The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-05
Deputy Sheriff James pease, of
Salem, Lands Pier Faber After
a Desperate Encounter
HERBERT CROOK ASSAULTED
Fight at the Old Settlers Dance Thurs
day Night. Results in Great Ex-
element In the Town of Salem
and Arrest Follows

James Pease, deputy sheriff for the
town OF Salem, showed the stuff he
was made of early Friday morning
when he captured Pier Faber, of Sill
yer Lake, who was wanted on al
charge of assault. but the capture
was made only after Pease had fred
two shots at Faber. Faber, who is
alleged to bA vbnething of a bruiser,
was later hdea b trial to the Circuit
Court on a ckA49N of assault with in
tent to do gree4 bodily harm, and be-
ing unable to furnish bonds in the
amount of $500 he is now in the Keno
sha county jail awaiting trial.
The incidents attending the capture
OF Faber woven together form the
most exciting story ever heard in the
town of Salem, and Pease, the former
justice and deputy sheriff, is the hero
of the hour.
The trouble started just before mid
night at the dance given at Paddock's
Lake. Faber and party of compan n
ions were among the men attending
the dance and Herbert c. Crook of
this city and his daughter were stand
ing outside the pavilion watching the
dancers. Faber went up to Miss
Crook and attempted to talk to her,
but the young lady showed him that
his advances were not of pleasing
nature to her and he went away.
Later he returned to push an invita-
ton for a dance and this time the
young woman called the attention of
her father to the insult that was be-
ing offered her. Crook, not desiring
to start any trouble, simply stepped
between his daughter and Faber, and
with this Faber picked up chair aud
struck Crook over the head making a
bad cut on the side of his head and
rendering him senseless. The mem
bers OF the Faber party rescued him
from men who sought to arrest him
and the gang got away. Crook was
revived and he went at once to Salem
and got warrant for the arrest of
Faber. It was turned over to Deputy
Sheriff Pease for service and he
started after the man. He found that
the man was at the Salem opera house
attending another dance and when he
took him Faber demanded that the
warrant be read and as Pease started
to read the warrant Faber closed with
him and there was fierce personal
encounter. Two of the friends of
Faber went to his rescue and the
officer was pulled out into the open on
the top of big embarkment. Faber
sought to push the officer over the en-
bankment and finally with the aid,of
his friends he accomplished this feat
and escaped. The officer was not to
be outdone and he started down the
main street of the village calling on
the fugitive to halt. He ran on and
Pease drew his revolver and opened
fire. The first shot was fired into the
air but the second shot was straight
at the fleeing prisoner. Faber dropped
as if killed and surrendered to the
officer. He was not injured. He was
taken to the Pease home and confined
in barn until the district attorney
could be notified.
Attorney Clifford Randall was sent
'out to represent the state in the hear.
ing before Justice Blum on Friday
afternoon and the evidence was sufi-
cient to hold Faber on the charges
alleged. He was brought to the jail
here last night.
Crook was not seriously injured in
the fracas and he was able to be in
court to appear against Faber on Fri
day evening. The assault and the
capture caused wild excitement in the
little village of Salem.
Faber Is said to be bad man and it
is claimed that he has been mixed up
in several fights in the neig hborhood
of Silver Lake in the past few weeks
and that he was sort of a terror to
the neighborhood.