The Brunswick news., 1911-08-02
ED FADER, FIRED UPON BY
NEGROES, RETURNS FIRE,
WoUNDING TWO.
NEGROES CHARGE HIM WITH
DYNAMITING THEIR HOME
He Was at Little Cumberland, How
ever, When Explosion Occurred.
Part cf House Destroyed and a
Negro Woman Injured in Explosion.

Cumberland island is stirred from
one end to the other as the result OF
what is thought to have been dyna-
mite explosion at the home of Will
lam Alberto and a subsequent duel
between this negro, and Mr.. Ed Faber,
all of which occurred Monday, news
of which was received in the city yes
terday. AS a result of the explosion
and the duel William Alberto, his
wife and daughter are all injured, the
former and latter suffering from
wounds received from shots fired by
other woman having been injured by
the explosion.
Various reports of the explosion ard
the duel were received in the city
yesterday. One was to the effect that
one of the injured negroes was dead,
but this proved false as they were
all living yesterday afternoon, but it
is understood that Alberto and his
daughter are both dangerously injured
while the wife of Alberto is only
slightly injured.
Mr.. Fader's Story of Trouble.
To News reporter, Mr.. Fader re-
lated the entire occurrence, the ex'
plosion, or what he knew of it, the
attack upon his wife and the final
duel between himself and the negroes
1t seems that early Monday morn
ing, about o'clock, terrific explos
ion occurred at the home of the negro
Alberto. The entire western portion
of the house was almost wrecked; a
trunk in one of the rooms was blown
clear through the roof of the house
Fortunately, Alberto and his wife
were asleep in another room while the
daughter was not at home. The wo
man was injured by the explosion
but not seriously.
Mr.. Fader states that he spent Sun
day at Little Cumberland, there being
present in the house BESIDES himself
Lighthouse Keeper Robertson, C. F.
and Marvin Wylder. He spent the
= night at the lighthouse, intending tc
go out for CLANS early Monday morn
ing. He says he was taken slightly
i'll during the night and went into Mr.
Robertsons room for some medicine
He happened to look at the clock and
it was ten minutes of two, just ter
minutes before the explosion.
Monday morning he decided not to
go for clans and went to the Cum
berland landing, and after reaching
there discovered that he had left his
pocketbook at the lighthouse. He. ther
returned to that place, distance o.
several miles. Up to this time he haG
not even heard of the explosion.
Mrs. Fader Attacked.
In the meantime, however, his
wife, who was at home alone, heard
of the explosion at the negro house
The negro woman was her washerwo
man and learning that she had beer
injured, Mrs. Fader secured some
iniment, bandages and went to the
negro home to render what assistance
she could. When she reached there
though, she was startled when the
negro woman, cursing and raging
started at her with a hatchet, charg
ing that she and her husband had dy
namited the house.
Mrs Fader hurried back to hel
home and when her husband arrived
she told him what had happened Mr.
Fader had planned to go out aftel
some hogs, and, accompanied by his
wife, he left with his horse ant
buggy, taking along his shotgun load
ed with buckshot.
He claims that when he passed thu
Alberto home that the man wa.
standing in the door with a Winches
ter rifle, while the wife stood at {
window also with gun. AS soon a!
they saw Mr.. Fader and his wife they
opened fire upon them, two Of tn,
bullets passing through the buggy.
Mr.. Fader and his wife jumped
from the buggy and as quickly al
possible he secured his shotgun AM
returned the fire. Several shots wer'
fired, with the result that Alberto
and his daughter were both seriousl.
wounded, while the wife OF the negro
already slightly injured by the explc
sion, escaped the buckshot whicl
flew through the house.
This is the story of the affair a
told by Mr.. Fader, who has alread,
employed counsel to represent him il
the event he is arrested.
As to the explosion he knew noth