Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-11
AXFU[ GR|A N 0H|N
Daring Murder and Robbery Con
mitted on a Pennsylvania n
Passenger Train. .1
Express Messenger Lane Killed Aftsr
Single Handed Struggle with
the Bandits.
His Body Riddled with Bullets ana
the Local Safe
Robbed.

Columbus, o., Aug. -i1.-A daring
murder and robbery was committed on
a Pennsylvania passenger train, which
arrived here from ST. Louis at 11:40
last night Charles Lane, an Adams
express messenger, formerly Of ST..
Louis, but recently a residentsof Column
bus, was shot and killed shortly before
the train reached the union station in
this city and the local safe robbed OF
all the money and valuables which 1t
contained. The robbers escaped and as
they We're NOT seen by any living per-
son. so far as known, the AFFAIR is
shrouded in mystery. The safe. robbed
contained only packages of money and
valuables collected after the train left
| ST. Louis and the officials of the ex-
press company insist that the sum was
not large.
The crime was not discovered until
the train pulled into the union station
| here. When Extra Messenger Sheldon.
of the Adams transfer Office at the
4 station. Went to the car he was SUR
4 prised to find the side door, which the
messenger usually opens as the train
lpulls into the station, closed. Pushing
the door back, Sheldon was startled by
/ the sight Of Lanes body. lying face
4 downward, II, q goo cf blood between
the stove and the side OF the car at tie
j forward END. The body was found to
4 have beer. riddied with bullets and
4 struggle having taken place. Eight bull
i let wnuras wee found, three In the
4 right stds. one n the left size and four
in rtghi leg. II seems that two
4 buRs.s Mad 'ses:l fired into the mans
back ne :sy o.l the floor. The bull
8lets vs ss.acs.5 were Of 3S-caliber. The
robbess FAD ,aieei. the key to the ..lo-s
cal safe ss9Ir. tha messengers pocket.
: opened .ise safe and looted it OF every
thing Of possible value. The key was
LEFT sticking in the safe door The
inessenser'ss revolver,' with two cham
ha.s enlp1ied, was found in the safe,
where ii was probably laid by the rob-
bels after having wrenched it from his
! hand
The murder vas probably committed
just after the train left Milford Center
tgven ty-eigflt miles west of Columbus.
where It's believed the robbers boarded
tie train. The conductor saw and
{ talked with Messenger Lane there.
N,hen the body Was discovered here 1t
was cold and the blood clotted. showing
that deati had occurred at least half
I an hours Previous All the city detec-
! tiS,es ssrs iIiinediately sent along the
: line as the railroad. They are scour-
4 ing the nsighborirg country Early this
. morning two tranps We're found in a
: i,ox car near Marble Cliff and sent in on
I stIspipscn, hut it is not really believed
/. they had anything to do with the crime.
Lane Was IS years of age and leaves q
wife and child
Chicago Aug. 11.-The local officials
of the Adams Express Company here
: claim 70 be in possession Of no facts
: concerning the; robbery Of Pennsyl-
I, var.a express near Columbus las
night and the murder Of Messenger
I.aiie They state that the safe opened
i Mas d ioesli ore not likely 70 contain Z
70 large sum. and that the losses vii
probably not be known until the chip
tpeTs make their claims.