The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-17
MURDERER OF SALT
LAKE MAN TAKEN
STREET CAR CONDUCTOR AND
MAID OF FAUS HOUSEHOLD
CHARGED WITH MURDER
frank Miller Is Being Sought BY The
Police ard II 10 Believed That {,
He Is the Man Who Fired
the Fatal Shot

salt Iake-GliDert L.. Brighton, II
years of age, street car conductor, is
he murderer OF Charles A. Faus.
This Is the belief expressed by Chief
IL Police Joseph f. Burbidge and Chief
If Detectives Riley NJ. Beckstead. The
police believe that Brighton will con-
less to the murder as he did to par
ticipation in the attempted robbery.
search is being made for the revolver
with which Mr.. Faus was killed. Brigh-
ton Is held in the state prison and
nationwide search is being made for
Frank Miller, 80 years of age, VINO
Brighton says was the man who fired
he shot.
Chief Beckstead, who brought about
erighton's arrest, said that Angelene
Wacaster, the maid who planned the
robbery, had confessed that when
Brighton came to the back door on
he night of the tragedy he wore his
army overcoat. The man who shot
Mr.. Faus had on an army overcoat.
rhe police say that there was no rea-
son why tie men should change coats
while going from the back to the front.
Mrs Faus stated that the taller Of
the two bandits shot her husband.
Brighton is almost six feet in height.
Brighton said that his companion was
aller than he. The police say that
this is highly improbable and that
Brighton is the man who fired the
1{nn fA
The maid admitted that she recog-
nlzed Brighton's voice when he an
,wered Mrs. Faus, although both men
we're masked. Miss Wacaster said
hat the man who spoke was the man
who fired the fatal shot. Although the
girl asserted that she did not think
Brighton was the guilty man, the po-
Ice say that they believe that she
Knows that he Is the murderer and
nat she merely desires to shield him
as much as possible.
When Chief Beckstead asked the
girl why she had arranged the rob
)ery she said: II needed fifty dollars"
Brighton was arrested by Chief of
Detectives Riley NJ. Beckstead and
Detectives Bert Seager, Dick Edding
on. Lester Wire and Jack Egbert. He
onfessed- at once to participation in
no holdup Friday night at the Faus
home.
He placed all the blame on the Wa
.aster girl. He said that he had talk
ID to her on the streetcars and that
she had suggested that he get COM
)anlon and rob the Faus home. He
declared that the girl had said that
Mrs. Faus kept large quantity OF
Iewelry and money in the house.
He said that he found a man who |
greed to take part In the holdup. He |
declared that this companion, whose
iame he gave as Frank Miller, was
he one who lost his nerve and fired |
1t Mr.. Faus. He asserted that he |
lnew this man only slightly and that
he had fled from the town.
Following his confession, Brighton |
vas rushed to the state prison for
,afe keeping, as threats of a lynching
lad reached the ears of the police.
Remarks made by Brighton the day
preceding his arrest came TO the ears
# Chief Beckstead and led to his
arrest.
The Wacaster girl was brought from
he Faus home to the detectives of
Ice. She apparently had no suspicion
hat she was to be placed under ar
est. AS soon as she learned that
Brighton had told the facts she de-
Jared that she would tell everything
The knew in every detail.
Angelene Wacaster. the maid at the
Taus home, confessed that she planned
he robbery. She told the detectives
hat although Brighton was masked
hat she recognized his voice as that
# the man who spoke to Mrs. Faus
md that the man who spoke shot Mr.
raus.