended society,
All day Sunday, until 3 p. M, her re.
mulus were visited ut thU uudegtascrs.
WHOM they woro removed 10 thoir Hunl
resting place In he Trinity cemetery,
luiiuMeu by her stricken brother,
MIR. w. II. Nanney, OF Fort Worth, and
personal friends, Floral tributes were
presented, aud the last Offering of nj.
lection paid tu the conc more uulOr.
tunate-rashly importuuate," as her
mortal remains were deposited in the
Mother Earth.
The body Of Faulstitch was inferred
at public expense, aud the curtain drop
ped upon Il tragedy of emotional senSa
ton that has at once shocked and be-
Wildcred our people.
Since writing the above the clouds are
beginning TO lift, and by degrees the
mystery Is diSSolving. From what was
CLEANED yesterday by HERALD re.
porter 1t appears that Miss Fannie
Nanny, who Is from Tennessee attended
school at Bnrdslown, Kentucky. Sub.
scqutnt'y she met "A man Of wealth, who
Is rumured To be "a resident of Fort
Worth, 10y whom She Was scduced,
| When She discovered that she was about
TO become mother she went TO her mar
riet sisters, who lives at or near Little
Rock Her sister, according to her story
rs she inlu II To n friend before her
death, declined To shield her shame or
assist her. In her desperation she
wrote tu her brother, Mr.. W.
III. Nanny, of Fort Worth, and
he generously wrote her To come to him,
ana that he would assist her. She did
So uHu hhutr llo pfetcnse OF sending
her to school Mt BlrdstoWn, Kentucky,
ne secured her quarters Mt the American
house, No. 1872 Main street, whore she
was attended 10y two well known phy-
sirlanS of this city. A premature birth
followed. She never would tell her
brother who ruined her A few weeks
ago she met young Faulstich, and the
hour they met they took fancy TO ench
other. lie was very Jealous of her move
ments, aad she appeared to ne devoted
To him. Some who saw his remains,
prutesSvd To recognize him as drum.
iner Tor u Galveston house. Verify the
wages Ol sin is death.
The Georgia Wonder.
The lady Of magnetic powers, who
performs under the disputed titles oI
"Miss Lulu Hurst" and "The Georgia
Wonder" entertained a select audience