The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-24

Brothers ScOur 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 a Bros, export and import
merchants, at No. SO Washington-st.,
In the heart OF New York's Syrian
quarter. At the sight OF Il the three
j.. brothers rubbed their hands, while
their ORIENTAL eyes flashed satisfac.
ton and their teeth were barred In
grim smiles. Three years OF releht-
less pursuit of one whom they firm
ly believe to 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 murmur to further that
Y search--to say nothing OF stores OF
/, patience and hope beyond any system
~ of computation.
z After the receipt OF the cablegram
lit was a question OF hours with the
\ Faour brothers to direct against the
! supposed murderer the machihery OF
\ the state of New Jersey. where their
brother-in-law was assassinated. The
!, case went to the Attorney-General OF
!, the United States. who in turn in
: structed the American ambassador at
Constantinople TO stir up the Turkish
Z government
. Arrested In Alexandria.
. On Nov. 10. 1909. two months after
the sending Of the cablegram. Miner
Rlzk. a, Syrian, working In the pro-
vision market OF Alexandria. was ar
= rested by Turkish policeman for
z murder committed four thousand
4 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 find the room filled
with men He sprang from bed. wax
ing. as he did so, Edward Ged, boy
, who was sleeping In the room. Coury
: had Just succeeded in switching on
:, the electric lights when shot after
I shot shook the stiffness OF the fac
, tory and dropped the young man
grooming to- the floor Ged, shrieking
I, for help was struck with a hammer
and told that he would be killed II
he made a sound. Then the assas'
/ sins. nine OF them, skunk away. AZ
ter a while the boy put on his clothes
and called the police. When they
! 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 on
charge OF murder in the first de,
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
ing. The seven were acquitted. REX
was nowhere TO be found and the
whole matter apparently was over.
Clue From Honduras.
The first clue to reach them was
from San Pedro Sula. Honduras, for
In places as remote even as that have
Syrians penetrated. There, said
correspondent, man answering
Rizk's description had been seen. AZ
once cable wires sizZled. and good
Faour dollars were spent In vain.
Next came word from Mexico, and
again they were hopeful. but nothing