Connecticut western news., 1902-04-03
KILLED BY THE BUTLER
Cold Flooded Crime of a Phila-
 delphia Negro.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE DEAD

Another Daughter Shot and VIII
 Probably Die-Fenr of Arrest For
 Theft the Motive-Miscreant, Cap
 tured, |. Identified and Confesses.
 Philadelphia, April 2.-William H. Lane, a colored butler, aged twenty five, shot and killed his employer, Mrs, Ella J. Furbush, her twelveyear-old daughter Madeline and probably mor- tally wounded another daughter, Eloise, aged seven years, at their home. 652 North Fifteenth street, shortly before noon yesterday. Lane escaped from the house and four hours later was captured by Philadelphia de- tectives while waiting in Camden, N. J., to board train for Bridgeton, N. J. He was immediately brought to this city, was identified by little ElOise and confessed his crime.
 The murder was one of the most cold blooded that has been committed in this city for some time. Mrs. Furbush lived with her daughters in a fine four story house, which was furnished with all the comfort that an ample purse could provide. Lane had been her but Ter since Christmas, and besides him she had another colored servant, a wo- man named Agnes. Recently Mrs. Fur bush had been missing small amounts of money, and finally she informed the police, who began an investigation, which was still in progress when this tragedy was enacted. Suspicion fell on Lane, and a warrant was sworn out for his arrest.
 Lanes Confession.
 According to Lanes confession, he saw Mrs. Furbush on Monday night counting a large roll of bills. Know ing where she kept the money, he bided his time, and at an opportune moment late in the evening he stole $70. Yesterday morning Mrs. Furbush missed the money and questioned the colored man, but he denied all knowl- edge of having seen it. Expecting that the theft would be placed on him and that Mrs. Furbush would have him ar rested, Lane planned to murder the mother and her children, rob the house and disappear.
 At II o'clock he went to the third floor and found Mrs. Furbush in one of the middle rooms. He instantly shot her twice, once in the breast and then through the heart She died in- stantly. Eloise, who was in another room, hearing the noise, ran into the room to see what was the matter, and as she entered Lane shot her in the abdomen. She fell, and he thought he had also killed her.
 Without even attracting the attention of the other servant, who was ironing in the outer kitchen, Lane went to the front door and called in Madeline, who was skating on roller skates on the sidewalk. He told her that her mother wanted her on the third floor, and, without the slightest suspicion of the tragedy that was being enacted and that she was going to her death, Mad \ cline climbed the stairs without re- 1 moving her skates. She went into a room adjoining that in which her moth | CT lay dead.
 Lane followed her, and as she cheeri- ly called her mother the negro shot her through the heart, killing her instantly. Lane in his confession says he then l proceeded to rob the house. He quick | ly found $130, two watches and pock- | etbOOk, and while he was searching for the jewelry he was interrupted by the | arrival of two special policemen who | had a warrant for his arrest on the charge of larceny. They asked to see | Mrs. Furbush, and Lane showed them to the sitting room on the second floor II nd nnA1 hA It lnA, Recognizing one of the men as an off, cer, Lane hastily donned, his overcoat and escaped by the rear of the house. Police Discover the Crimes. l All was quiet in the house, and the l policemen, hearing a moan, started an investigation and on the third floor hallway found littlep Eloise. To the po- licemen she said, "William shot my mother and my sister and tried to kill l me-"
 She was immediately sent to a hos pital, and the police dragnet was put In motion. Lane was traced to the Pennsylvania railroad station at Cam den, where he was recognized by one of the policemen he had admitted to the house. The officers hustled him on a ferryboat and out of the Jurisdiction of the state of New Jersey and took him to city hall.
 At the police station Lane said he was sorry for what he had done He was surprised to hear that Eloise was alive and said he always liked her and hesitated to kill her, but "it was nec- essary to do so." "Now that have been caught" he added, "I hope she will re- cover. I am also sorry for Mrs. Fur
 bush and Madeline, but poverty tempt ed me to do it, and I must now suffer"
 Later Lane was taken to the hospital,
 where Eloise identified him.
 Lane Is the son of a preacher who
 lives in Bridgeton and has served a
 term in the Mount Holly (N. JD jail for
 larceny and has been confined in the
 Huntingdon Pa) reformatory.