Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-09-10
FAUST A FRAIRlCiDE.


W
asssher,
Omaha Asa Il Ia George Fauat .
tvasFlaiaee
kSvtAeAse has Neen pFodaeed within
the pAss few days which tends 20 show
thai tAe sAea.sAg ~ his mla,ress In q
NSEsa Sixteenth street block Monday
Was Aet me @get @asAes which Faust
AAs SasaEAIstsA The ,wo crimes are
Ss AsNsast eaasA AENialsN, Ono the
sAeatFNS ~ esAA NNsa1 VI a detenccless
fsEs me- atAes Vie ktlliag 81 a brother.
The AAttSs SEssfe "A alleged 10 have
oeeaEq~6 IA me Northwestern railroad
yAgas Al cedar NApEAs la, In 1883.
S+Ast wAs AZ tAet tANAe working at tho
fsNsaoets trade AND his brother was a
railroad RAN ia The employ OF the
N~o49AwestAgN They qaarroled In the
SAgy4s y AksAt and George struck his
brother "a sAe head with u coupling
p4s, ktAiaS Ala almost Instantly.
he Mas arrested, but succeeded In
eva9taS The penalty Of the law. Hia
sSs@tA ana the absonee Of witnesses TO
tAe crime operated Ia his favor, and
his family took his part against tho
dead brother, After he was discharged
nothing more was heard Of him at his
old home until tho story of the shoot
ing Monday morning was read.
Late Monday evening u stranger en-
tered the police station In this city aud
asked TO sec Faust He was told that
he vas at tho Methodist hospital rnd
probably could not be seen until tho
next day.
but can't his own brother see him?'
asked the stranger. On being iu-
formed that that might make q differ
ence he said that his name was Corr
coran aud that he was n step-brother
Of Faust's He had read OF the shoot
Ing and his family In Cedar Rapids
had sent him hero TO see IL George
Faust, the murderer Of his mistress,
and George Faust. the alleged fractri-
eide, were identical.
He went 10 the hospital and had q
long interview with Faust. When he
returned to the station he was visibly
excited.
1T Is the same man." he exclaimed.
THE man you have here is the same
man who killed his brother, and IL he
gets we'll don't let him go away until
he has suffered for his crime"
What passed between Faust and his
visitor during the midnight call Of the
latter is q subject for conjecture. Cor
coran did not vouchsafe any informa-
ton to the nurses, and Faust was al
most equally reticent That Corcoran
accused Faust of the crime of seven
years ago is probable, for the latter
kept repeating after he had gone:
That "a is not my brother. He Is
foolish"
At no time since the shooting has
Faust been inclined TO talk He seemed
to be in great fear Of the law and often
remarked that he guessed they had
got him at asst
The story Of tho crime at Cedar Rap
Ids Is we'll known to several Omaha
business men who were residents of
that city when IL occurred One OF
them said yesterday afternoon that the
whole family bore a hard name. George
and his brothers were toughs and their
two sisters led n fast life. The police
are not certain yet whether entire
eredence Ia TO be given to the story of
the alleged stepbrother, Corcoran, but
the facts are being investigated. and
II Faust %ecovers and is brought to trial
the facts will be brought to light.
Yesterday afternoon Faust was re.
ported as better than at any time since
the tragedy occurred, and il Is posi-.
bic that he may yet live to answer for
his crime.