A Fort Worth Special's Additional Light On The Dallas Tragedy
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Who Miss Fannie Nanny Was
Fort Worth, Sept 27 - Special - Miss Fannie Nanny was the only sister of W. H. Nanny, of this city, who owns several houses and is half owner in the White Elephant building. Miss Fannie came from Medon, Tennessee, and was supposed at the time of her death to be in Bardstown, Kentucky, at school. Several months ago she was on a visit to her brother here and made many friends. She was universally esteemed and was her brother's idol, who spared no expense in giving her an education. The young lady's tragic death is universally regretted, while Mr. Nanny has the sympathy of all.
Dallas Mercury - Friday, October 3, 1884
A Horrible Tragedy
On Saturday afternoon last, while walking in the northeastern suburbs of the city, on Nusbaumer's branch, Messrs. H. H. Bailey and William Hightower found the dead bodies of a young man and a young woman stiff and stark in death. Investigation by a coroner's jury developed the facts that the young woman was a Miss Fanny Nanny, sister of Mr. W. H. Nanny, part owner of the White Elephant, of Fort Worth, aged from 16 to 18 years, and the young man was Philip Faulstich, supposed to be an ex-officer of the German navy, aged about 20, both of whom had been boarding at the American House, on upper Main street, for some time. The young woman was shot through the head, ball entering above the left ear, and the young man's hand clasped a revolver which had done the work in her case and then been turned to his own head, sending a ball into it, which lodged against the skin on the opposite side. The mystery attending the tragedy may never be entirely cleared up, but the supposition is, that Miss Nanny has been deceived
and wronged, and that a confession to Faulstich of her situation suggested the idea that they should end their miserable lives together. But little is known of of the circumstances connected with Faulstich's short life, but from what he said of himself to others it is gathered that he had been engaged to a young lady in Frankfort-on-the-Main and the match was opposed by a threat of disinheritance on the part of his father. Resigning his commission, he came to this country and had sent money to his affianced to come hither, but received letters from his brother and cousin, stating that she was of bad character, and upon her arrival at Schulenburg, in this State, where he then was, he refused to marry her. Meeting Miss Nanny here, he had become enamored of her, and the supposition, which seems to be most natural, is that, upon comparing their troubles, they concluded to end them together. Mr. Nanny came over on Sunday, and his sister was buried that evening in Trinity Cemetery. Faulstich's body was kept until
Monday morning, when it was laid away in the same cemetery.
For over 115 YEARS, Fannie Nanny's grave was lost to time. With my determination and leads given in these newspaper accounts, I finally found the grave after studying the original Trinity cemetery books. She is identified on both pages as simply "Fannie". She is buried next to Josie & Harris Slaughter [the adopted children of J. H. Slaughter] in Lot 20 Block 4 at Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. When reading the article on the very next page, look for mention of J. H. Slaughter.
