The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-08
Mrs. FAUST S MURDER
Grows IN HORROR
Deep Excitement in Lunen-
burg Over the Crime.
ONLY THOUGHT A ROPE
1t is Believed That Suspicion
Points to the Right Man.
HIS ARREST WILL FOLLOW
HIS ARREST WILL FOLLOW
A Womsn Is Also Under Suspieieu, aud
Some circumstances Point TO The lhs-
cry That's - omsn's Vengeance Was
the Cause.-The Times Corre.
spontsoi Does Some Gloss
InysBtigatieH
fspcelsl pIspa,ch 10 Thc Tlmes.,


BLACKSTONE, VA, FEB. IL have
sust returned from q thirty-mile drive
over frozen clay roads and hills from the
scene of Tire Faust murder in Luremburs
county, murder that has aroused the
people of that county as nothing has
uona since the famous Pollard murder
oG several years ago. and which, as the
.acts became more and more derciopea
and the enormrties are developed, pre-
s.ents a crime even more revolving than
1hnt cruel taking of a wornans life.
Robbery was not the cause; that MD
cous demon which threaten white wo-
,nen in the South, was not the motive
here; dastardiy devllmiet or inlrlman
revenge is the only conclusion to be
urawn.
THE INQUEST.
was present at portion OF the
ooroner's inquest l read the evidence Of
1ne portion / did not hear. L have in
Icrviewed all in any way connected or
iaIniIar with the crime, from friends. 10
those against whom suspicion points.
have given thorough examination of the
premises and surroundings from the
Kitchen door, where the blows were
*.
where the life!ess, though still warm,
body was found. j saw the srief-strick-n
husband mourning in his humble CHM
ney corner, bowed down with the weight
Of grief he is forced TO undergo, ana
where he cannot leave without stepping
upon TIE stains made by his wife's NE
}Iood saw the unfinished work Of tho
murdered woman and the shovel With
which she Vas killed, and l can but ask
is there any retIibution for the per-
I,ct1ators of this foul deed: That there
will lie. have no doubt, as it is the dc
termination of the entire community to
Leave no stone unturned to ferret oat
the present mystery.
CITIZENS DEEPLY -IOVED.
found much more interest than prev
mus information had suggested, and viii =
there was no excited outburst a quiet
termination was expressed by all, and
me hesitated TO say that when the gu ity
arty is positively known a rope would
In the first and only result
The coroner's investigation failed on
yesterday and again to-day TO develop
lnything fixing the least guilt on any
one Several witnesses We're examined
Who heard the calls OF the unfortunate
woman. but this failed apparently in the
object sought
AS there have heeen. some discrepancies
IN nv previous dispatches, owing to the
fragmentary way in which information at
long distance was secured, l will give a
resume of the facts as / have gained
tbern Tnon the scene of horror.
THE MURDER.
There is at the Faust homestead a small
dwelling house and a kitchen about sixty
Yards apart Mrs Faust was in the
Kitchen, not having yet repaired to the
dwelling for retirement The murderer
approached the kitchen, where the win
dow was low, and threw rocks through
!, The rocks.-were found inside the
room. She undoubtedly went to the door,
shovel in hand. the door was not
broken The shovel was taken from her
md used in intlicting the blows that
caused her death, it being broken in its
use She fell 10 the porch floor and un-
deustedly laid there some time, as the
quantity Of blood found there would in
dicate.
NO HELP FOR HER.
This could not have been much after
o'clock. Shortly before her calls We're
heard in different localities as she wan
olered around trying 10 secure help and
here comes the most heartess part OF
it. These calls were heard by al least
five different houses. and no one would
respond After she had sufficiently re-
covered TO move, she Went across me EaIe
through zap in the fence and then fol
1Iambricl's, one of the suspects, calling
10 HIM
This was heard by Bessie Basley ane
her father. She turned an dretraced he1
steps. following the fence in the diree'
ton OF the Bagley house, which Is apop'
three or four hundred yards distant. She
then got oyer the fence. crossed the hay
lot over another fence into the wood:
about one hundred and fifty yards from
her dwelling There she lost her way anc
wandered around In the woods Until she
fell from exhaustion or from the return
ing effects Of the blows Perhaps sht
Was unable TO see, as one eye was en-
;ire!y knocked out and severe fracture
tuSt above the other
HEI .pl1 1Ess wANDTRIN6S
Her wanderings were traced by blood
marks on the fence and bushes. Mhel
ro1,nG the next morning as has been pre-
yiousty reported there was stu wa11nt
,n ,he body. There had been great los
az blood frst on the porch and then al
alons. her path and where she last lay
susan Hicks heard calling and with IN
CRY came to the house of Douglas w
lians Sidney lIambrick and ms WI
heard calling. the three being III me sasli s
house. Ham Bagley heard 1t. and beIor
4he coroner stated II was a noise Il di
not want any CHILDREN to hear for iear
would frighten them.
An these are negroes The only whit
,,c-sou TO hear II was Mr.. Rickers. 81
heard her about where she fell last as
p.as not in the direction of her house. bn
IN direct line OF Bagley's house, an
ne thought It the noise. OF the Bagie
children. II was indistinct, as his hous
is a f,lli half mile distant
THE GUILTY PARTY.
Y,he last clue the justice is working o.
., t7,a disappearance Of a young nesr