Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 15, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 August 1900 — Page 2

~r .- Star fib; ®ountt) § mma\ Mm MeO. STOOPS, Editor and ProftiHat PETERSBUBQ, i INDIANA. The deaths pf 18 infants from the intense heat were reported in Milwaukee within the 48 hours ended on the 8th. All the Boers in the field credit a rumor circulated by their leaders that Lord Roberts is dying- Roberts, however,’is now in excellent health, is dis plating wonderful energy and rides daily long distances.

Autographic anarchistic placard* were found posted on the walls of public edifices in Antwerp, Belgium, notably on the palace and on the prison, on the 8th, announcing that the anarchist propaganda continues. It is understood that the question Of the American Delagoa Bay railroad claims is on the point of settlement, though not actually settled. The parties interested have arrived at a practical agreement, but there are still some matters of detail to be adjusted. g "■ *. Militiamen Pearce and Hopkins of A squad of the Royal Canadian dragoons, Toronto, have been tried in South Africa and sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude for collecting arms from the burghers and reselling them to the Boers. Death is the maximum penalty for this offense. The provisioning of Germany’s naval forces for the China campaign has been greatly interfered with by the scarcity of canned meats in the empire. The governmenf is competed to buy meats at a high price in foreign countries, because df the inability of Germany tc supply home demands. The naval board of engineers, appointed under the terms of the current naval appropriation bill to examine and report upon the desirability of the location of a dry dock at the mouth of the Columbia river, reported, on the 8th, to the navy department against the project. Lieut. George Cornwallis West, who married Lady Randolph Churchill, has been placed temporarily on half-pay in consequence of ill-health. The question as to whether the bride would retain her title has been settled by her decision to be designated hereafter as Mrs. George Cornwallis West. The German foreign office, on the 9th, referring to the presence of the Boer envoj’s and of Dr. Leyds in Berlin, said that the delegation was there 4n an unofficial capacity only, and that it was no.t likely that any power would endeavor to secure favorable peace terms for the Boers in the final settlement. The 347 Roumanian immigrants who had been, detained by the Dominion immigration bureau for several days on the steamer Lake Champlain, at Montreal, were allowed to land, on the 8th, after a promise on the part of the Baron Hirsch institute that the directors of the lattfcr would obtain employment for them. The Philadelphia Evening Star, a daily newspaper in which the late John Russell Young wjas financially interested, was sold at auction, on the 9th, in order that a settlement of the estate of Mr. Young might be effected. The property was knocked down to William C. Greiner, of Philadelphia, who bid $14,500.

The dispatch sent, on the 8th, to the Chinese government through Minister Wu, is not iD the form or nature of an ultimatum. It insists, however, that the firing on the legations cease, and that the imperial government, if it desires to show its friendliness, shall co-opt rate with the relieving column. Miss H. O’Kabee, daughter of Prince P. K. O’Kabee, of Tokio, Japan, was drowned at Cedar Point, O., orf the 7th. Miss O’Kabee was sitting on the steamboat deck fishing, when she was overcome by heat, and toppled over into the water. She was engaged to be married to a prominent Japanese gentleman of Chicago. Baron Russell, of Killowen, lord chief Justice of England, died, on the 10th. He had been ill for some time. On the 8th an operation was performed, which the patient is reported to have passed through in good condition, At six o’clock on the evening ’of, the- 8th, however, he took a turn for the worse, soon became unconscious and passed away peacefully at 8 a. ni. Six full-blooded Indians from the Inlian territory have arrived in the City, of Mexico, and are conferring with the Mexican government regarding a concession which will enable them to settle with their respective tribes in Mexico and become Mexican citizens. Their complaint is that the United States government does not give them land enough to live on. They represent the Shawnees, Delaware sand Caddos. ▲ dispatch received from Minister Conger, on the 10th, says: “The tsung li yamen states to the diplomatic body that the various foreign governments have repeatedly asked, through the respective Chinese ministers, that we imihediately depart from Pekin under suitable escort. The yamen asks ns to fix a date for our departure, and to make the necessary arrangements to do so.” This is a a falsehood made out of whole cloth, and intended, doubtless, to compass the death of the legationers under conditions that would make it appear •a the conaeouence of their own act.

