Show CRIME he strangles a young girl in a lonely wood mich feb 3 the mastery surrounding the death of afung a j oung girl whose whoso body bed y was found in grand river near Di Dimon dalo friday night was cleared up this morning the first duo clue to the crime was when tho the body was identified by a laho lake shore conductor as that of a passenger on his train who was accompanied by an old man then an official of the state public school at coldwater identified the body as that of nellie griffin Griff ln who had been adopted a few days previously by an old man giving the nimo of hen deshot agthe search was instituted for the old OU man and ho he was located early this morning on a farm near Dim ordale where ho he was employed his ren real al name was found to be russel 0 canfield after being fully identified by the superintendent of the coldwate school he was arrested and taken to charlotte IL orole down and confessed ho he said that upon arriving from coldwater with the girl ho he set out through the woods for the farm where ho he worked they sat down on a log by tho the water where tho the A lilt 4 body was found the gid began to cry ho he enid said and I 1 to tho tile ground ond choked ag death with ono one hand I 1 did not the girl anti I 1 have no idea why I 1 killed her I 1 must havo have been in insane A no Call canned nela is 18 55 5 3 care cars old nn all I 1 the ago of lila 1111 kietie is I 1 U i it is thought the tile old inan id iii crazy Can flold wal brought into court tit at charlotte afternoon pleaded guilty and anti terigo hooker sentenced him to for life thi thle Q ON ening ho ile to tta s lodged hi in tho the state prison at jackon n |