Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-01
FAUST VISITS The CITY
Man Who Served Time for Arson
Is Vigorously Seeking
Vindication.
Has Evidence to substantiate
the Claim That He Was in an
Ohio Asylum.
will Seek to Collect Insurance
on Property Threatens
Damage Suits.

county man who was sent to Fort Mad
lson for four years on a charge of arson
and since his release over a year ago has
been mysterously missing, came to Mar
shalltown Thursday, following his visit
to Des Moines, the particulars of which
were printed in Thursday evenings T.
r. Faust is aggressively seeking vindi-
cation, and is distributing bundle OF
Des Moines papers containing a five
and his alleged persecution.
There are some peculiar circumstan-
ces in connection with the Faust case
that tend to substantiate his claim that
his enemies are prosecuting him. BE
has documents and letters TO show that
he was confined in the sttae asylum OF
Chic, at Toledo, and that he made his
escape from that institution. This evil
dence shows that he was detained In
Ohio at the time of the alleged confess
sion Of c. +. Rawlins, made at Water
loo in September of last year. When
: that confession was made public there
was reason to believe, and the prosecut-
ing attorneys In the Faust case so be-
lieved at the time. that Rawlins was
none other than Faust himself, and that
the confession was laundering at
tempt to exonerate the man and get
even with the Northwestern Railway
Company.
Faust's claim that the Northwestern
officials are prosecuting him will find
little sympathy, for the reason that rail-
ways have damage suits pending every
day in the year. and they do not resort
to the means said to have been ems
ployed in his case to win their suits. 1t
would be possible, of course. for some of
{ the detectives or under officials to resort
+ to such methods in order To cover up
something they might not care to have
revealed and if Faust has been perse
cuted 1t was for some such reason as
this
One purpose OF Faust's visit to Mar
6halItown was to consult with County
Attorney Stone in regard to bringing a
criminal charge against Frank johnson
and the man Rawlins for stealing his
him, however. that three years having
elapsed, criminal action is barred. Faust
says he may bring action against the
Binford estate. which held mortgage
on his property, for Selling his personal
effects. He is also investigating the
gnatter of his insurance on the burned
property. He carried $4,000 insurance,
and the policy is still in the possession
AZ II c her "a rot nj -
roll. He viii go to Carroll from here to
secure possession Of the policy, and if
suit is commenced to collect it will have
the effect OF reopening the entire case,
Az the holder would have to disprove
the arson charge in order to recover.
Faust has in his possession letters
from the officials of the state asylum at
Toledo, o., typewriter on the letter
heads of the institution. One of these
Is to his brother in Illinois, in which the
latter is notified of his brothers escape.
Another is to Faust himself, in which
the asylum authorities acknowledge the
receipt of two letters, one from Faust
and one from the Illinois brother. but in
which Faust is accused Of writing both.
The third document from the asylum
officials is one dated Oct % of the pres
emit year. addressed to him at Clarence,
Ia. in which he is notified of his dis
charge from the asylum in Ohio.
THE RAWLINS CONFESSION.
The alleged confession of c. F. Raw
Tins, which was left with Postmaster
Munger at Waterlo In September, 1900,
after Rawlins had called upon Rev
John Earl and made a partial confess
sion. il as follows:
September 2--I confess today ]. C. F.
Rawlins, has set J.. r. Faust's property
or barn on FIRE on the morning of Sept
9Th. 1897. wish TO let the public know
that,J- r. Faust Is innocent. / was EN-
'ptoyed to commit the crime and received
$3.50 In money for 1t. besides was I'M
der the influence of liquor at the time. /
have not slept peaceable since / COM
nlttted the crime. have always imag-
1nned some one walking in my room
nights and shake my bed and would
pull on the cover from me. For this /
reason, ! make this confession, hoping
mat God In Heaven will forgive my sin
and return me to my nights rest. II
Went TO J. Il. Faust's house. three miles |
south OF Marshalltown, on Sept 4th. |
1897, about II o'clock at night and asked |
frank Johnson IL could stay all night. |
which was allowed to do for % cents. |
4 intended to set the barn on fire about |
IL o'clock. but when / woke up 1t was
close to 8 o'clock. AS soon as l set the |
hay on fire 1t spread 80 fast all over the |
building that / woke up Fred Johnson |
and persuaded him to take a horse and
leave. took a bay mare and rode away |
for fear some one would claim we set
the fire. Johnson went to Oskaloosa and |
] went to Waterloo On Sept 18th I |
took the horse again and rode to Free
port. ILL.,, and sold the mare for $40 to
William Loeffler, and he has got the
mare today, but he don't know stole
It.
Also was the man that chopped up
me buggy and put the whisky bottle
near by and scattered the dispatches
near by the buggy | got the dispatches
,ot the train men and the letter found by
the buggy was put there by me- The |
revolver was nut in the Fans, bn,,ca nv, |