The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-10-20
AFFINITY. AFFAIR
OF IOWA HUSBAND
IS AIRED IN COURT
Leaves His Wife at Denison and
Takes His Stenographer to
Kansas City.


spotlight has been turned on the shame
Of w. D. Faus and Erma A. Morgan.
revealing r. husbands neglect of his
wife and children and the hold another
woman has had on him. Until about
four wears ago the Faus family OF
good husband. father and provider.
Then "the other woman" entered.
K. j. Fleming, lawyer who has
volunteered to help the free legal aid
bureau, recently received a letter from
Mrs. w. d. Faus, now in Denison, Ia,
telling Of her troubles. and asking that
the bureau do something with her hus-
band. j. j. McGraw, detective, ar
rested Faus yesterday on charge OF
non support. Later the woman, who
gave the name Of Morgan, was arrested
at the house where she and Faus have
been living.
In the North Side municipal court
this morning, it developed that Faus
first met the woman while he and his
family lived In Omaha, four years ago,
When Faus moved to Corwith, Ia, the
woman followed and became his book
keeper. He was a contractor. From
Corwith Faus moved to Great Bend,
Kan, the woman again following. She
worked for him until last November.
when she left and came to Kansas City.
About seven months ago Faus came to
Kansas City, leaving his family at
Great Bend. He established himself in
the concrete contracting business here,
and went with the woman to live at
the place on Forty seventh street.
They kept two boarders to help pay
the rent--an old man and his daughter.
Faus said he and his wife had been
separated a number of times the last
four years and that they could not get
along together
Wasn't 1t because of this other
woman?" Judge Burney asked.
Faus made no denial. He said he
sent his wife money about q month ago
and that he expected to send more
soon.
Husband and Letters Kind.
Mrs. Faus, in her letter, said he had
sent her SIS in the last eight weeks.
She spoke of "the other woman as
Miss Morley, who, she said, followed
her husband wherever he went. The
husband wrote kind and sympathetic
letters, Mrs. Faus said, and she be-
lieved he would do right by her and
the children il it were not for the
Morley woman. The two children are
6 and 10 years old.
The only explanation Faus and the
woman would make for their relations
was that Mrs. Faus had full cognizance
all the time. Miss Morley admitted
to the court that Mrs. Faus once had
written her to please let her husband
alone" She gave her age as 81 years.
Faus was fined 5000 and sent to the
workhouse. He may be paroled later
II he can give proof that he will sup
port his family.
The woman was turned over to the
public welfare board, which ordered
Detective McGraw to take her to the
Union depot and put her on the train
for Des Moines. She had only 10 cents
in her possession. she said. The well
fare board bought her ticket.
EMMETT PIONEER DEAD.
Baskerville, Ia. Oct. 1.-THE funeral
Of George r. Schaad, ST., was held
from the Baptist church Tuesday. Mr..
Schaad, who was SO years Of age at
death, was a pioneer settler Of Emmett
county. He was born in Lanbach, Ger
many, June 25, 1924, and moved to New
York in 1847 In 1S49 he was married to
Miss Lillian Hoy, and in 1856 they
moved to Waterloo. In 1859 they moved
to Algona. In 1864 Mr.. Schaad Joined
the state militia and served through the
civil war. In 1866 he homesteaded in
Emmett county, where he has lived
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