The Detroit times., 1910-01-25
HUNT 8 YEARS, GET
SLAYER FAR AWAY
Brothers ScouT World To Land Man
Accused Of Killing Sisters Hus-
band in Jersey City.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24,-"FOund."


That single word came in a cable
gram last September to Daniel j.
Faour 4 Bros, export and import
merchants. at No. SO Washington-st.,
I'm the heart OF New York's Syrian
quarter. Al the sight OF II the three
brothers rubbed their hands. while
their ORIENTAL eyes flashed satisfac.
ton and their teeth were barred in
grim smiles. Three years OF relent-
less pursuit or one whom they Arm
~ believe 10 be the murderer OF their
brother-in-law had not been fruitless.
Thousands of dollars OF good Ameri-
can money. won in exchange for bales
of Far Eastern shawls and other
merchandise. had the brothers given
without a murmur to further that
search-to say nothing OF stores OF
patience and hope beyond any system
of computation.
After the receipt OF the cablegram
Il was a question OF hours with the
Faour brothers TO direct against the
supposed murderer the machinery OF
the state OF New Jersey. where their
brother-in-law was assassinated. The
case Went TO the Attorney-General or
the United States, who In turn In
structed the American ambassador at
Constantinople TO stir up the Turkish
government
Arrested In Alexandria.
On Nov. 10, 1909. two months after
the sending of the cablegram. Miner
Rick. a Syrian, working In the pro-
vision market OF Alexandria. was ar
rested by a Turkish policeman for a
murder committed four thousand
miles away and three years before.
II was on Jan. 20. 1907, that Joseph
Coury. a handsome young Syrian.
awoke in the dead OF the night at
his factory, No sic Monastery-st.,
Jersey City. to and the room filled
with men. He sprang from bed, wax
ing. as he did so. Edward Ged, a boy
. who was sleeping in the room. Coury
had Just succeeded in switching on
, the electric lights when shot after
, shot shook the stiffness. of the fac
|, tory and dropped the young man
groaning to the floor. Ged, shriekine
, for help. was struck with hammer
, and told that he would be killed II
!. he made a sound. Then the assas
/ sins, nine of them. skunk away, AT
ter while the boy put on his CLONES
and called the pOllCc. Whcu S'~s
came they found Coury dying
!. Soon afterward seven men were
taken into custody. FIVE Syrians and
! two Greeks. Two others, one OF them
\ Miner Rick disappeared. When the
seven were tried some time later OF
), charge OF murder in the nrst dc
i, gree, IL was said that their friends IN
: the Syrian colony had come gener-
: ously to their aid with funds FOR the
defense. Witness after witness took
, the stand and declared that Miner
Rick alone had done the fatal shoot
4 ling. The seven were acquitted. Rizf
was nowhere to be found and tht
whole matter apparently was over.
Clue From Honduras.
The first clue TO reach them WIS
from San Pedro Sula. Honduras, for
to places as remote even as that have
Syrians penetrated. There. said a
} correspondent, a man answering
Rizk's description had been seen. At
ionce cable wires sizzled. and good
!Faour dollars were spent In vain.
Next came word from Mexico. and
again they were hopeful. but nothing
came OF that either. The tip that fol-
lowed was from Jacksonville, good
clue which caused one Of the broth
ers. George, to hurry to Florida with
a New Jersey detective sergeant. But
Rick was not there. George walked
into the Washington-st. store one
morning and shook his swarthy head.
The other two brothers sighed. emit
ted "A little fervid Arabic, and went
back 10 their work in the little cage,
| behind the glistening revolver.
Then. on April IS. 1909. they re
ceived letter from Alexandria,
Egypt.
"Honored friends" 1t read. "Rizk
is here working in the provision
market Keep this secret. He has
shaved his mustache and calls him.
self George. Respects to all" IL
was signed by friend they had met
casually on a trip 20 Jamaica.
sent a Woman Detective.
The brothers at once commissioned
a relative OF theirs, woman, TO hur
nv TO Alexandria and find out all
about George" They arranged with
I their detective a cable code. by which
she might apprise them OF her pro
gress. She departed. Day after day
| the three swarthy merchants and their
grief-stricken sister waited for news.
/ II came-the signal-the reward or
three years OF relentless patience:
Found"
Next day Prosecutor GarYen OF
Jersey City heard from the Faour
brothers, and at once set 10 work.
aided by Gov. Fort and the Washing
! ton authorities. The upshot OF II all
was that Rick was taken from Alex
andria 10 Constantinople. where the
American Ambassador Is now arrang-
Ing for his trial either in this country
or In a Turkish court