The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-30
A DESPERADO'S VIEWS
Gustave Marx Tells Why He
Became an Outlaw.
FOB SAKE OF MONEY, NOT GLORY.

Gould Earn SIS week, but That
was Not Enough-eRisk Life No
More In Holding ID Than Upon
scaRoIding Painting says CHI
cage sEan--A sehooImate's Tribute.
Gusnye Marx, the young desperate
Of Chicago whose confession has clear.
ed away the mystery surrounding six
murders, is pronounced BY alienists
victim Of the dime novel, Of gang
feuds and Of the lawless dance hall.
Reared in a rough quarter of Chicago,
Marx and the three aecomplices he ae-
cuses drifted naturally into outlawry.
1T wasn't so much dime novels, l
guess" said Marx as he lounged
against the grating Of his cell I'VE
were not trying TO be bad men for
the glory in it We needed the money;
that's all
Il was making S25 a week as a
painter, but that is not enough when
you are hitting up the races. Did
ever expect to reform? Well, / guess
not. l could never have gone back to
the old slow life on So a week. What's
life anyway 10 enjoy yourself till
you die, isn't tt? And you can't die
more than once, can you? / knew
they'd get me sooner or later, but
made up my mind I'd have a good time
as long as it lasted and then take my
medicine.
''The men were killed because they
did not obey orders quick enough.
Some Of them made foolish moves aft
er we had the drop on them, and these
moves cost them their lives"
Marks companions, Harvey Yandine,
| Peter Niedermeier and Ernest Roeski,
/ are fugitiyes. with a score Of police on
their trail
I'VE had decided to kin Roesli, said
Marx, because we could not trust
him. lie slipped away and did not
take part in the car barn robbery.
None Of US trusted Niedermeier," he
continued. u was not afraid Of him
telling on me. for he was worse than
was, but he was tricky, and / was
afraid he would shoot me in the back
and grab all the money after he did
some job. | always kept him COW
cred and would have killed him first
had be attempted anything. Yandine
) was honest. l trusted him.
"They can't hang me but once.
was never afraid Of anything. | al
ways expected to be killed. l wish
had been killed when shot Quinn.
Yes, / used TO read the Bible when
was home. That was a bluff for the
old folks. / wasn't much on the read
only newspapers and some thrlllers,
Of course. But any one who tries to
( follow out dime novel methods in hold
ups will get caught every time"
Then how did you get into the life?"
Il couldn't see that would be risk
ing my life In a holdup any more than
did every day on d rlekety scaffold-
ing painting. Our first job fell through.
We were regular amateurs. We were
going to hold up a Northwestern train
at GAINESVILLE. Wis. We planted some
: powder IN the woods near there, but it
/ was discovered, and the game was up.
! Then we came back to Chicago and
held up the Clybourne Junction station
Of tile Northwestern on July B."
"IIow did you spend your money!
"Oh, drinking and going to dances. j
had a girl. of course, and it took quite
/ n bunch Of money to keep her going.
"Niedermier and Yandlne were the
: best shots in Chicago. They could plug
a quarter every time forty feet away.
We had planned to so to the Hole In
the Wall' country, in Wyoming, when
it got too hot for us here
I've fired more than 10000 car
ridges. We spent a lot Of our money
for ammunition we would go into a
shooting gallery and shoot away $40
and then go on to another. We knew
that success depended on our being
quick and snre shots
Detective Quinn had been warned
that Marx would shoot to kill Quinn
had his hand on his weapon ia his over
coat pocket when he approached Marx
vet was shot aud killed before he could
defend himself.
Nobody could lick Marx" said d
former schoolmate Of the youth, and
many d time i have gone blocks out 81
my way TO avoid him. He used to chew
tobacco in school When we gave the
teacher All apple shower, Gus always
stole all the apples Once he had q
gang that went about stealing marbles
from the boys on the Fairgrounds. II
ended by his stealing all the plumber
from the rest Of the gang and when
they protested be licked them one after
another"
J. NJ. Fitzgerald, a criminoiogist has
examined Marx, He says.
"In the study of thousands of men I
have never seen one who was of such a
pronounced type Of the daredevil sort
the deliberate, merciless desperate.
Not word Of emotion escaped his lips
during one hours Interview. Ills moral
perceptions are bIunted and abnormal
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Diseouragers Of Suicide.