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Emperor William ordered that the bells of the Kuiser Wilhelm memorial church be tolled during the obsequies of King Humbert, and that all flags be at half-mast. The gross postal receipts at 50 of the largest post offices for the month of July aggregated $3,338,683, a net increase of $253,392 over July, .1899. The largest increase, 25 per cent., was at Albany, N. Y. Only nine offices showed decreases. The India famine relief fund contributed by persons all over the United States, has reached the $200,000 mark, the contributions received up to the 8th, amounting to $200,020. Health Officer Doty gave out a report on the 15th, concerning a patient at the Swinburne Island hospital, Micquel Paterno, who was removed from the Spanish steamer Moflfeerrat, which arrived at New York, on the 1st, from Havana. It has been discovered that he has yellow fever of a very mild type. John Milton Gaar, of Gaar, Scott & Co., of Richmond, Ind., died on the 9th. For many years he was one of the most prominent figures in the business development of that city. He leaves an estate estimated to be worth $750,000. F. M. Renick, of Falling Springs, W. VnM leaped from the roof of the state house at Columbus, O., on the 9th, and was dashed to death on the stone pavement of a court Stt feet below. Kenick was a lictim of the opium habit. John M. Stahl, secretary* of the Farmers’ national congress, says that the attendance at the annual meeting to be held at Colorado Springs, Col.. August 20-24, will bo the largest in the history* of the congress. The train bearing the remains of the late king of Italy, which left Mon-za,-on the 8th," accompanied "by the duke of Aosta, the count of Turin and the duke of Oporto, arrived at Rome at 6:30 a. m. on the 9th. Maj.-Gen. Chaffee reported to the war department, on the 9th, the capture, on the 6tli, of Yang Tsun, an important point on the route to Pekin, with a loss toHhe American force engaged of about sixty men. mostly from the Fourteenth infantry. Lieut. Frank R. Long, Ninth infantry, was among the wounded. A Japanese force made a reconnaissance beyond Hsi-Ku, on the 6th, the result being that the enemy was developed in strong force, well fortified, at Wei-Ho. After facing the. fire of seven guns the Japanese retired on Hsi-Ku, with a luss of three killed and 27 wounded, but having captured

-OQ hones. Li Il\:ng Chang, in a recent conversation expressed his despair over the condition of the Chinese government and his fears that the anti-foreign element has gained complete ascendency at rekin. The condition of the Kansas corn crop is given officially as 54 per cent. This estimate is based on returns from every school district in Kansas, dated August 4. Since then the corn has suffered some from the continued dry and hot weather, so that “half a crop” is the best that can reasonably be expected. The wheat yield is placed at 78,081,000 bushels. A package containirg $1,000 in currency was stolen in broad daylight from the express office at Galatia, 111. It was one of three packages, one containing $500 in silver, another $1,000 in gold, and another $1,000 in bills, were shipped by the Continental Bank of St. Louis to the Hank of Galatia. The Chicago City Kailway Co. has decided on a general plan for reequipment for its lines. Orders haye been sent to St. Louis for the construction of a number of new cars, which will be superior to any now in Chicago, and as fine es any in the country. . . Advices received from Bitlis, Asiatic Turkey, say that -00 men, women and children have been massacred in the Armenian village of Spaghank,,in the district of Sassun, by troops and Kurds, under Ali Pasha, the commandant of Bitlis. The marine hospital service has received a cablegram from 1'asseo Assistant Surgeon J. B. Greene officially announcing the existence of the plague at Hamburg. It was brought by steamer from South America. The Harper Bros.* building, in Pearl and Cliff streets. New York, together with all apparatus, and with all rights to publish the Harper periodicals, were sold at the New York Beal Estate exchange, on the 9th, for $1,100,000 to Alex P. Orr, chairman of the reorganization committee for the publishing house. The state of Colorado began suit at Denver, on the 10th, against the Pullman Palace Car Co. for $11,085 which, it is claimed, is due the state as an incorporation fee. Late advices from the north assert that a single shipment of $1,000,000 in treasure will soon be made from Dawson to Seattle. Wash.

