Arizona republican., 1912-09-12
Grewsome Find Yesterday of the Victim of William Faltin in Shallow Hole Near the Scene of the Crime.
GRAVE HAD WAITED
 FORTY EIGHT HOURS
Story of the Atrocious Butchery in Detail as it is Told from a Close In spection of the Surround ings.

The body of Carl Petersen for whose murder William Fa2tin has been held in the county jail was discovered yesterday morning under pile of garbage in the front yard of Faiths house about seventy yards away. Its condition is indescribable. The left side of the head had been hammered away, presumably by the blood stained bar and club which were found under a pile of hay and straw near the spot where Petersen must have met his death.
 The body lay in a shallow grave not more than two feet deep at the foot of what was many years ago the river bank and where for years garbage from the city had been dumped and where some has been dumped quite recently though now the place is closed against the pub lie bY q wire fence.
 A horrible circumstance is that the grave of Peterson was dug by Faltin on Saturday morning almost forty eight hours before the commission of the crime. He was seen at the ghdst- ly work by two children of Mr Pink VI 1plA cl ttClS HUI, anu WliCA liltN asked him what he was doing he gave them some senseless reply.
 After a search of the river bottom by hundreds the day before and the conclusion had been reached that the body had not been hidden there. Con stable Murphy who had arrested Fal- tin and had ever since been active iE the hunt visited the place with Deputy Sheriff Lew Mickey
 The latter had taken no part in the search and had visited the scene of the crime before His attention vas attracted by the pile of garbage and he suggested that it be exam i1ed. Nick Romero the nearest neigh bor of Faltin was present and he offered to set his man Giovanni Prunetto at the worn. The officers soon after set out for the river bed hut they had not gone a quarter of a mile before they were recalled by pistol shots. The body had been found.
 There could have been but a few inches of earth covering it. for di- rectly on top of the naned body there was spread layer of papers; on top of these a thin layer of earth and ever that a pile of garbage so deer as to bring the top of it to the Ievei of the bank at the foot of which the grave had been dug.
 In a day or two the body would have. attracted every buzzard in the country. It could not be approached for the stench and when the dead wagon of Easterling and Whitney ar rived the men had to cover theil faces with handkerchiefs before they could remove it.
 When Faltin was informed of thl finding of the body he made no com ment and so far as his face dis closed he seemed to take little inter est in the discovery. It was thOught that he would break down and make confession but he did not, though Ec no longer attests his innocence He simply has nothing to say. It is believed though that when the hope lessness of his case has been brought to him he will make a confession.
 With the discovery of the body County Attorney Lyman began lay ing the ground for the trial of the case if it should come to trial. In tho afternoon accompanied by Assistant County Attorney Candy, Deputy Sher- if Woolf and Constable Murphy h, visited the place. P. Minor was member of the party. MT. Minor mad' a drawing of the interior of Faltin'. house. of the grounds including ever! point where known or suspected in oidents of the tragedy took place Photographer Turnbull took views O various places including the empt. grave The grave with it's grewsom contents had been photographed earl fer in the day.
 A closer inspection of the hous and the vicinity almost gave q pie ture of the commission of the crime Petersen was sleeping on q cot i the southeast corner of the eas room of the house of two rooms. Tn bed of Faltin was in the oppost corner. Petersen lay asleep clad onI i1 his night shirt. Faltin had evi dently contemplated killing him wit chlOrofOrm for a two ounce bottl of it was found in his own bed H had probably abandoned that pla for the contents of the bottle ha lot been disturbed as they woul have been if he attempted to use th fluid and had failed
 He then probably struck the sleel ing man with the two foot clu which was found covered with bloc Petersen, not seriously wounded b
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