The Detroit times., 1913-11-20
Revenue Officers Case Arrest Of
Horace and Thomas Faust,
of Notorious "White Front"
Store
PAIR OF EMPLOYEES
ARE ALSO SOUGHT
Stuff Mixed in Heavily Barred
Room and Amongst Filthy
Surroundings

The notorious white Front" store
at No. 1GS Michigan-ave.. formerly con
Quoted By John and AlOnzo Hart. then
/ by Bessie Fitzsimmons. and recently
in the limelight Thursday morning
Edward Z. Little, deputy collector oI
internal revenue. took possession Of It
after the Faust brothers had been
locked up on q charge OF selling col
Ored oleOmargarie without paying
the tar.
Patrolman K. W. Kunath, walking
his beat. encountered three men In
the alley behind the store, about mid
night, Wednesday. He suspected bur-
glary, and held them up at the point
| Of his revolver. They explained that
they had been working In the White
Front store. One Of them, Horace
Faust, took the responsibility. ku'
nsth, reinforced by Patrolmen George
smith and Fred Frahm. insisted on a
further explanation. Faust led theln
into q stable, where he showed the
place where the back door key was
secreted In some straw, and then took
the pstrolmen into the White Front
store and pointed out where they had
been working.
The officers didn't like the looks Or
the place. They notified Deputy Col
leotos Little. who FASTENED to the
store. picking up Officer Henry Kane
on the way. When Little saw the
|placo, he ordered the arrest OF every
|one connected with 1t. The two men
with Faust had been let go. but Ho-
race Faust was sent to the station
Ind his brother. Thomas. was soon
kppnA and arrested. Then the federal
pfdcsrs took charge. locking the front
Eoorx.
The three men were engaged in
coloring white oleomargarine to look
like butter" said Mr.. Little. They
bought white oleo. paying tax of
uuarter Of q cent O pound, colored 1t
and sold 1t without paying the tax on
colored 0leo, which Is 10 cents
bound"
The place IN which the cOloring
Vas done was we'll fortified. Steel
loors, heavily barred, separated the
room from the front Of the store, and
rom the small yard in the rear The
window was boarded and barred. The
Emall room was filthy. Tubs and
buckets and boxes. piled in confusion.
Uttered the place The floor was COW
pred with scum and mud. The walls
had been papered with newspapers.
bnce upon q time, but dampness had
rotted the paper until 1t hung In
Ereasy tatters. The yard in the rear
a. full OF straw, filth and dirty oleo
balls.
The police are looking for the two
men who were working with Horace
FAUST.
John Hart, one of the original pro-
prietors of the White Front store.
HE'D In q federal prison after a long
light with the government. Alonzo
fart fought for years In the federal
ourts with varying success. His
blace was raided repeatedly. He was
inally convicted and faced long
brison term, but his attorney. John
b. MaCKay, succeeded, In the heat or
presidential campaign, In getting
Hart on with a fine OF $1,000. The
ritssimmons family. said to be rela-
lives of the Harts, then took over the
tore: and the Fausts. said to be re-
lated In some way to the Fitzsim-
mons family, have been in possession
Sf the place for the past six or seven
nonthS.
When registered. Thomas Faust
rave his age as 81 and his residence
Is No. 199 Linwood-ave. Horace
lame residence.