The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-16
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4 E-prcss Messenger Lane's Assassin
i Arrested.
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. f4--C Charles r.
1 I'll. Terrell, former employee of the
| Adams Express company, was arrested
4 YESTERDAY afternoon in this city and
has confessed to. the killing Of Messen-
f ger Charles Lane and the robbery OF
/ the way safe. of the Adams Express
| company on the Pennsylvania east
bound train which arrived In this city
/ at midnight Friday. One thousand
/ dollars of the money which he had
stolen was recovered.
| Terrell was to have been, married
Thursday next to Miss Lillian Costlow,
| the beautiful young daughter of Pat
rick Costlow, an engineer on the Penn
| sylvania lines He had been discharged
from the employ of the Adams Ex-
| press company 4 about three months
ago and had not since been able to se-
cure employment. N He confessed that
the motive of the robbery was to se-
cure money Of which he feltsin great;
need on account of his
Approaching Marriage.
The money recovered he had given to-
Miss CostloW to keep for him, saying
that 1T was money he had saved from
his earnings. He was at the home OF
his affianced and in her coInpany when
placed under arrest
Ferrell is but twenty-five wears OF
age and has a splendid ptiysiaue being
six feet in height. When the officers:
took him into custody he assumed I
-nonehalant 'der1e nor, but wren he
found he could MOI longer deceive the
officers he made al full confession.
After his statement had been taken he
was taken to the police station ana
went int, ia state. Of nervous coils pses
and orders were ygiveny to watch Nj nn
fcloselyt to- prevent him doing himself
bodily harm. The confession of Fer-
rell disclosed premeditated and II
Hood lGurdfing Crime ~ ssl NJ NJ
that seemed almost impossible OF PEI
lief to those who looked upon the man
OF gentlemanly and trefinedS app dear
sance who reluctantly told the story Of
the murder and the robbery He said
that he had become desperate because
of his inability to secure employment
and a realization OF 1.-THE fact that he
must have money to defray the ex-
penses Off his. approaching marriage.
The robbery had been carefully
planned and it included the n1urder4of /
Express Messenger Lane He knew
Lane we'll. In fact they were fri rds,
and he relied upon Lanes confidence
totehelp him execute the crime. He
knew that consi derable money was all
ways carried by the mes zenger Eonll
Pennsylvania Train No. between st.
Louis and Columbus, and that he was
certain to5secure a large sum if he
Fl Robhed the yvny safe Fl y,
on that train. Having provided hsn-
self with a Smith & Wesson six shoot
er. .SS calliber,a he went to- Urbana FRI 4
day morning and waited for No. 8. "
When the train arrievd there EaTrell
Went at once to the express car and i
told Lane that he was out OF money
and asked permission to ride to Column
bus with him. Lane consented, never
for a moment slIspecting the treachery
Of his pretended friend. For a short
time after the train left Urbatna they
chatted pleasantly. Lane sat in al
chair in the back of the ear with his
back slightly turned. When il srren s
aad finally nereed himself for the
lp behind Lane unobseryed ana XII
5}8y Fired Three shots ts Il.
n rapid succession into the uessen-
GERS back. After he had taken out all
he sacks containing the money pack
lges, money orders and way bills, he 1
placed them in a small satcheI and !.
Eaited until the car arrived at Plain
city he slipped OFF the train. He se-
suTed q room at a hotel and retired
or the night He came to this city
IN the morning train. and after. going
o his room and changing his clothes
vent to the home Of his sweetheart,
o whom he gave the money to keep
or him. AS soon as it was learned
hat Terrell had given the money to
lis sweetheart. Inspector barron went
o the house and secured 1t. Tie young 4
ady was
Utterly Frustrated
~ the disclosures. She had mt sus- 9
,ected Terrell of wrongdoing for an in
slant, and the news was a terrible
;hock to her and to her PARENTS who
lad regarded Terrell as a model young
nan. The young lady had never
doubted: his story that the money
which he placed in her keeping had
,een earned and saved by him as he
stated. FerrelPs horne is in Stauben-
lille, Ohio. His father is said to be
bridge carpenter. and highly re-
pected citizen OF that place.
spends n Quiet nay.
Chicago, Aug 14-Willian J. Rryan
pent Sunday very. quietly In the I'll
morning he attended the Emanuel
Baptist church, After church Mr..
Bryan drove to the Chicago Peachf
lotel, where he took lunch with Ssna-
or and B Mrs. Jones, Mr.; and Mrs.
Charles A. Towne and Gen. Joseph
Wheeler