Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-12-07
AUTHORS OF EIGHT CHICAGO MURDERS
TAKEN WHEN BATTLE HAS COST TWO
LIVES AND THE FUGITIVES THEM
SELVES ARE NEARLY DEAD
THREE DESPERATE CRIMINALS IN REFUGE
IN HUNTERS DUGOUT SURROUNDED
BY SQUAD OF DETECTIVES

Chicago. Nov. 2S.-Chained wrist
and wrist. their hair matted with dry
blood. clothing covered with dust and
dirt. two beardless boys, Peter Nieder-
meir and Harvey Vandine, sat last
night in the presence Of Mayor Harri-
son and Chief Of Police O'Neill, calmly
confessed their share in a three
months career Of crime which had In
cIuded eight murders, the wOunding OF
I'VE other men and a long series OF
robberies. The two young bandits,
neither Of whom is over q years old,
together with their companion, Emil
Roeski. who is no older, were captured
near Liverpool, Indiana, yesterday
after a fight in which they battled
against policemen, railroad detec-
tives. railroad labOrers and farmers.
one man was killed, another fatally
wounded and all three bandits were
wounded but not seriously.
Dead:
T. J. SOvea, brakeman Of the Penn
syIvania railroad.
Wounded:
Joseph DriscoIl, detective of the Chi
cago police force, shot through the abb
domen. viii die.
Matthew thinner, detective Of the
Chicago police force. shot in the head
and arm.
Niedermeier was wounded in the
hand by birdshot
Vandine was similarly injured and
sustained in addition a flesh wound in
the left thigh.
Roesh was shot in the right hip.
His wound is the most serious Of any
inflicted upon the three men, but not
sufficient to prevent his travelling a
long distance after receiving it
First Murders at carbarns.
The three men were wanted by the
police for completely in the murders
al the carbarns Of the Chicago City
railroad, August so. when two men
were killed. a third badly wounded and
81 $50 stolen.
Gustave Marx, who last Saturday
night murdered Officer John Quinn
when that policeman endeavOred to
arrest him. confessed after his capture
that he. i'm company with the three
men, had committed the crimes at the
carbarns. The hunt for Vandine, Me
dermeier and Roesli has been hot
ever since. Although they knew the
entire police force was locking for
them they remained in the city until
Wednesday morning.
we were laying for a fellow that
was a witness against Marx" said
Vandine.
Hid in Dugouts.
Wednesday they went TO a dugOut in
Indiana along the Michigan Central
and later I'm the day moved 10 another
duguut near NIiIler's station, Indiana,
where they spent the night and there
they were surprised by the police yes
terday morning.
Begin Deadly Battle.
A school teacher named T. s. Reich
ers. near Clark station, Indiana,
Thursday night notified the police that
men answering the description OF
those wanted for the carbarn murders
we're in the dugout Eight detectives
were detailed for the work and
reached the dugout at 3 yesterday
morning. guided by Reichers. They
advanced i'm a circle, and Detective
Driscou picked up a chunk Of wOOd
and hurled it az the dugOUt. Instantly
there was a fash, a report and Dris-
coll fell shot through the abdomen.
one OF his fellow officers stopped TO
raise him and the other six opened fire
on the dugOut. from which shots were
coming thick and fast
Driven from Cover.
While the fire was at its hottest,
Vaudine and ROeski rushed out, fol-
lowed a few minutes later by Nieder-
meier The latter ran n the tracks OF