A plot to seize Gen. Roberta ant! to shoot as many as possible of the Bii^ ish officers in Pretoria has been dia» covered, and ten men charged with complicity have been arrested. Other suspects are being closely watched, and it is ekpected thatf they will shrwtly be taker into custody. The post office department has ordered the establishment of rural free delivery service, on the 15th, at Sheldon, la., Portland and Cumberland, Ind., and Weldon, 111., and additional service at Belleville, Kas. Fifty-two cases of yellow fever were under treatment in Havana on the 10th. Of the victims, 18 were Americans. Thus far the mortality rate has been about 25 per cent, of those attacked. For insulting the new queen of Servio, Gen. Belimarkowitch, who vas one of the regents during the minority of King Alexander, has been placed under arrest. Djevad Pasha, former Turkish grand vizier, died in Constantinople on the 10th.

late news items. Nine persons who hurriedly sought shelter under some trees and bushes in th» woods in the Bronx section of Greater New York, during a storm, bn the 12th, were struck by the same flash of lightnin. Physicians said that four of them would die, while a fifth could only survive to become insane. R. 11. Ferrell, a formei employe of the Adams Express Co., was arrested, on the 12th, and confessed to the murder of Express Messenger l.aue and the robbery of the safe on the Pennsylvania east-bourd train, on the night of the 10th. One thousand dollars of the money stoleu was recovered. Joseph Phelpot and Franz Craig* wealthy stockmen, were fatally shot three miles from Nodaway, Mo., on the 12th. by two men who attempted to rob them. The stockmen had just returned from selling cattle at St. Jpseph. but had deposited the proceeds in the bank. The state department received a dispatch, bn the 12th, from Gen. Chaffee, including a telegram from Minister Conger, in which the latter says; “Will hold on until your arrival. Hope it will be soon.” The government will use every means to push forward the relief column. Several persons were killed and 10 injured, on the 12th. by the wrecking, at Iowa station. La., of the westbound fast passenger train on the Southern Pacific road. The trucks of the engine left the track, and the entire train,, except the sleepers, was ditched. Fifteen persoas were killed and a number injured three miles east of Slat ingtou; Fa., on the 12th. bj the omnibus in which a party of 25 were returning from a funeral, being run into at crossing by a train on the Lehigh d" New England rarrtroifd. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, according to the Berliner Tageblatt, wili go on a special mission to Rome before sailing for China to assume the command of the international forces. In Philadelphia the heat, on the 12tli, resulted in 17 deaths and 15 prostrations. The maximum temperature was 99 degree’s. A storm at night caused a fall of 24 degrees. 3 In a storm which passed over Queensboro, lN. Y„ on the 12th, four persons were killed outright and two were probably fatally injured. CURRENT NOTES,

Princeton has been awarded first honors in the university exhibit at the Paris exposition. Eighty hours rain is reported in southern Texas. Cotton has been bad* ly damaged in that sectionMiss Jessie Morrison, of Eldorado, Kas., was held without bail for the murder of Mrs. Olin Ctstle on June 22. Arvel, the only son oj Frank Abram, died at Pana. 111., as the result of a kick in the head from a horse. lie was aged 16. The date for the meeting of the democratic clubs of the United States; at 0Indianapolis, has been changed from September 6 to October 3. Former Capt. Carter's father-in-law testified,. Friday, that Carter has turned over to him St50,000 in bonds and securities. Mrs. George Jlelfrieh, wife of Geo. Ilelfvich, Sr., a prominent and successful business man, was thyown from a carriage and instantly killed at Waterloo, 111. Official dispatches show that the Japanese losses at the battle of Peit Sang were 200 killed and wounded. Miss Flossie Swetlatnd, a prominent society belle of Fredonia, X. Y., was drowned at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, while bathing. William H. Aubrey, late of Hannibal, Mo., now of Quincy', 111., has been arrested on a charge of \iolating the pension law. Russia now has 37,000,with 104 guns, concentrating in Manchuria, and 105,000 more, with 138 guns^nnw forming for invasion. Russia has contracted with the Danish East Asian Co. for the transportation of 10,500 troops to China. Redmond Kidd, alias Hiatt, an escaped convict from the Iowa penitentiary at Fort Madison, was arrested in Hoopeston, HI. Friday four of Peoria’s big distilleries were on fire, and at night the dryhouse of the Manhattan was destroyed, with a loss of about $25,000. Dr. J. A. Egan, secretary of the Illinois board of health, has received a communication from Charleston stating that several cases of smallpox had been discovered there. Andrew Carnegie indorses the course of the United States in China, but says that we should uot allow ourselves to be dragged into a war against that empire,

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS ] Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. j Rfullrdl by Telepkoae. Crawfordsville, Ind., Aug. 10.— Aaron Russell, a resident of Linden, this county, figured in a novel reunion, the other participant being John S. Russell, who. lives in Corbett. Texas. The medium of communication was a long-distance telephone, and the arrangements which had been previously made with the telephone company enabled the two to converse for more than an hour. The brothers have not seen each other since 1866, when John went south, and wishing&a reunion and not feeling able to make the long journey between Indiana and Texas they hit upon the expedient of a reunion by telephone.

