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Show I SLAYER OF FAUS CONFESSES. Remarkably successful has been the work of the Salt Lake police In tracing the principals in the murder of Charles A. Faus. With the confession of Roy E. Donnell. that he fired the fatal shot, the three participants in the robbery and murder have been brought under the strong hand of the law. Arrest of the girl and the two men with confessions from the tbre will have a wholesome effect on those criminally dispose! and will pave a greater deterrent than if the police force were doubted. Ferreting out tho holdup and Jailing the gunman will help clear the atmosphon rime after crime had been committed commit-ted In Salt Lake, until the citizens' were alarmed and a number who were overzeAlous and Impractical, were of-( ferlng to guard the city, as though ;n extra patrol or two would prevent (he clever, sneaking holdup or rob j ber from operating. A few well worked out captures, such as in tho ' Faus case, will play a more effective part in checking desperate criminals ihan a hundred additional policemen. According to the story of Donnell, who is in Jail in San Bernardino, his downfall was due to his poverty. He had been hungry and without a p'"' 5e lo sleep. When Brighton, the conductor, con-ductor, proposed robbery, he yielded 10 the temptation. Long before he j was penniless, young Donnell undoubtedly undoubt-edly formed habits which led him Into the bottomless pii where he is doomed J io stay Bad company must have j helped to form habits which allowed 1 him to accept the suggestion of rob-1 ben'. The closing aet which caused, the firing ot the fatal shot may have been accidental, but Donnell's foot ! steps must have been leading up to tragedy for a long time prior. There was nothing accidental to the breaking down of his mortal fibt r. It la his mis conduct over a period of time for which he must atone. On |