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Show MURDERER OF SALT L1EJ1I taken "cr I STREET CAR CONDUCTOR AND MAID OF FAUS HOUSEHOLD CHARGED WITH MURDER Frank Miller Is Being Sought By The Police and it is Believed That He is the Man Who Fired the Fatal Shot Salt Lake Gilbert L. Brighton, 22 years of age, street car conductor, Is the murderer of Charles A. Faus. This is the belief expressed by Chief of Police Joseph E. Burbidge and Chief of Detectives Riley M. Beckstead. The police believe that Brighton will confess con-fess to the murder as he did to participation par-ticipation in the attempted robbery. A search Is being made for the revolver with which Mr. Faus was killed. Brighton Brigh-ton is held In the state prison and a nationwide search is being made for Frank Miller, 35 years of age, who Brighton says was the man who fired the shot. Chief Beckstead, who brought about Brighton's arrest, said that Angelene Wacaster, the maid who ,planned the robbery, had confessed that when Brighton came to the back door on the night of the tragedy he wore his army overcoat. The man who shot Mr. Faus had on an army overcoat. The police say that there was no reason rea-son why the 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 taller than he. The police say that this is highly improbable and that Brighton is the man who fired the shot, according to their belief. The maid admitted that she recog nized Brighton's voice when he answered an-swered Mrs. Faus, although both men were masked. Miss Wacaster said that 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 police po-lice say that they believe that she knows that he Is the murderer and that she merely desires to shield him as much as possible. When Chief Beckstead asked the girl why she had arranged the robbery rob-bery she said : "I needed fifty dollars." Brighton was arrested by Chief of Detectives Riley M. Beckstead and Detectives Bert Seager, Dick' Edding-ton, Edding-ton, Lester Wire and Jack Egbert. He confessed at once to participation In the holdup Friday night at the Faus home. He placed all the blame on the Wacaster Wa-caster girl. He said that he had talked talk-ed to her on the streetcars and that she had suggested that he get a companion com-panion and rob the Faus home. He declared that the girl had said that Mrs. Faus kept a large quantity of jewelry and money in the house. He said that he found a man who agreed to take part in the holdup. He declared that this companion, whose name he gave as Frank Miller, was the one who lost his nerve and fired at Mr. Faus. He asserted that he knew this man only slightly and that he had fled from the town. Following his confession, Brighton was rushed to the state prison for safe keeping, as threats of a lynching had reached the ears of the police. Remarks made by Brighton the day preceding his arrest came to the ears of Chief Beckstead and led to his arrest. |