The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-10-18
STORY IN DETAIL
OF Lanes Movements Before and After
His Disappearance.

His Disappearance.
The story of Lanes actions and
movements of the psst few weeks given
in nut shell are about rs follows:
Some months ago Mr.. Lane came here
from New Haven, Conn, to accept the
position under the Service Board as su-
perintendent of the municipal lighting
plants In this capacity he served
faithfully until the members of the
Board took exclusive charge Of the var
ious plants. After leaving the city
work Mr.. Lane accepted a position as
trainman with the Big Four railway
company and for a time he worked
on the west end. Having his name
left on the list of employees Of the COM
psny Mr.. Lane went to Asheville. N.
c., where he secured employment with
a gas company. Here 1t is alleged he
and Miss Eva Eddy. of Croton, o.,
became infatuated with one another
and the two are said to have often been
seen together. This infatustion sprang
up between the two while Miss Edcy
assisted in nursing Mr.. Lane through
spell of sickness She was employed
in AsheviIle as q bookkeeper and
boarded at the same boarding house as
did Mr.. Lane At 1 O'Clock on the
morning Of September 25, Mr.. Lane
came here from Asheville to his home
on north Detroit street evidently to
remain in Bellefontaine and again take
up the railway position left open to
him by reason of his name having
never been taken from the list. On the
same date at 10 O. clock in the evening
he left home saying he was going over
to the railway yard Office to see when
he could make FIRST trip out. This
he did do and returning to his home
went silently to the woodshed at the
rear of the home, secured q lot of wear
ing apparel he had purchased in Gin
cinnati while enroute here and hidden
upon his arrival home. and walked di-
rectly to Silver Lake. where he changed
clothing beneath a large tree located
directly in front of the bathing housee-
It was raining in torrents at the time.
After making the change he placed his
old apparel in the place of hiding
where it was found Tuesday, Sept. "a.
lby G. W. Gales, an employe at the
lake. When he hsd completed al
these tasks il was nearly five O'Clock
Monday morning and day light wa
lin evi ience. Accordingly Lane hur
lriedly walked to Sidney and there tool
passenger No. IL, which was nearly
hours late, and went TO Indianapoli
from which city he went to Chicago
where ne met Miss Eddy, to whom b.
was married ON Sept % by Rev. Gu.
Hoover. pastor of the Christian church
under the name of Koyn. Tine Edd,
!, woman left Asheville with Lane an
came as far as Cincinnati with hin
and it Is evident that all arrangement
were complete before their separation
: for the meeting in the Windy City
1 Had Lane not been mistaken in hi
5 Judgment, however, he would neve
have gone to Chicago and been mar
ried for when he got as far west on hi
8 journey as indianapolis the full know
ledge of what he had done dawne
Q upon him and he determined to retur
i, home, but believing that the clothin
n hidden by him at the lake would b
: found Monday morning he decided this
: 1t would be more humiliating to retur
d than go on to Chicago.
It In Chicago Lane, who was marie
b under the assumed name Of Donal
X Koyn, and his new wife went to resit
n at the home of an attorney near 57i
street near Washington Park. He q
'f cured employment as solicitir
'e agent with the Welsbach Compan
/ the store of which firm is located
T. 6S-70 Wabash avenue.
1t Late last week and early this we'
ct information was secured here that La
had been married in Chicago and Il
I'd street address at which he and t
ny young lady whom he welded we
in said to be living was secured. Wi
n this information Sheriff Kerr ID
Monday night for Chicago, where