Arizona republican., 1900-08-13
THE CONFESSION.

Il premeditated and bIood-curdling crime almost impossible to believe. He said he had become desperate because of his inability to secure employment and the realization of the fact that he must have money to defray the expenses of his approaching marriage. The rob bery, including the murder of the ex- press messenger, Lane, had been planned carefully. Terrell had no ac- compIices and no confidantes. He kneS- Lane well; in fact, they were friends. and he relied upon Lanes confidence to help him execute the crime. He knew that considerable money was always carried by the messenger between St. Louis and Columbus, and that he was certain to secure a large sum if he robbed the way safe. Having provided himself with a six-shooter Terrell went to Urbana Friday morning and waited for Lanes train. When the train ar rived Terrell wtnt at once to the eX- press car and told Lane that he was out of money and asked permission to ride to Columbus. Lane consented.
 For short time after the train left Urbana they chatted pleasantly. Lane sat in a chair in the end of the car with his back slightly turned. When Terrell had finally nerved himself for the crime, he drew his revolver, stepped up behind Lane, unobserved, and fired three shots in rapid success sion into the messengers back. Lane rolled eff his chair and Terrell fired the remaining shots at his prostrate body. Lane was unconscious, but Terrell, fearing that the wounds already in flicted would not cause death took Lanes revolver and fired two more bull lets from it into the body. Terrell then took from the pocket of the dead man the key to the way safe, opened the safe, and as a precaution against surprise, laid Lanes revolver close by. After he had taken out all the sacks containing the money packages, money orders and way-bills, he placed the packages in a satchel and watched un- til the car arrived at Plain City. There he slipped off the train.
 HIS FLIGHT.
 He walked about for a few minutes to regain his composure and then in quired for hotel. He secured a room and retired for the night without reg istering. Locked in his room, Ferrsn proceeded to go through the packages
 
 tained. The debris he tied in packages and planned to get rid of it and his revolver. The revolver he placed in the springs under the mattress. He con clrded to get rid of tie bundle by ex- pressing it to a fictitious address, Early next morning he sauntered down to the railroad station and expressed the package to "C. w. Coylor, Lock- I,ort," boTght q ticket and took the 6: 30 train for Columbus. When he ar rived in Columbus. Terrell went at once to his boarding house and changed his clothes. He said he was very much disturbed by the talk about the mur- der and robbery, which he heard on every hand. During the day he paid a of old bills out of the money which he had stolen, bought some clothes and made some other pur- chases. Saturday night he went to see Miss Costlow and arranged to call again Sunday afternoon.
 THE FIRST CLUE.
 It was at Plain City last Saturday night that City Detectives O'Nein and Dundon obtained a clue that led to Ferrell's arrest. They had been about the hotel at daylight while Terrell