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Show SUSPECTS HELD IN FAUS CASE When Lynching Threatens Pair Taken to State Penitentiary SALT LAKE, Feb. 8 George Stephens, Steph-ens, alias Blackle Danlols. 32 years Of I age, a miner, and Jack Eagle 20 years: of age, an ex-convlct nnd drug addict, are under arrest and suspected by tho police of being the two men who entered en-tered the home of Charles A. Fans last Friday night and fired the shot which! caused his death. The men were arrested yesterday In Mldvale and were first taken to the city Jail, later being removed to tho state penitentiary for safe keeping. MlflB Angellne Wacnstor. maid at the Fans home, pointed them out at the police station ns resembling the persons who Invaded the home, palling attention lo the dark eyes and eyebrows eye-brows of Stephens, whom Bho charged with the shooting. REVOLVER FOUND. A .38 caliber revolver, the same size of gun from which the bullet, that killed Mr. Faus was fired, was found in the room occupied by Stephens, among other articles which the police believe will prove damaging evidence Tho gun contained five bullets and appeared ap-peared to have been fired recently. The suspects occupied separate rooms. No resistance was offered by either man, but Eagle Is reported to bare refused to open the door to his room at first, compelling Detective M D McOlnneaa to thrust hlraBelf half through the transom of the door and cover Eagle with an automatic. Stephens almost collapsed, the de-1 tectlves said, when told that he was under arrest, and the nervous attitude of both men added much to the sus piclons of the police. Careless remarks made by the prisoners pris-oners and overheard by men already held at the city Jail in connection) with the murder are said to have led to their arrest. SON V I E W5 MEN. Gordon Faus, the 13-year-old son of I the murdered man. also was taken to police headquarters to see the suspects. sus-pects. He. too. picked them out from the others, saying that he thought they were the holdup men. Identification of the revolver was also made by MIsb Wacaster, who described de-scribed the gun before it was shown to ber. When shown the weapon; she said lhat It either was that gun or one Just like it with which she was held I up. The bullet which was extracted! from the body of Mr. Faus was also, compared last night with the others which were In the gun. when it was found in the possession of Stephens, j Tho bullets were identical. LYNCHING THREATENED. The news of the arrests soon leaked out from police headquarters ami numerous nu-merous suggestions were made to the eifect that a lynching party would be the quickest and surest method of meting out Justice to the two men Although the police department felt that it wa. competent to protect Ihe men under all ordinary circumstances and conditions. Chief Beckstead decided decid-ed lhat an "ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." and took the pair to the state prison at about 6 o'clock. CO OPERATION OFFERED Co-operation between the citizens of Salt Lake and the police department was offered by the former and accept-' accept-' cd by the latter yesterday morning at a gathering of city officials and rep Iresentative business and professional men held in tho council chambers at : tho city and county building Tho city I commission held a special meeting to ' listen to the offers of the committee j of citizens to assist in ridding Salt Lake of the criminal element The murder of Mr. Faus in his home was the immediate cause of the gath i ering. It waa not a meeting intended to bring forth criticisms of the police depart ment The citizens are behind ;the work of the department, it was pointed out by several speakers. Besides members of the city com ; mission there were present Chief of Police Joseph E Burbldge and the city attorney, Will H. Folland. Among the citizens present were John 8 Corless. former sheriff, the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen. Go-shen. B. y. Redman, president of the Rotary club; Dr E F. Root. George T. Odell, Dr. A. J. Hosmer. Harold M Stephens, former judge of (he Third district; W. R. Wallace. H. N. Byrne 'Dr. J. P. Galllgan. city physician; Dr. H P. Kirtley. W C. Stark. C. B. Haw-ley, Haw-ley, Sherman Armstrong, Dr. A. N. Mi-, Mi-, near and others FUNERAL THURSDAY. Funeral services for Mr. Faus will be held Thursday at noon The sen-Ices sen-Ices will bo conducted by officers and members of Argenta lodge No. 3, Free and Accepted Masons, of which lodge Mr Faus had been a member for the i last ten years. They will be held in ihe Masonic temple and will begin at 2 o'clock Interment will bo private and will be In ML Olivet semetery. I A resolution deploring the death of Mr Faus was adopted yesterday afternoon after-noon at h special meeting of the Salt i Lake board of education ROwardS offered for the arrest and conviction of tho bandits who shot Mr Fins now total $4500 said to be the highest tolal oiler ever made in the history of local police annals. The Suit Lake CommerelaJ club and thej Smith-Faua Drug company of which Mr. Faus was vice president nnd manager, man-ager, each announced the offer of a reward of $1000 in addition to the $2,500 already offered. oo |