The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-29
He IS FOUND.
The Murderer Of Edward IllstOn
Arrested Today.
His Name is Abe Coulter of
Valley Falls.
HIS IDENTIFICATION
Appears to be Complete in Each
Particular.
Coulter in Valley Falls Five
Days After the Murder
WITH STOLEN TEAM
Which He Coolly Turns Over to
dis Father.
The Murderer is Nineteen Years
Of Age.
Bechtol Identifies the Murderer
at 3:2O P. VI.
The Murderer is Nineteen Years
Of Age.
Bechtol Identifies the Murderer
at 1920 P. VI.

The murderer of Edward lllstoa has
been captured and it is thought he will
be brought to Topeka tonight. His name
is Abe Coulter and his father lives at
Valley Falls. He is the son of George
Coulter.
Five days after Edward Iliston disap-
peared Abe Coulter reached Valley Falls
with d team aud wagon which is described
as being that driven by Edward ll!ston.
lie left the team with his father i'll Valley
Falls aud went tive miles out III the
country 10 work. Deputy Sheriff Stock
we'll and City Marshal Fletcher went oIt
and arrested Coulter this morning aud he
is said To ans Ner the description given by
Sturgis Bechtol.
Sheriff Burdge, Chief of Police Will
kersou and the Bechtol boy went TO Val
ley Falls today and Coulter will be iden-
titled. There appears to be no doubt of
his identity. He had a 22-caliber rifle
when he was arrested, which is supposed
to be the gun with which the murder
was committed.
The Valley Falls train arrives at eleven
o'clock tonight on the Santa Fe and it is
thought that Coulter will arrive in To-
peka with the officers on that train. If
he does not he will be brought overland
in a buggy.
a man arrived from Berryton today
bringing definite information about the
murderer on the day before the murder
was-eommitted. Last spring a young
man appeared in Carbondaie. He car
red a Winchester shot gun and traded
the shot gun 10 Ed Cocaine, who lives
near Carbondale, for grey hound. He
said he would come for the dog in the
fall.
Two weeks ago last Saturday the young
man appeared in Carbondale He wore
blue suit of clothes and carried a
rife. He said he came after the grey
hound and the dog was turned over to
him. On Sunday he s'arted north and
said he was going 10 Topeka. He had
not gone far when be met two men aud
stopped to talk to them The men con
Guided that he had stolen the dog
and forced him to release him. The
young man then went on without the
dog. A man who examined the gun
said it was what is known as d Quacken-
bush gun and was d very excellent fire.
arm.
The description given by the Carbon
dale people agrees almOss exactly with
that given by 0turgis Bech;ol Of the man
who got on the wagon with Edward Ill
ston. The Bechtol boy placed particular
stress on the fact that the man
talked in very low tone and
this was one characteristic of the man
who was at Carbondale. There is no
doubt that the murderer and the man
with the rifle at Carbondale are the
same.
he Carbondale people describe the
young man as of medium size, dressed
in blue suit of clothes.
with a freckled face, and almost
red hair. He was very nervous and
sometimes would not answer when asked
question. He told the people his
name but they did not remembe it,
This Information was given by d man
named Sheldon who came to Topeka to-
DAY.