Unknown Man a Snlclde. * Brazil, Ind. Aug. 10.—The body of a man supposed to be William Smith, of Alton, 111., was found under a tree west of here on the National road. While in the city he said »he intended to end his life. He claimed to have been wealthy at one time, but lost his money in speculation. He destroyed all papers in his pockets before committing suicide, presumably by taking poison. His name was learned from a tramp. His body will be kept for several days in the hope of learning his identity. Attacks Police Commission. Terre Haute, lud., Aug. 10.—Tha Terre Haute Anti-Saloon league has made a formal request of Gov. Mount for the removal of the police commissioners of this city. Accompanying the request is a long statement to show that the commissioners have not • complied with the governor's instruc-’ tions of somtj months ago to enforce the Jaw. The governor has notified the commissioners to make reply to the complaint. Most Successful Year. Valparaiso, Ind.. Aug. 10.—The commencement exercises of the Northern Indiana Normal school were held at college auditorium, closing a busy week of reunions. The 27th year of the college has been the most successful in its history, the attendance having reached 3.954. representing all states and territories, Europe and Asia. The diplomas were presented by President Brown. Street Carnival Begun. Crown Poiut, Ind., Aug. ICf.—The big street carnival in this city given by the Independent Order of Foresters 1 of America has started and is an elaborate entertainment. The streets adjacent ro the public square are completely taken up with booths of all descriptions, midway, streets of Cairo. | side shows, dancing pavilions. Indian | villages and snake charmers. The pity is decorated. For Self-Protection. Delphi, Ind., Aug. 10.—The Cutler j Detective company, composed of 20 ; farmers in the vicinity of Flora and Culler,has been organized with George W. Shanklin as captain. E&ch member has been appointed a special constable by the county commissioners. The association is organized for the purpose of mutual protection.

Children's Home. ' Portland, Ind., Aug. 10.—F. M. Elliott, state superintendent of the Indiana Children's Home society, came here to interest the county commissioners in a children's home at Tipton. to cost $16,000. It is his idea to have 12 counties combine in the ownership of the building, which will accommodate 200 children. Charged with Murder. Alexandria, Ind., Aug. 10.—Burgess Dick, a window glass worker, died of injuries which the police say were inflicted by Conrad Woerlin, a saloonkeeper. Woerlin, it is alleged, ejected Dick from his saloon, throwing him down a flight of stairs. Woerlin is held on charge of murder. Toole a Header. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 10.—Dr. D. E. Crlpe. a wealthy physician and owner of the Cripe sanitarium here, was perhaps^permanently injured in a bicycle accident. He was riding his wheel down a steep grade, when he lost control and was thrown off. Wages increased. Indianapolis, Ind.,s Aug. 10.—The green glass bottle blowers in the gas belt have been notified of an increase of seven per cent, on the net list, which restores the price to the standard of 1S93. All earnings are to be paid in cash. Took Aeld. Indianapolis, Ind.;- Aug. 10.—William E. Cruzan, a blacksmith, killed him•self by taking carbolic acid. It is said that Cruzan killed himself because of a love affair with Clara Conrad, a young woman boarding at the same house. j Bled in Hla Celt, Jeffersonville, Ind., Aug. 10.—Otha Fox, 27 years old, was found dead in his cell at the reformatory. He epe from Peru six months ago, having been convicted *of grand larceny. The exact cause of death is unknown. Under Arrest. Portland, Ind., Aug. 10.—Mike Burgess and Frank Hoover, of Dunkirk, who were mixed up in the elopement of Jennie Watson and Maggie Writer, of Redkey, each 16 years old. are now In the county jail here. Mull Boxes Mutilated. Marion, Ind., Aug. 10.—Vandals have shown their hand along rural mail routes in this county. Unknown persons have mutilated a number of government noxes throughout the county.

The Murderer of Express Messenger Lane Arrested and Has Confessed. \ HE HEEDED THE HONEY T06ET HARRIED.

