Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-28
BANDITS KILL nine.
Oar Barn Murderers Captured
After Fierce Fighting.
SHOT BRAKEMAN DEAD, SEIZED TRAIN
Career of Gang OF Chicago Despera-
does at Last Brought to IA Close.
Beardless Boys Coolly Confess
to a Long List of Crimes.


BeardIess Boys Coolly Confess
to a Long List of Crimes.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Chained wrist
to wrist, their hair matted with dried
blood, their clothing covered with dust
and dirt, two beardlcss boys, Peter
Niedermeier and Harvey Van Dine, sat
in the presence of Mayor Harrison and
Chief of Police O'Nell calmly confess
ing to their share in a three months
| career of crime which has included
| nine murders, the wounding of five 9th
er men and a long series of robberies.
The two young bandits, neither of
whom is owe twenty-one years of age,
together with their companion, Emil
Roeski, who is no older, were captured
near Liverpool, Ind, after a fight in
which they battled against policemen,
| railroad detectives, railroad laborers
| and farmers. One mar was killed, an
other fatally wounded, and all three of
| the young bandits were wounded, but
not seriously.
The dead: T. ]. Sovea, brakeman on
| the Pennsylvania railroad. The Wound
ed: Joseph Driscoll, detective on the
Chicago police force, shot through the
abdomen and can live but a short time;
Matthew thinner, detective on the Chi
| cago police force, shot in head and
arm.
Niedermeier was wounded in the
| hand by bird shot. Van Dine was sim
| lt.a1, .-l,,,o1 o,1 cttctofnad in odHi.
ton a flesh wound in the left thigh.
| Roeski was shot in the right hip. His
| wound is the most serious of any In
tiicted upon the three men, but was not
sufficiently serious to prevent him from
travelling q long distance after rcceiv-
ing It..
The three men were wanted by the
police for completely In the murders
| at the car barns of the Chicago City
| Railroad company, when two men We're
| killed, Il third badly wounded and g.
| $50 stolen from the company. Gus
| tave Marx, who last Saturday night
| murdered officer John Quinn, when the
| policeman endeavored to place him UNI
| der arrest, confessed after his capture
that he, In company with the three
men, had committed the crimes at the
| car barns. The hunt for Van Dine,
Niedermeier and Roeski has been hot
| even since. Although they knew that
the entire police force was looking for
them, the three men remained ip/the
city until Wednesday morning. 4
"We were laying for a fellow that
was a witness against Marx" said Van
Dine. On Wednesday they left Chica-
go, going to a dugout/inade by railroad
laborers near the tracks Of the Michi-
gan Central railroad near Millers Sta
ton, Ind, They spent the night in an
other dugout near Millers Station, and
thers/ they were surprised by the po-
licsfearly yesterday.
WORD was brought to the police by
T. S. Reichers, Il schoolteacher near
Clark Station, Ind, that three men an
swering the description of those want
ed for the car barn murders were liv-
ing in the dugout. Other stories placed
the men near Waukegan, ILL.,, and the
police, placing no great reliance in any
Of the rumors, sent only eight men,
Detectives thinner, De Roche, Qualey,
Gleason, Sheehan, Driscoll, Baumer
and Hughes, to Indiana, Sheehan being
placed In charge of the squad.
The men renched the dugout at about
8 o'clock, guided by Reichers. AS soon
as they were in sight of the place the
officers advanced in Il circle upon the
J,.rAa44 xY-hnrn thn VAhhnHC HvApp cum
posed to be concealed. Driscoll, who
was walking In closer than the others,
called out:
at doesn't look as though there is
anybody In ttHre."
Don't anybody fire." ordered Shee-
right people"
AS Sheehan spoke Driscoll picked up
n chunk of wood and hurled 1t at the
dugout. Instantly there vas Il flash, Il
report, and Driscoll fell in n heap, shot
through the abdomen. One of his fel.
low officers stopped to raise him, and
the other six opened fire on the dugout,
from which the shots were now com
ing thick and fast. While the fire was
at its hottest Van Dine and Roeski
rushed out, followed u few minutes
later by Niedermeier. The latter ran
to the tracks of the Michigan Central
railroad and, throwing himself fiat on
the roadbed, steadied his arm on the
rail as he kept up a rapid fire.
Roeski ran for the brush. but Van
Dine retreated slowly, although the
air around him was filed with bullets,
and the snow at his feet was kicked
up by them. He is a splendid marks
man. and, catching sight of Detective
thinner, who was behind a tree, he
fired. thinner went down with a bull
let in his head. As he fell Van Dine
fired again, and the second bullet tore
through Runners arm.
After his arrest Van Dine said: Ills
head and his arm were all l could see.
l hit all there was of him."
Roeski had by this time disappeared,
and Van Dine and Niedermeier, plac-
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