Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-01-24

at the point Of the revolver In the hands
Of the other robber to pour their valu-
ables into the bag In the hands Of the
conductor.
Passenger Shot to Death.
One old man ON the train made
move to get his revolver out of his
satchel and he was shot dead by the
robber. After the trip had been fin
ished the masked men made the con-
ductor pull the bell cord signaling the
engineer to stop the train. A few days
after the robbery the two bandits were
located in hiding in farmhouse near
GOodland, Kan. One of the men was
shot to death and the other cremated In
the house, which was burned to the
ground.
Then came the sensational Columbus.
Ohio. express robbery and murder. II.
II. Terrell. an ex-employe of the Ad-
ans Express Company. young man
go years of age. was engaged to be mar
ried to young lady of Columbus. and
1t was said that he was very ambitious
to provide well for her, but had not the
funds, for he had been out of work for
some months, having been discharged
by the Adams company. He went down
to Urbana. Ohio. to await the arrival
of Panhandle express train running
from st. Louis to Columbus. He well
knew that the express car on this train
would carry considerable money. When
the train arrived he went to the express
train and told Messenger Lane, whom
he knew, that he had no money anu
asked il he might ride with him to Co
lumbus. Lane never suspected treach-
cry on the part Of his supposed friend
and told, of course, he could ride in the
car with him. Farrell felt the pistol In
his pocket to be sure it was still there
and climbed into the car. AS the train
left Crbana the two old friends chatted
pleasantly. Lane sat with his back
slightly turned to Terrell not far from
the end of the car. Finally Terrell had
nerved himself for the despicable deed.
and, stepping behind Lane, he fired
messengers back. Then the murderer
took Lanes revolver and fired two more
shots into the dying man. After he
was satisfied that Lane was dead he
took the key from the messengers
pocket and opened the express safe and
distracted all of the money when he
put in a valise. The murderer dropped
from the train without being noticed ut
Plain City. where he spent the night.
Terrell fell under suspicion and after
his whereabouts before and near the
time Of the tragedy had been traced
enough was discovered to cause his ar
rest, when he confessed the whole
crime.
1.-THE crime of train robbing Is not
very old one, by any means" said WILL
lam A. PinkertOn. 1.-The pioneers In
this work were the notorious Reno boys
of Seymour, Ind. These bandits began
their work not very long after the close
of the Civil War. and they kept up their
career of crime until the most Of them
were choked Off In q very summary
manner. After the Reno boys came the
James brothers. the Younger brothers.
the Bases and the train robbers who
are still we'll remembered to-day. Early
train robbing was carried on In the
same way that it Is to-day as far as re-
CARDS stopping the trains and the treat
ment of the train people are concerned.
The only difference Is in the Use of
dynamite on the car doors and the
safes-this being modern introduce
l,r, ,,So6 IN
for those purposes. The safes then
were only sheet-iron affairs and were
not hard to batter apart"