HI* Plan to Oat It Inrlndrd the Detlberi'. • Ttklni of th* Life of Lut-Tlit Aiv**t Mod* to th* Pr«**ne* of HI* A£Iionecd WIT*, to Whom Hod lotroatod th* Money. Columbus, 0., Aug. 13.—Chariest It. M. Ferrell, former employe of Adairs Exprses Co.,' was arrested yesterday afternoon in this city, and has confessed to the killing; of Messenger Chas. l^me and the robbery of the way safe of she Adams Express Co. on the Pennsylvania east-bound train which arrived in this city at midnight Friday. One thousand dollars of the money which he hai stolen was recovered. Wu to’Have Been Married. Farrell was to have been married Thursday next to Miss Lillian Coi - low, daughter of Patrick Costlow, an engineer on the Pennsylvania line j. He had been discharged from the employ of the Adams Express Co. abor t three months ago, and had/hot sir ce been able to secure employment. He confessed that, the motive ofthe robbery was to secure money, of which he felt in great need, on account of his approaching marriage. Th-; money recovered he ba<l given to Miss Cos - low to keep for him, saying that It ms money that he had saved from his earnings. Arrested at the Home of His Flaaeo. lie was at the h-»me of his affianced and in her eompai>\ when phi--d under arrest. Ferre’! s Lnt 22 years of age and has a splendid physique, being six feet .u height, wi*li dnrK ha>r aid ail attraetive face. When the. officers took l.im into custody’ 1 t* assn men a nop•bnlant demeanor, but when he found that he could no ’o-iger deceive the f tli« ers, he made a full confession. Ain.’ lus statement had be. i i;:l;i-jn by Chief-of Police Tyler and he w .s led 'o a cell in the polike sta.iou te whs in a state of nerfoUs eobiiji.se, and orders were giveu that Ire ne watched closely to prevent him doing himself bodily injury. A Blood-Cnrcllituc Crime. The confession of Ferrell disclosed a premedidated and blood-eurdlim crime that seemed almost impossible of belief, lie said he had become desperate because of his inability to secure employment and a realizatiq i of the fact that lie must have nion^v to defray the expenses of his approaching marriage. The robbery had be * 1 carefully planned, and it included the murder of Express Messenger bare. He had no accomplices and no confidants. He knew Lane well. In fset they’ were friends, and he relied upon Lane’s confidence to help him execute the crime. Ko knew that considerable money was always carried by tap messenger on the Pennsylvania train No. 8, between St. Louis and Colum - bus, and that he‘was certain to secure a large sum if he robbed ’the way safe on that train.

lmpoipd on Laur a r'rleuil»hlji. Having provided himself with i Smith & Wesson six-shooter, 38-cai-ber, he went to Urt>a i^a Friday morning and waited for Xo. b. When The train arrived there Ferrell went at once to the express ear and told Lane that he was out of money, and asked permission to ride to Columbus with him. Lane, ^consented, never for a moment suspecting the treachery of his pretended "friend. For a short time after the train left Urbana thee chatted pleasantly. Shot Hia Victim from Behind.. Lane sat in a chair at the end ofthe car with his back slightly turned. When Ferrel had finally nerved himself for the crime, he drew his revolver and stepped up behind Lane, unobserved, and tired three shots i:a rapid succession in the messenger’s back. Lane rolled off the chair to the floor on his face, and Ferrel quickly fired the remaining shots at the prostrate body. To Make 11:1a Work Sure. Lane was unconscious, but Ferreii, fearing that the wounds already inflicted Avould not; cause death, tools Lane’s revolver and fired two more bullets from it into the body. Opened and ltobbed the Safe. Ferrell then took the key to "tne way safe from the pocket of the dead messenger and opened the safe bad laid Lane’s revolver inside where he could reach it easily in case he was detected and needed it to defend k mself. After he had taken out all he sacks containing the money packag ed; money orders and way bills, he placed them in a small satchel and wai ;e'd until the car arrived at Plain City, where he slipped off the train. Went to a Hotel for tbe Nlslit. He walked about for a few minutes to regaih composure, and then inquired for the hotel, which he fovnd after a short time, a belated oitiien directing him to the place. He secured a room and retired for vhe night without registering, a fact of which the landlord took no notice at the time, as he was half asleep. Assorted His Cirliae-Stalaed Boot}'. One in his room Ferrell proceeded to go through the packages and ti ke out all the cask . The remainder he tied up in a bundle. The question of how to get rid of thb debris of ais plunder and his revolver then confronted him. It was an easy matter to dispose of the latter. Lifting up the mattress of the bed, he placed he revolver in a secure nlaee In i he

springs. It was not so easy to dispose of the bundle of express sacks and envelopes. OI»|HMe4 of (he Paekoaro. After thinking the matter over h© concluded he could get rid of'the bundle best by expressing it to a fictitious address in some distant city, knowing that It would remain the^e a year at least before it would be opened, if it was not intercepted. Ferrell arose early the next morning ami sauntered down to the railroad station, and sat there for a time reading a book. Then he expressed the package which he had addressed to C. tV. ('eylor. Lockport, X. Y., bought a ticket and took the train for Columbus at 6:30.

