The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-11
SINGULAR CASE
OF pARR|CIDE
William A. Paust, OF St. LOUIS
Killed BY His Stepson.
JUGULAR VEIN WAS SEVERED
m. M, claim. Ie RAISED MS h""d
A., J.. lie ncid a. Nntir' 10
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him b, rarrat.
81 Louis. NOV. s. Conditions aac
circumstance remarkable in all
spects are back OF the fact that VIII
lam II. Paust is dead al the morsue
ana Walter 4. Paust is locked mp az
the four courts. charged with having
killed him.
The tragedy. which took place sun
dan afternoon at The Paus home. ws'
tho indirect outgrowth Of q strange an
tinathy OF the man killed toward ih
,orth who killed him. which was -
strong hat it had prompted the eldc
man 10 psrsistently maintain That th=
Younger was not his son. hut was hii
stepson. although his wife. the boy
mother. insisted that they were father
and son.
The direct cause was a pet dog which
he man hated because il belonged y
the youth.
uroLe silence only 90 curse.
Seeing the dog in the house 50 an
eered the elder Paust that he broke a
silence which he had maintained To-
ward his son for a year to curse him
The boy stuck up for his dog. tn
/ older man struck him and received a
knife wound in the neck. from which
rNs- e.. ~.aurrfaE
Whether the blow was struck deiin-
erately or was aimed in self-defense OF
the wound was i~nvoluntarily inticteI
remains to be determined.
The Young man says IL was inXolun
tary. and as there wa no eye-witnes'
EXCEPT a six-year-old girl, the truth OF
falsitv OF his statement viii have 20 be
determined by the physical evidence
tho surrounding circumstance. tn.
character Of the wound and the dyin3
statement OF the mar 20 his wife. II ne
uade any.
walter Loved Pets.
The man who was killed was 81
wears old. His slayer is 10 years oil.
The family consisted. besides thes
Two. Of the wife and mother and three
Younger children.
Walter has a fondness Cor pets. n.
has some choice chickens and a colpl'
OF dogs Of his own. and the dog whics
was the cause Of the trouble. a boag''
hound. he owns in partnership Wit
another boy.
II has been the custom Of the w
hoys 10 have possession of this do.
alternately.
The two Pausts had 10 work Satur
dav night at the American car foun
drv where both were employed The
reached home early Sunday morning
The hoy arose before noon and wen
10 the home of his friend and rouge
tho dog TO the house.
During dinner the dog was lying ul
der he stove. and the man did not 81
II. He went To sleep again after din
} ner and on awaking at three o'cloo
he noticed the dog and commando
3 Nvrtle 10 put it out Of the house.
Al about 1870 ne went into the kitcf
en- and found Myrtle playing with tr
: dog. Her father again told her 70 p'
the dog out.
8 Don't you do it, said Walter. "l'
2 him stay in awhile.
= The Fatal wound.
5 Enraged. the man turned toward q
r hoy and cursed him. i was the fir
word he had spoken 20 the boy for
It year. During all that time they hi
worked together and eaten their mea
II together at home and their lunch O
Ie gether al the foundry. bur no word h;
been spoken by either TO the other
o The boy was standing against q
IS sink. trimming his finger nails. /
I said something. The man rushed
him. Walter says. and struck him
rs the ace.
ie The knife which the bog held in h
hand. which he raised 10 ward OF Il
8 blow. inflicted the wound which caus
the mans death a few minutes later.
OF Mrs. Faust Explains.
Monday morning Mrs pgust sa
* Walter Pauat was nc. the son Oh WI
NJ lam a paut re Is Der on ~
forncr mar iagc When She gas ma
IN ricd t1 Mr. Paust Walter wa. a bal
rn and sao and Mt Pausi agreed that
c- wcull ha better for the child to gro
mp believing that hc was Pau-ts 3.
OF This agreement had been Kept M
az recently. when Paust t0ld sc oral u.
ed sons that the young man was not
~ son and through this ourcc ID brcai
q known 20 the young man. Then
low ad a period Of i%llfeeling iowa
n tho boy on the part Of his stepiath.
e. which eliminated IN the quarrel
dc sunday afternoon.
st Wa, Represent Great B-i'nin.
Lemon. Ncv. S.-The Daily TIE
o. graph. which is often inspired by I
OF government. suggests that Admiral
he John Fisher will represent Great y
us tain on the International commissi
to inquire into the North sea fish
or fleet affair