The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
WAS QUICKLY RUN DOWN.
The Murderer Of Express Messen-
ger Lane Arrested and
Has Confessed.
ne NEEDED The MONEY ToGET MARRIED.
s1is Pian to Get 1t Included the Deliberate
Taking Of the Life of Lane-The Ar
rest Made In the Presence OF His An
anoed Wife. to Whom Had Intrusted
the Money.

the Money.
Columbus, o., Aug. 1"-Charles r.
H. Terrell. former emplt re of Adams
Express Co., was arrested yesterday
afternoon in this city, and has con-
fessed to the killing of Messenger
Cfas. Lane and the robbery of the
way safe of The Adams Express Co.
on the Pennsylvania ~east-bound train
which arrived in this city at midnight
Friday. One thousand dollars OF the
money which he hal stolen was recov-
cred.
Was to Have Been Married.
Farrell was to have been married
Thursday mex to Miss Lillian Cost
low, daughter of Patrick Costlow. an
engineer on the Pennsylvania lines.
He had been discharged from the en-
ploy of the Adams Express Co. about
three months ago, and had not since
been able to secure employment. He
confessed that the motive of the rob-
berry was to secure money. of which
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his approaching marriage. III: money
recovered he had given L. Miss lost
low to keep for him, saving tina. it
vas money that he had SAVED from
his earnings.
Arrested mt the Home of His lance.
He was at .he hume of his affisnced
and in her company when plL.sd ILL.,
Ger unrest.
Ferre'i s but 20 4 ri age and
has a splendid physique. being six feet
ia height. with dark hair al d an AZ
tractive face. When the officers took
lin into custody lie assumed u nom
rhalant demnanor, but when he found
that he could no ,oIger deceive the
Z llt erS, he made u full confession.
Aiter his statement had Lee, ,:.Ecn
by Chief-of-Police Tyler and he WAS
lid o a cell i'll the police sta.r"I l..
WIS in a state OF nervous collapse,
ni"i orders were given that Ee he
watched closely to preven, hirn doing
himself bodily injury.
A BlOOd-Curdling Crime.
The confession Of Terrell disclosed
q premedidatcd and blood-curdline
crime that seemed almost impossible
belief. He said he had become
because of his inability 20
employment and a r~ealizatiol |
the fact that he must have money
to defraythe exPensesof his approach
ing marriage. TIL. robbery had been
carefully planned, and it included the
of Express Messenger Lane.
lie had no accomplices and no con-
fidants. He knew Lane well. In fact
they were friends. and he relied upon
confidence TO help him execute
the crime. He knew that considerable
was always carried by the
on the PENNSYLVANIA train
No. 8, between st. Louis and Column
bus. and hat he was certain to Sc
cure a large sum if he robbed the
way safe on that train.
Imposed on Lanes Friendship.
Having provided himself with 4
& Wesson s~iX-shOoter, 3S-cali-
Der, he went to Urbana Friday MORN
ing and waited for No. S. When the
arrived there Terrell went at
once to the express car and told Lane
that he was out of money. and asked
to ride to Columbus with
Lane consented. never for q
suspecting the t~reachery of
pretended friend. For a short
after the train left Urbana they
pleasantly.
Shot His Victim from Behind.
Lane sat in n chair at the end of
the car with his back slightly turned.
When Ferrel had finally nerved him
self for the crime, he drew his re-
solver and stepped up behind Lane,
and fired three shots in
succession in the messengers
back. Lane rolled off the chair to
noor on his face, and Ferrel quick
ly fired the remaining shots at the
PROSTATE body. /,
To Make His Work Sure.
Lane, was unconscious. but Ferrel,
that the wounds already in
f1icted would not cause death, took
revolver and fred two more
from it into the body.
Opened and Robbed the Safe.
Terrell then took the key to the
way safe from the pocket of the dead
and opened the safe and
laid Lanes revolver inside where he
could reach it easily in case he was
detected and needed it to defend him
self. After he had taken out all the
containing the money packages,
money orders and way bills, he placed
them in Il small satchel and waited
until the car arrived at Plain City,
he slipped off the train.
Went to a Hotel for the Night. I
He walked about for q few minutes !
TO regain composure, and then in
for the hotel. which he found
a short time, n belated citizen
directing him to the place. He Sc
cured a ROOF and retired for the
night without registering. a fact of
the landlord took no notice at
the time. as he was half asleep.
Assorted His Crime-Stained Booty.
Ono in his room Terrell proceeded
10 go through the packages and take
put all the cash. The remainder he
tied up in a bundle. The question OF
how to get rid of the debris of his
and his revolver then con-