mccciM so sootier tiro*. When he arrived in the city he went at once to his boarding house on the north side of the city and changed his clothes. Ferrell said he was very much disturbed by the talk about the murder and robbery, which he heard upon every hand, but he kept up his nerve.. During the day he paid a number of bills that he owed out of the money which he had stolen, and bought some clothes and other things which he needed. Saturday night he went to see Miss Costlow and arranged to call again Sunday afternoon. Sleuths oo the Troll. It was at Plain City last Saturday night that City Detectives O’Neill and Dundon obtained the clue that led to Ferrell’s apprehension. They had been at the hotel at daylight, while Ferrell was sleeping in an upper room, and asked the proprietor if any strangers had registered or had beeu seen about the hotel. The proprietor said that he did not remember haring seen any strangers. Later in the afternoon the detectives again ashed the proprietor if he had seen any strangers about, and he then remembered a man who had forgotten to register had stayed at the house over night, and had gone away on the early morning train to Columbus. Found Lone's Revolver. The detectives at once searched the room, and were rewarded by finding Lane’s revolver, where he had secretel it. Thev also found severa* way bills that bad been overlooked by Ferrell in hrs hurry and excitement while making up the express package. The hotel keep if. was able to give only an imperfect description of the strange guest, becattsb^as he said, he was too sleepy at the time to take any particular notice of him. Intercepted the Express l'orkage. After learning of the express {Kickage the detectives at once telephoned to Columbus, and had if intercepted. The package was opened and the stolen packages containing money orders and other things which Ferre.l desired to get rid of were found. Convinced He Was an Ex-Employe. Chief-of-Detectives Kelly and Detectives O'Neill and Dundon then set to work to run d‘wvn the* mysterioua stranger who, they had become convinced was an ex-emplove oftheAdatns Express Co. Suspicion soon rested upon Ferrell, and information secured in, regard to his movements during the last three days was considered sufficient to warrant his arrest.

Confronted by a Try Iiik Duty. The detectives first went to his boarding place, and were informed that he was probably at the home of his sweetheart, on the east side. They at once went to the Costlow residence where they found Ferrell. It was a trying duty for the detectives when they were ushered into the room where Ferrell sat conversing with the young lady. Ferrell appeared annoyed tit the intrusion. Suspected of Burglary. The detectives did not broach the subject of the train robbery, but told him that he yVas suspected of a burglary, and that they wished him to accompany them to the police station, where the ehief of police wanted to interview him. Thinking that perhaps the detectives were on the wrong scent, Ferrell nerved himself and said with apparent composure: “I guess there must be some mistake.” Admitted the Crime. He excused himself t,o the young lady and accompanied the detectives to the city prison. On the way to the station the detectives told Ferrell what he was wanted for and what they knew, and he reluctantly admitted that he had committed the crime. A Written. Con tension. At the police station a written confession was taken by the chief of police. Ferrell tried to keep his nerve* but it was evident that he had been under a severe strain and that he could not stand the ordeal 'much longer. He did not tell a connected story. Most of the facts were brought out by questions which he seemed to answer reluctantly. Several times he broke down, and when he was finally led to a cell he was in a state of collapse. He then seemed to realise for the first time the awful nature of his crime, and the fact that he will, in all . probability, atone for it with his own life. • Secured the Thousand Dollars. As soon as it was learned that Ferrell had given the money to his sweetheart, Inspector Barron went to the £ house Snd secured it. The young lady was utterly prostrated by the disclosures* She had not suspected Ferrell of wrongdoing for an instant, and it was a terrible shock to her and her parents, who had regarded Ferrell as a model young man. The young lady had never doubted his story that the money which he placed in her keeping had been earned and saved by him as he stated. Died of Hia Injuries. Kneosha, Wis., Aug. 13.—Henry B. Beck, who was injured by an explosion of gas Saturday night, died yesterday.