The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-02
FEARS ARREST FOR THEFT
Determined to Murder the
 Entire Furbush Family.
Succeeded in Escaping from 1hile~ delphia, But Four Hours Later Was Captured in New Jerssy.
 Admits the Grimes.

Woutu pc arrested iOT tneit, NtiHe@t k4Ss Lane. a colored butler. shot and kiiIe1 his employer. Mrs. Ella J. Furbush, hsr L year old daughter. Madeline and probably mortally wounded anothsr daughter. Eloise. aged years. at thetr home. No. sz5 North Fifteenth. Street. shortly before noon today. Lane. who IS 25 years of age. escsDeN from the house and four hours later wee captured by Philadelphia detectives while waptang in Camden, N. J., to board train for Bridgeton. N. ] He was tn. mediately brought to this city. was idene crime
 Mrs. Furbush lived with her two daughters in fine four story house which was furnished with all the comfort that an ample purse could provide. Lane had been her butler since Christmas, and besides him she had another coIorsd servant, woman named Agnes. Recept- ly Mrs. Furbush had been missing small amounts of money and finally informed the police who began an invesligaticn which was still in progress when today'a tragedy was enacted. Suspicion fell on Lane and warrant was sworn out for his arrest.
 According to Lanes confession. he saw Mrs. Furbush on Monday night counting large roll of bills. Knowing where shs kept the money, he bided his tipe and at an opportune moment late in the evenin9 he stole s7o This morning Mrs. Furbush missed the money and questioned the | colored man. but he denied all knowi- edge of having seen It. Expecting that the theft would be placed on him and that Mrs. F,Tbush would have him srrested. Lane planned to murder the mother and her children. rob the house and disap- pear.
 At II o'clock he went to the third floor and found Mrs. Furbush in one of the middle rooms. He shot her twice. once in the breast ard then through the heart She died instantly.
 EIoise who was in another room, hear ing the noise, ran 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 ssr- want who was ironing in the uot kitchen. Lane went to the front door and called in Madeline who was skating on roller
 
 that her mother wanted her on the third floor and without the slightest suepicion of the tragedy that was being enacted and that she was going to her death Madeline climbed the stairs without removing her skates. She went into room adtontnx that in which her mother lay dead. Lans followed her and she cheerily called her mother. the negro shot her through the heart, killing /'r instantly.
 l.t- I,. fL~x< proceeded to rob the house. He only found $130. two watches and pocket book, and while he was searching for ths jewelry, he was interrupted by the arr rival of two special policemen who had 2 warrant for, his arrest, on the charge of larceny. They asked to see Mrs Fur bush. and Lane showed them to the re- ceiving room on the second floor and said he would call his mistress. Recog- nzng one of the men as an officer. Lane hastily donned his overcoat and escaped by the rear fthe house. All was quiet in the house and the policemen hearing moan. started an investigation. and on the third floor hallway found little Elo-
 se. To the policemen she said:
 William shot my mother and my sis- ters and tried to kill me"
 She was immediately sent to a hospital and the police drag-net was put In mo- tion. Lane was traced to the Pennsyl- vania Railroad station at Camden. whera he was recognized by one of the police men who had been admitted to the house The officers hustled him on a fer ry boat and out of jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey and took him to the city hall. Before going to Camden, hs purchased d suit of clothes. d light over coat a valise and a box of cigars. He wore the new clothes and had his old suit of clothes sent to his sisters home.
 
 station he tclcgraphed another sister at Bridgeton that he was coming to see her.
 At the police station Lane said he was sorry for what he had done. He was surprised to hear that Eloisc was alive. and said he always liked her and he hated to kill her. but it was necessary to da SO"
 Now that l have been caught" hs added. 'T hope she will recover: I am hso sorry for Mrs. Furbush and Made line. but poverty tempted mo to do 1t. and | must now suffer.
 Later Lane was taken to the hospital, where Eloise identified him, sayingt fHs is William Lane. who killed my mother and sister and tried to kill me You know you did William"
 In his presence her statement was taken and Lane put the. seal of accuracy to tt hy saying: "Evcrything the child has said Is true
 Lane is, the son of preacher who lives in BridgctOn. and has served a term tn the Mount Holly (N. JD jail for larceny and has been confined in the Hunting otn (Pa.) reformatory, M
 There seems to be mystery regarding the domestic life of Mrs. Furbush. In the neighborhood where she lived she was variously known as Mrs. Furbush and Mrs. Fisher The woman, who was F years of age, was well supplied with money owned the fine house she lived tn. had her own horses and carriages and lived a life Of ease. As result of an Coroner Dugan is endesv- bring to secure the sttcndance at the inquest of Charles Az Furhush wealthy of miiline machinery cf this city. Mir Furbush was out of the city today on business.