The evening world., 1902-04-01
Shot Mother and Two
Children in Their
Home.
Was SERVANT IN HOUSE.
Officers Sent to Arrest Him
for Theft Received by
Murderer.

PHILADELPHIA, April l.-Wiliiam
Lane. a negro servant employed nv
Charles F. Furbush, al No. 652 North
Fifteenth street. to-day shot and
killed Mrs. Ellen Furbush. forty-tuo
years old and her daughter Madeline
. Z. Furbush, ten years old. and prob
ably fatally wounded Eloise Furbusl,.
seven years old another daughter.
Lane had been suspected OF stealing
money from his employer and to-day
q warrant was sworn out for his ar
rest by Mrs. Furbush.
The negro learned this and com
mitted the murders in revenge Mrs
Furbush and Eloise were on the third
floor OF the house and Madeline was
on roller skates In front OF the house
After killing the mother and fatally
injuring one child. Lane called Made
line into the house and she followed
him upstairs to the third story. where
he shot her dead.
Mr.. Furbush has not vet been
found by the police and IL is sara
he has gone to New York
Lane Received Policemen.
Special Policemen Graham and Man
Vel wen, TO th" Furbush rcsidcnc. this
morning and lane answered their ring
At 10. dcorb-ll They told him they
wanted to see Mrs Furburh. and ne In.
WED them into tine >itting-rpom and
told them Airs. Furbush was upstairs
and thai he would call her. They had
been sittirS ;h-r~ about ave minutes
when Eioi~ staggered into the room
eping: William Sas rTo, mamma and
'Ia1iinc and tried to kill ne.
The policemen ran upstairs and found
Mrs furoush dead In the third s,o-y
front room and MidaIinc mortally
woundei IN an adjoining room The 1T
us girl died fes minutes later
They made n search FOR Lane out he
had d!sa ,pear-d and rolptcd female
sseNani IN the rear kitchen told them
Ian" had gpu" out hy -. back gate.
general alarm vas sent nut and then
began search Tor IN" murderer IN
which almost the entirc police aud de-
isrtiye force % IN" city participated.
ending with his capture IS he was lcav-
ing f.rTl'nnst in Camden. across tie
Delaware Rive from this city few
hours later.
the a-rcst was made hy Detectives.
Bond ami Murriy. two %: h. n1es and
most experienced men na the local
force. Their right T. briug their prs
oner back 10 this city was disputed ny
the Camden polio" suthoriiic-. and what
promise to nc a serious clash was
avsrted by III. action ~ tho Philad"l-
phia officials. who rushed their prisoner
on to fcrryblat bound for philaIcl-
Isits. and thus got him nat - the iurls-
diction ~ IN" Camden P"liC"
Traced to Camden.
Detectives FIRST visited IN, Broad stree
and there l'stn"d that man answering
Lanes description had "ndcivorcd Ia
buy Ticket to Brldgctpn Detectives
ponoghy. Hpr l. Miller ana Graham
knowing that n" would have 10 go To
Camden II he desired 10 reach Bridge
ferry and cross"i the river To- the Penn.
Side
The" th"v learned that Lane had sent
= telegram :" his sister At Hrids",on.
afternoon. fhis va at :is % o'cioeK
From the ticket agent they learned that
the frst train for Brldgetou would leave
at Az. Upon irIuirug " the ,ickc,
agent whether colprcd man had pur-
chased tlcke; for BriIgcton. Lane.
who was strolling about III" station.
wa. pointed out to them. They made =
rush for him and threw him to tn" floor
fs Nas asked fn- his pistol and he said
II was In his dre-s-suit case. which was
IN the waiting. room. ON opening the
of jewcirv and Si30 In cash which h.
had presumably stolen from the Furbush
residence. His father is said to bc /,
minister In burlington.